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Belated response to tragedy only adds to the ironies

Barack Obama is an eloquent man. Sometimes even his silences are eloquent. After two long years on the campaign trail, when his many statements on US foreign policy resonated with a great many people, the President-elect had embraced the ways of the Trappist. Of Gaza, Israel and the Palestinians, he was silent for too long. Even the word on the world's lips - ceasefire - was beyond him.

Barack Obama is an eloquent man. Sometimes even his silences are eloquent. After two long years on the campaign trail, when his many statements on US foreign policy resonated with a great many people, the President-elect had embraced the ways of the Trappist.