George Bush è lo Steve Jobs della politica mondiale"

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George Bush as the Steve Jobs of World Politics

US President George W. Bush is safely back in America, but commentators continue to ponder the last leg of his European visit -- his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Specifically, they ask, who holds the real power? Is Bush kowtowing to Moscow or does Moscow have to kneel at the feet of the world's only remaining superpower?
No one honestly believes that the comments US President Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin made Thursday after their meeting in the Slovakian capital, Bratislava, can be taken at face value. Both did diplomatic dances around each other, each trying desperately to prove that he isn't putty in the other's hands. Some good news did come out of the summit, though. For instance, both nations agreed to improve the security of nuclear sites and materials. Putin also pledged to stop selling shoulder-fired missles. Now, if Bush could only get Putin to end his regressive ways and penchant for hoarding power.

The Financial Times Deutschland points out that the meeting with Putin was by far the "toughest meeting" of Bush's three-nation trip, his first visit abroad since his re-election. Partly, that is because of the list of sore points he wanted to review with Putin, who he once endearingly (and embarrassingly) referred to as "Pootie-Poot," but these days simply calls "Vladimir." They include Chechnya, Putin's handling of the dismantling of oil giant Yukos, Kremlin restrictions on the media, Ukraine and of course, most importantly, Iran. Russia is helping Iran build an $800 million nuclear reactor that the United States and other Western governments fear could be used to reprocess fuel for use in nuclear weapons. Both Russia and Iran insist that the plant is being built for peaceful use. The paper describes the tensions between the nations and the careful way both approached sensitive topics -- at least in front of the cameras. "In Bratislava, Washington and Moscow stuck to their temperate moratorium," the paper writes. "Bush has made the war on terrorism his absolute priority for his second administration. In terms of the control and non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, Russia is both a source of danger and an ally. Just for that reason, Bush cannot afford a breach." Putin, says the paper, is "aware" of this and knows how to use his posititon in his own favor.

Interestingly, Handelsblatt, offers a similar analysis, but inverted. Rather than putting Putin in the power position, the paper sees Putin as something of a pipsqueak, who has to bide his time on the world stage. Any nuclear deviance, the paper says would be "political suicide" for Putin, both in the eyes of America and Europe. "No, right now, Putin has to swallow all the criticisms of George W. Bush, with a smile," says the paper.

The Berliner Zeitung has yet a third opinion on the power balance between the two men. It recalls the first time they met, four years ago in the Slovenian town of Bled. At the time, Russia was still convulsing under the wildness of the Boris Yeltsin years, when democracy was suddenly and uncontrollably unleashed on the people. At that time, Bush famously looked into Putin's eyes and announced he saw the "soul" of a man he could trust. Four years ago, Bush could allow himself such a comment, says the paper because "Russia was just taking the first steps to allay the deep political and economic crises" of the Yeltsin years. Now things look a little different, it says, as "Russia is now strong enough to upset America's strategic interests. That caused a great shift in the atmosphere between the two men. Contrary to the public show of friendship, the meeting in Bratislava was really a chance to skeptically feel each other out in order to gauge what can be expected from each other in coming years."

The conservative Die Welt comes up with the day's oddest and most weirdly thought-out editorial in which the author manages to both compare Bush to Franklin D. Roosevelt and to crown him "the Steve Jobs of world politics." Essentially, the paper says, Bush wants to be a great reformer, both in terms of domestic and foreign politics. Domestically, he wants to revamp America to the same degree FDR did with his New Deal, only for Bush, the program might be called the "Ownership Society," the paper says. "The target is: We want to break with all losers, domestically that means the Roosevelt social state, internationally with all states that have anything to do with terror. The new plan involves marketing, surprises, big design overhauls." As such, says the paper, Bush is like the endlessly creative (and fabulously wealthy) founder of Apple Computer, Steve Jobs.

The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung cautions that one thing America and the West doesn't need is a zero sum game in dealing with Russia and ditto the other way around. In a rambling editorial, the FAZ lists what Russia has to offer: help in fighting international terrorism, in preventing the spread of weapons of mass destruction and in preventing Iran and North Korea from building nuclear weapons. And of course, says the paper, it's in the West's interests to help keep Russian nuclear material under lock and key. For now, says the paper, Russia is willing to play "junior partner" to the West because it is afraid that neighbor China could one day march into the increasingly depopulated and decapitalized Siberia. And Putin is afraid of international terror, too. But even a junior partner has his limits. Russia is not about to let foreign concerns control its natural resources. Nor is it happy about the encroaching influence of America in the post Soviet areas such as Ukraine. A clearly-defined counter strategy is what is needed, the paper concludes.

George W. Bush may have vision, says the center left Sueddeutsche Zeitung, but he's no psychic. He may have thought he saw into Putin's soul four years ago, but Russian souls are sometimes hard to get to. Still, Washington needs Moscow in the fight against weapons of mass destruction. The problem is that Putin doesn't have vision. He tries to cement his right as an actor on the world political stage but, "the conceptional shortcomings of Russian foreign policy have dramatically weakened Moscow's influence and given the impression that the Russian bear is an injured heavyweight slugging around as a reflex." This could still be changed if Putin attempted to free the markets and open his country to democracy. That, says the paper, is the nation's best bet for getting back into the major leagues.

Come anticipavo su di un altro
post la "pace" con i Tedeschi
è in corso!!!
I crucchi non vedono l'ora
di mettere le mani sull'ex
repubbliche dell'URSS!
Troppo forte la tentazione!!!!!!!!!

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Come anticipavo su di un altro
post la "pace" con i Tedeschi
è in corso!!!
I crucchi non vedono l'ora
di mettere le mani sull'ex
repubbliche dell'URSS!
Troppo forte la tentazione!!!!!!!!!

è na faina questo