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Sarkozy: Obama’s Foreign Policy ‘Immature’ - Obama no Uniter
PoliGazette — For months, years even, Democrats have argued that President George W. Bush did horrendous damage to America’s image and reputation and alienated important allies in especially Europe by pursuing a hawkish foreign policy. Bush, Democrats to a degree rightfully said, was too willing to act unilateral. A Democratic president would change all that, they said, and act in unison with western European countries in order to remove the threat posed by enemy regimes. Barack Obama was supposed to be the candidate who could bring the above about. He would, he and his supporters said, be able to restore America’s reputation almost single handed, and his multilateral approach to foreign policy would cause the transatlantic relationship to improve, and the West to unite as never before since the end of the Cold War. ...

Provocation Of The Day: Is Europe Worried About Obama?
The Atlantic Politics Channel — The two major areas of concern appear to be Iran and trade, with the Brits and the European Union having previously expressed jitters about the latter -- but not recently. Item: French President Nicolas Sarkozy is very critical of U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama's positions on Iran, according to reports that have reached Israel's government. Sarkozy has made his criticisms only in closed forums in France. But according to a senior Israeli government source, the reports reaching Israel indicate that Sarkozy views the Democratic candidate's stance on Iran as "utterly immature" and comprised of "formulations empty of all content." Item:  " EU trade chief hits at Democrat hopefuls" ....  (This was in May.) Item: ...