MK Bhadrakumar: Delayed Obama Call Speaks Volumes.

When you delay for a whole week to get on the red telephone and enter a number, you have already said much. Especially if it was supposed to be a congratulatory phone call. The delay tells the caller that you, in fact, are not bursting with happiness, that it is just a matter of following the rules of protocol, communicating with someone with whom you may be forced to negotiate. There is no doubt that President Barack Obama said much in missing an entire week, from Monday to Friday, on the last working day of the week, and only then calling Vladimir Putin, elected president of Russia, to present congratulations on his election victory on March 4th. In short, Obama made it clear that he was not in a hurry, and therefore had little interest in that election. However, Moscow understood the message very well. Obama's western counterparts had already phoned a long time ago. Of course, the State Department spoke out immediately after the election day on the 4th. Interestingly, the State Department congratulated the Russian people. Putin's name is not even mentioned in the declaration. Washington made it implicit that US interests will guide its policy towards Russia, that men make no difference. Then the State Department began to demand investigations into irregularities in the elections, despite the fact that the results pointed to "a clear winner with an absolute majority of votes." In short, Washington continues to give "sermons" about the slow progress in Russia on western-style liberal "democracy." Washington was mindful of the public reaction in Russia. It must have been finally convinced and hugely disappointed that there would be no 'color revolution' there. Even the western media, which shows 'demode' (old fashioned) an archaic attitude, with a Cold War-style liberal "democracy."