Like him or not, (I've come to more and more), on Keith Olbermann's program June 7, Howard Fineman said:

The US cannot be viewed as an appendage of British Petroleum (as it in the UK, he'd said earlier); that's the thing Barack Obama, who isn't a populist by nature, and kind of shies away from taking a confrontational stance... has to understand. 

...at some point, we have to say, the United States has to say, "we are bigger than British Petroleum."

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We are waiting for that point, Howard; you nailed it.

Some critics maintain Obama is afraid of irking David Cameron, fearing he might want British troops to leave Afghanistan sooner.

Not good enough, Mr. President.

Some critics say that Obama is afraid of irking China, and thus is not supporting Chuck Shumer, et.al.'s bill to force China to stop manipulating the yuan against the dollar, or face duties and tariffs.

Some critics say Obama is afraid of irking Bibi Netenyahu, and is............