The "stronger" the man, the thinner the skin. Where is the "wuss" democratic leaders can easily plow through ton of insults and criticism without flinching a brow.
Turkey once had far more tolerant leaders in its recent history. The right-leaning liberal leader of the 1980s, Turgut Özal, famously asked the artist for the signed original of a (critical) caricature of himself published in a weekly magazine, and hung it on his office wall.
Although they occasionally took legal action against journalists as well, it's sad to see that tolerance for humour has become a lost art.
In all fairness, Obama was the status quo corporate neoliberal's princeling. Better in character generally in some ways, but not even close to pulling back on global colonialism. He was weak by not doing enough to push back against increased gerrymandering and failed to appoint 2 SCOTUS justices. In most matters, he was incredibly stable though.
It's important to deconflate interpersonal vs. administrative deficiencies. In some ways, Obama capitulated to the JSOC endless kill-lists and endorsement of militarist projects to appear "strong" in an administrative sense. He could've ended the ineffective, expensive barbarism but didn't have the leadership initiative and/or political capital to do so.
> It's important to deconflate interpersonal vs. administrative deficiencies. In some ways, Obama capitulated to the JSOC endless kill-lists and endorsement of militarist projects to appear "strong" in an administrative sense. He could've ended the ineffective, expensive barbarism but didn't have the leadership initiative and/or political capital to do so.
I'd say your interpretation of events requires a lot of unjustified analysis of Obama's mental state, without any supporting evidence.
