OBAMA AND PUTIN

            It is a fact, that President Obama is intimated by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Putin know this and he takes advantage of this when he speaks to him in private and when he appears before the president in public. Putin career in the KGB and his career in the political arena give him an advantage over a weak sitting president. Putin’s greatest strength is his love for his country and to regain the prestige it once had during the cold war. Obama is the opposite, he doesn’t have a love for his country like Putin has, but desires to weaken his country. Putin senses his disdain for his country and he takes advantage of it. Moreover, Putin finds it repulsive not to love a country of one’s birth and origin. That is why behind the scenes Putin has very little respect for Obama and considers Obama a push over lacking cojones.

            What will the outcome be regarding the G8 Summit? For sure, if enough pressure is put on Putin, he will come out as a hero at home. Russian citizens will see Putin as standing up to an imperialistic West. The main country that is missing in the summit is of course Israel. Since Israel is the most dominant and the most advanced country in the Middle East her presences is missing. Why is that? Shouldn’t Israel be involved in the summit since she has so much to gain?  Shouldn’t Israel have a say in what is happening since Syria borders Israel? Again it shows the utter disdain that the G8 Summit has for the state of Israel. No leader within the G 8 Summit has demanded Israel to be involved in the negations; instead Israel is informed behind the scenes away from the public.

© Abraham J. Santiago