So which is the real Barack Obama: West Point or Oslo? Dud or dude? After the excruciatingly awkward speech at the military academy this month justifying his Afghanistan policy – a performance that seemed to torture both logic and, from the look of his body language, himself – the hacks were reaching for dimissives to write off the 44th president. Supreme orator of our time? Not that contortionist, simultaneously going gung-ho and heading for the exit.
哪一个才是真正的巴拉克•奥巴马(Barack Obama)?是在西点军校(West Point)演讲的那个还是在奥斯陆演讲的那个?奥巴马本月在西点发表了为其阿富汗政策辩护的极其勉强的演讲,其表现似乎既拷问了逻辑,(从他的肢体语言看)也折磨了他自己。在这之后,写手们搬出了各种难听话,要把第44任美国总统说得一无是处。我们这个时代最优秀的雄辩家?肯定不是那个杂技演员:在大举增兵的同时准备撤出。