[The joke] went like this: the United States hasn’t gotten any useful information in years as to bin Laden’s whereabouts and no one knows where he’s hiding.
Germany is now involved for the first time in an opaque mélange of international, transnational and national politics, made all the more difficult by the Afghan government’s involvement in the narcotics trade and accusations of internal corruption.
Although the adoption of a new healthcare system would not guarantee the approval of other initiatives, it would demonstrate that Obama has the leadership to drive his programs forward and, perhaps, eventually consolidate them.