A Billionaire Goes Begging - David Patrikarakos - POLITICO Magazine
"Obama will no doubt be sympathetic to Poroshenko’s requests. He’s had his own experience with rough beginnings as a green politician, having inherited the Oval Office amid two wars and the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression."
Obama didn’t “inherit” his job, he vigorously campaigned for it for over a year, spending millions in the effort. And the wars and the economic crisis all began before he was even nominated for office. If he didn’t want to do the job he shoulda just stayed home. Likewise Poroshenko, who asked for what he’s got.
The point of this little drama may well be (or not be) valid, but casting its players as just two guys struggling under the hardships thrust upon them is journalistic malpractice, at best.
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