The Master and the Dummy

By Hama Tuma:   There is a Yiddish saying that states one lie is a lie. two are lies but three is politics. The recent exuberant declaration by Obama praising the dictatorial regime in Ethiopia smacked of pure and unadulterated imperialist politics. In the above photo taken at the White House the puppet master and the ladies smile while the dummy looks, expectedly, uncomfortable, constipated, droopy-bent and totally ill at ease. The lies were even too much for the powerless vessel of lies.  For those who had hoped Obama would mean a new departure for America and its world politics/policies, he has heaped on them one disappointment after another.  Read More…