So it seems that notwithstanding the rapturous reception obama received australians have started to rethink their strategic future and ask searching questions about the choices they face .
Germany , despite mr obama 's rapturous welcome in berlin earlier this year , is given longer odds not only over its gallic neighbour , but also iraq and afghanistan .
At an event on the campus of the university of northern iowa in cedar falls , throngs of giddy students leap to their feet when he appears and drown out most of his rambling stump speech with rapturous applause .
