The viral video of U.S. President Barack Obama working out at a hotel gym in Warsaw shows he would probably lose a physical fight to his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin. It also shows that America is light years ahead of Russia when it comes to giving government a human face.
Obama was in Warsaw for the 25th anniversary of the fall of Poland's Communist regime and, among other things, for a meeting with Ukrainian President-elect Petro Poroshenko, designed to highlight the importance Washington attaches to resolving the Ukrainian crisis. He stayed at the Marriott and found time for a 30-minute workout at the gym.