Robert Fisk: No One in ME Takes Us Seriously....Obama Silly, Cameron Puny Man

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Under the title, "Once Washington made the Middle East tremble - now no one there takes it seriously" the Famous writer Robert Fisk noted that "no one believed that Cameron was Churchill or that the silly man in the White House was Roosevelt - although Putin might make a rather good Stalin."

In parallel, he viewed that the US and UK are paying the price for the dishonesty of Bush and Blair.
"Watershed. It's the only word for it. Once Lebanon and Syria and Egypt trembled when Washington spoke. Now they laugh," Fisk said.

He further stated: "It's more a question of credibility; no one in the Middle East takes America seriously anymore. And you only had to watch Obama on Saturday to see why."
"For there he was, prattling on in the most racist way about "ancient sectarian differences" in the Middle East," he said, and wondered: "Since when was the president of the United States an expert on these supposed "sectarian differences"? "

Moreover, Fisk added: "Constantly we are shown maps of the Arab world with Shiites and Sunnis and Christians color-coded onto the nations which we generously bequeathed to the region after the First World War. But when is an American paper going to carry a color-coded map of Washington or Chicago with black and white areas delineated by streets?"

"But what was amazing was the sheer audacity of our leaders in thinking that they could yet again bamboozle their electorates with their lies and trumperies and tomfooleries," he confirmed.

In a clear mockery to Obama's behavior, Fisk wrote in The Independent: "Obama, who is becoming more and more preacher-like, wants to be the Punisher-in-Chief of the Western World, the Avenger-in-Chief. There is something oddly Roman about him. And the Romans were good at two things. They believed in law and they believed in crucifixion. The US constitution - American "values" and the cruise missile have a faintly similar focus. The lesser races must be civilized and they must be punished, even if the itsy-bitsy tiny missile launches look more like perniciousness than war. Everyone outside the Roman Empire was called a barbarian. Everyone outside Obama's empire is called a terrorist."

And to Cameron, Fisk sent a clear message: "Now, it sure makes Cameron look a puny man."

Source: The Independent, Edited by website team