President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden shake hands in the Oval Office following a phone call with House Speaker John Boehner securing a bipartisan deal to reduce the nation's deficit and avoid default on Sunday. (Pete Souza, Official White House Photo / August 3, 2011)Arm Yourselves, Canadians -- John Kass, Chicago Tribune
Proving once again that he is the undisputed master of American politics, President Barack Obama claimed another victory this week.
It was victory over an otherwise implacable foe:
Reality.
Obama may have fed the multitudes at his 2008 inauguration with two Filet-O-Fish sandwiches and five hot dog buns, but his absolute thrashing of reality this week was truly astounding.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
Taiwan lowers its military sights -- Jens Kastner, Asia Times
Somalia’s hunger: A man-made crisis requires action -- Washington Post editorial
Pakistan: Waiting for revolution -- Iqbal Jafar, DAWN
Why Kashmir is so quiet - for now -- Ben Arnoldy, Christian Science Monitor
Will Mubarak's trial bring down the Egyptian regime? -- Blake Hounshell, The Cable/Foreign Policy
Hosni Mubarak's Cairo trial confirms one thing: the real Egyptian revolution hasn't happened yet -- Michael Weiss, The Telegraph
Egypt-Sinai-Gaza: The Triangular Threat to Israel -- Yoram Schweitzer, Gilad Stern & Einav Yogev, Jerusalem Post
Nightly Britain bombs Tripoli. Bar death, what do we achieve? -- Simon Jenkins, the Guardian
The End of China's One-Child Policy? -- Asia Sentinel
Analysis: Obama, Bernanke out of ammo to boost jobs, growth -- Reuters
Financial Crisis: The Wobbly West -- Anders Åslund, Project Syndicate
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