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发帖数: 7349 | 1 Against the background of such allegations of weakness, Obama’s decision to
hold a press conference announcing his determination to close Guantanamo
once and for all in the shadow of a swashbuckling portrait of Obama’s
forebear, Theodore Roosevelt, was hardly accidental.
After all, Teddy Roosevelt, who in 1898 led a legendary cavalry of so-
called “Rough Riders” to victory against Spanish overlords in Cuba, helped
establish US control over Guantanamo Bay in the first place.
By placing himself visually alongside a heroic portrait of the galloping
leader, who is credited with the credo “speak softly and carry a big stick
”, Obama hoped to bask in the reflected testosterone of America’s most
macho president. |
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