Everywhere Mr. Obama looked, he saw Iraq.

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As a consequence, Obama's credibility was undercut everywhere.

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Whatever your feelings on Barack Obama himself, you have to admit: the president is everywhere doing everything.

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If Mr Obama resembles anyone in recent British history, it is Tony Blair, another leader from everywhere and nowhere, who synthesised charisma, optimism and gushy rhetoric without causing too much alarm.

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