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always find it interesting to see the stories from other countries. I thought the logo was just an ad (you'll notice a wide variety of ads on DU too if you sign out or aren't a star member) but maybe I'm mistaken and they have been formally bought out by somebody.
I think Jack had the same feeling after reading the line re Iran and their nuclear armaments. So you definitely aren't alone in your assessment.
Personally until the recent moves in Venezuela and Ukraine (and leaking re TPP) I had been ok with Obama and foreign policy. He is quieter than Bill Clinton though and that may have an impact - Bill had his photo ops with middle eastern leaders shaking hands and we haven't had that with Obama.
I also think yallerdawg's read on France was really great from a common sense perspective and likely accurate.
I'm happy to hear the variety of opinions - thanks for weighing in!
ETA - what I have found on wiki:
Watching America
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Watching America Watching America logo.gif
Web address www.watchingamerica.com
Type of site News website
Available language(s) English
Launched 2005
Watching America is a website that publishes translated foreign articles from foreign newspapers into English. It was launched in 2005 and founded by Robin Koerner. Watching America states its goal is "to reflect as accurately as possible how others perceive the richest and most powerful country in the world."
The site posts newly translated articles up on a daily basis, along with a link to the original article. The translations are done by native speakers of the relevant languages. It currently translates articles from Arabic, Armenian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swahili, Swedish, Turkish, and Urdu.
The website has been linked by Foreign Policy, The Guardian, Der Spiegel, The Christian Science Monitor as well as cited in various published popular books and academic sources as a source.
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