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A black president for a small white nation II Why Estonia and Obama need each other.  Published Postimees 14 December 2012  Four years ago I outraged the nation when I suggested in my first Postimees article what Michelle Obama the president's wife might be thinking if Estonia got into trouble. “ Ah yes Estonia that small-minded little white nation....to hell with them.” That article was about a fair dialogue between Estonia and black people. I am not going to talk about that here, suffice to say progress has been made, and I have to admit after four years I believe far from being hostile, Obama will look kindly upon Estonia precisely because of his African heritage, here is why. W e have seen Obama appearing to conspire with Russia's leadership at a nuclear security summit in Seoul, South Korea, March 2012. “ I t’s important for him to give me space,”  he said in a ´hot mike´ moment with outgoing President Medvedev. The him in questi