The first eight pageviews of tonight's four posts on Where's Waldo are six from Germany, two from the US. Allies like Germany are as "deeply troubled" by Google, NSA, PRISM and Verizon as was John Kerry about Russia. This has been a complete
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US credibility and competence have taken a direct hit. No country in the world is defending Obama's handling of this. This will pass but suspicions confirmed are mighty difficult to dislodge. This may be the defining foreign policy legacy of Obama's second term. It may be until a new president in 2016 for meaningful "reset" but the view here is that there will be and need not be a "reset." America and Russia and China are competitors, not friends, not allies.
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US credibility and competence have taken a direct hit. No country in the world is defending Obama's handling of this. This will pass but suspicions confirmed are mighty difficult to dislodge. This may be the defining foreign policy legacy of Obama's second term. It may be until a new president in 2016 for meaningful "reset" but the view here is that there will be and need not be a "reset." America and Russia and China are competitors, not friends, not allies.
