"A few short weeks ago, President Obama was on top of the world - or so it seemed.
He first pushed back against the growing wave of domestic silliness by releasing his long-form birth certificate, turning Donald Trump - his temporary leading GOP challenger at the time - into a laughing stock. Then he announced the killing of bin Laden, the number one man behind the 9/11 attacks.
It was, some suggested, a major turning point. American confidence was back. The US could finally chart a new course, away from the Bush-era "long war" quagmire, as many had hoped would happen when Obama was first elected. There was new space for relationships to be re-defined.
Who knows? The Arab Spring might even be fully embraced by the US. At the very least, resources could be refocused on reviving the economy at home. Five weeks later, all that is gone . . ."
Paul Rosenberg is the Senior Editor of Random Length News, a bi-weekly alternative community newspaper.
The views expressed in this article are the author's own and do not necessarily represent Al Jazeera's editorial policy.
source: Looking beyond Obama to 'The Golden Age' - Opinion - Al Jazeera English
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