Adam Gopnik: No more Mr. tough guy
Vladimir Putin riding a horse during a 2009 vacation in southern Siberia.
Barack Obama is not a tough guy. Everybody rolls him. He's a wimp, a weak sister; he won't stand up for himself or his country. Vladimir Putin, a true tough guy, blows planes out of the air, won't apologize, walks around half-naked. Life, it seems, is like a prison yard, and Obama cowers in a corner.
