Obama Chooses a Symbol of War as Berlin Backdrop |
| Published: July 24, 2008, 8:15 pm |
| Tags: 2008 election, perpetual war |
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Democratic US presidential contender Barack Obama stands in front of the Victory Column and waves to the audience in Berlin, Germany, 24 July 2008. About 100,000 people came to listen to Obama delivering his keynote speech on transatlantic relations. EPA/GERO BRELOER The purpose of the Victory Column, erected soon after in Berlin, was to glorify the new Reich and to humiliate the rest of Europe. The angel is a vengeful angel. Bloomberg Jul 23, 2008 by Amity Shlaes July 23 (Bloomberg) — Sometimes it is the words that get the politicians in trouble. Sometimes it is the images. In Berlin, a single picture of Barack Obama is likely to paint a thousand words about the limits of his foreign policy. Consider the Obama plan. The likely Democratic presidential nominee will arrive in Berlin after a tour of the Middle East. Tomorrow, he’s scheduled to speak to Berliners and the rest of the world in a televised address at the Victory Column, in the center of the German capital. The [ Full article ] |
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