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Obama Hits on Greatest Danger: The Way We Live (Dernieres Nouvelles d'Alsacé, France)

 

"The enemy is no longer a superpower cemented in doctrinaire ideology. It is a way of life - our way. ... The danger is not in the accumulation of nuclear warheads, aircraft or tanks. It is in the way we feed ourselves and travel, clothe ourselves and house ourselves, and keep ourselves warm. The danger is not from a nuclear conflagration that would fossilize all or part of our Earth. It is of an irreversible degradation of its capacity to accommodate the human species."

 

By Jacques Fortier

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Translated By Jill Naeem

 

June 24, 2013

 

France - Les Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace - Original Article (French)

Addressing the German people on the eastern side of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, President Obama takes off his suit jacket, June 18.

DEUTSCHE WELLE VIDEO, GERMANY: President Obama speaks atBerlin's Brandenburg Gate, June 18, 00:28:47 RealVideo

In Berlin, 50 years ago, the president of the United States - at the time the dashing John Fitzgerald Kennedy - proclaimed "Ich bin ein Berliner" (I am a Berliner). This famous phrase signaled the support of the world's leading power for tiny West Berlin, located in a German Democratic Republic subservient to Moscow.

 

A quarter century later, the Wall fell, and with it came the end of the Cold War.

 

The day before yesterday, in a reunited Berlin, another president of the United States, the no less spirited Barack Obama, promised another fight. That for a "global pact to fight climate change ... refusing to condemn our children to a harsher, less hospitable planet."

 

For a crusade like this, will a quarter century be enough?

 

The enemy is no longer a superpower cemented in doctrinaire ideology. It is a way of life - our way - which is dreamed of by the poor in the wealthiest countries, and the poor in the poorest. The danger is not in the accumulation of nuclear warheads, aircraft or tanks. It is in the way we feed ourselves and travel, clothe ourselves and house ourselves, and keep ourselves warm. The danger is not from a nuclear conflagration that would fossilize all or part of our Earth. It is of an irreversible degradation of its capacity to accommodate the human species.

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That an American president, in the heart of old Europe, is preaching the crusade against global warming, is indeed a sign. Perhaps the United States, which has not signed the Kyoto Protocols, will draw closer to those tentatively allied in this global ecological war. Perhaps America, too, will oppose the powerful selfishness of those who, when it comes to climate issues, have a single motto, "Après moi le déluge!" [ "After me - the deluge," i.e.: "I don't care what happens next, I'll be gone."]

 

In short, the Hot War is not over.

 

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Der Spiegel, Germany: German Press Concludes: 'Copenhagen Was All-Out Failure'

The Telegraph, U.K.: British Leader Says China and U.S. to Blame for Summit Failure

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Liberation, France: Global Cooperation - Gone Like a 'Mirage'

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Rossijskaya Gazeta, Russia: Gorbachev: Dialogue Only Way to Resolve Korea Crisis  

 

 

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Posted By Worldmeets.US June 24, 2013, 7:34am