I guess Obama is not the leader they thought he was.Recall Obama's first trip to Europe as a candidate where leaders fawned over him as if he was, well, the rock star he set himself up to be. Even his first European trip saw leaders eager to be seen with him, to be photographed with him.Now, according to this Steven Erlanger piece in the New York Times, a presidential snub of an all European conference in May is showing European leaders that the US is simply no longer a reliable partner - and that Obama wants it that way:President Obama's decision to skip a United States-European Union summit meeting scheduled for Madrid in May has predictably upset European officials, who suggested Tuesday that the summit meeting itself would now be postponed, possibly to the autumn. In addition to the palpable sense of insult among European officials, there is a growing concern that Europe is being taken for granted and losing importance in American eyes compared with the rise of a newly truculent...(Read Full Post)