Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
November 24, 2008
A new era for Spain and the United States
The election of Obama was well received in the Spanish government where it is hoped that the relations between both countries will improved markedly. During Bush’s first four years, Spain was governed by the conservative party of Aznar who turned into a fan/follower of Bush and agreed totally with the American in what respected the Iraq War. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
November 12, 2008
Obama’s challenges
We are on the last weeks of the Bush’s presidency and even if most of us don’t think that much of him, we cannot put blinkers on and think that Obama is going to arrive at the White House with a list of things to do like the one followings and be able to check all of them and solve all the unfinished problems the country has. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
October 27, 2008
If Obama wins, Europeans can expect a few surprises
I think the Europeans were ‘burned” with the presidency of George W. Bush. In Europe, he has been one of the most disliked American presidents. So it is not strange that when election time came around and the two candidates the Europeans were presented with were Obama and McCain, many preferred Obama. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
July 22, 2008
Obama arrived in Iraq in the middle of controversy
Barack Obama’s trip abroad has caused several and quite different “situations”. The one which could be most serious was the widely reported interview that Iraq’s prime minister, Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, gave to Germany’s “Der Spiegel” magazine. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
July 9, 2008
Who is the real Obama?
On June 3rd I wrote an article about Obama and his gaffes. Some people I know were not too happy about it and told me I should quit writing against Obama. After all they knew I certainly was not for McCain, so why give the Republicans more ammunition? I replied that first I was not giving ammunition to anybody, I was Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
June 3, 2008
Obama ‘the blessed’ and his gaffes
Just a week ago, Obama in front of a Jewish audience in Florida said “My father was from Kenya and Barack actually interestingly enough means the same as Baruch. It means one who’s blessed.” Probably he did not realize that this comment sounded somewhat arrogant or maybe he believes that he really is blessed. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted by Rosa Maria Young on
April 10, 2008
Iraq, 3 candidates, 3 opinions and a dark tunnel
At the hearing which began yesterday on Capitol Hill with General David Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan Crocker and the different committees, if we were to be honest, we should say that we were not expecting much on the way of clarification of how things really were going in Iraq and even less about a timetable for withdrawal of the troops. Blessed are then the ones who don’t expect much as they would not be disappointed. Read the rest of this entry »
