Barack Obama meets US troops on a surprise visit to Iraq Photo: AP From The Telegraph:
After a frenetic eight days, 10,000 plus miles, three summits and meetings with some 15 world leaders, the White House press corps gathered to hear President Barack Obama's closest political adviser trumpet an "enormously productive" trip.
Standing in an Istanbul hotel beneath huge crystal chandeliers and a ceiling decorated with Ottoman motifs, David Axelrod argued that Mr Obama's first appearance on the world stage had been an "great success" that had yielded "tangible progress".
Certainly, Mr Obama was feted across Europe. In Prague's Hradcany Square, more than 20,000 Czechs turned out on a Sunday morning to hear him promise to seek a "world without nuclear weapons" and demand that "the voices for peace and progress must be raised together".
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My Comment: While the American media heaps praise and joy on President Obama's trip, it is the media outside of the U.S. that puts the trip into the proper perspective and analysis. A must read.
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