IN SEARCH OF A NEW FREE-WORLD LEADER

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American Spectator:

Is Vladimir Putin the new leader of the free world?

 

All we currently know is that the job seems open, and that Putin has seemingly sent in his résumé, showing openness to the idea of an anti-Islamic State alliance with British Prime Minister David Cameron.

 

For contrast, see Barack Obama’s demeanor while talking to the press at the end of an international summit meeting in Turkey on Monday. “Mr. Obama sounded weary and defensive as he repeatedly rejected criticism of his yearlong strategy… to combat the Islamic State,” reported the New York Times. Criticism of his strategy has intensified amid the general horror over the Friday night massacres in Paris.

 

Previous world gatherings held against such a backdrop would have finished with a show of unity and faith — participants pledging solidarity with the leadership of the United States. Not this time.