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Obama Left Increasingly Isolated As Anger Builds Among Key US Allies -- The Guardian
Merkel the latest to rebuke Washington over NSA spying while US relationships in the Middle East are also unravelling
International anger over US government surveillance has combined with a backlash against its current Middle East policy to leave President Obama increasingly isolated from many of his key foreign allies, according to diplomats in Washington.
The furious call that German chancellor Angela Merkel made to the White House on Wednesday to ask if her phone had been tapped was the latest in a string of diplomatic rebukes by allies including France, Brazil and Mexico, all of which have distanced themselves from the US following revelations of spying by the National Security Agency.
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Update: Anger Growing Among Allies on U.S. Spying -- New York Times
My Comment: This is a serious problem (and perception) that is not going to go away overnight. Daniel Henninger at the Wall Street Journal probably sums it up best .... here and abroad, Obama's partners are concluding they cannot trust him .... that in their eyes President Obama's credibility is now becoming questionable.
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