The failed Messiah

In his role as Messiah Barack Obama has been defeated by the Great Wall of China, writes the writer and journalist Guido Ceronetti in the liberal daily La Stampa: "It's horrible to have to say it, but the trip to Asia has shown that the Messiah can fail ... and has failed. ... This is the image we are seeing of Washington's new power: its head has been struck off and dangles from the Great Wall. ... We have seen an America without imagination, stabbed by its own banks and firmly bound and gagged by its debts to China. We have been witness to the confusion of the failed Messiah, who bows to compromises and doesn't even have the freedom to embrace the fearless messenger from Tibet, the eternal exiled wanderer. We have once more heard the smooth words of this elegant gentleman who is sitting on an impressive nuclear arsenal and has an unjustified Nobel Peace Prize, but who can neither bring peace nor wage war."

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