Obama is a chess master, not a duellist

The left-liberal daily La Repubblica praises the carefully thought-out approach of US President Barack Obama in Afghanistan: "If you observe Obama closely ... you'll see that his whole approach, personality and history are not those of a belligerent commander. And they differ widely from the style of those men with a natural and often unfortunate bent for seeing the world in black and white and separating the us from the them. ... The world in which Obama moves, like the story of his origins as a son of Europe and Africa, has many shades of grey. It has nothing to do with the ideological superficiality which - whether rooted in mysticism or character - is essential for waging fullscale wars in full conviction that you are on the side of the right and the good. ... This offensive in the Helmand Valley ... is also typical of Obama. It is the move of a chess master, not that of a duellist ready to fight to the last drop of blood."

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