Anthony Barba

Great satire from The Times of London…

In the land of Queen Angela of Merkel, vast multitudes gathered to hear his voice, and he preached to them at length.

But when he had finished speaking his disciples told him the crowd was hungry, for they had had nothing to eat all the hours they had waited for him.

And so the Child told his disciples to fetch some food but all they had was five loaves and a couple of frankfurters. So he took the bread and the frankfurters and blessed them and told his disciples to feed the multitudes. And when all had eaten their fill, the scraps filled twelve baskets

Meanwhile back in the land of Queen Angela of Merkel…

[Obama] also could have said: We are a world power, the only one on the planet at the moment, and I intend to act as if this were the case.

However, he is also certain to demand the help of the Germans, Brits and French in Afghanistan and Iraq. He’s not going to let NATO shirk its duty — and therein lie the perils of the engaging “we” and the catchy “Yes, we can.” Otherwise all these hard-nosed Europeans will hope and pray that the future President Obama isn’t really all that serious about the saving the world of tomorrow, the polar caps, Darfur and the poppy harvest over in Afghanistan.

Here is the full speech: