"My English is not very good"

That is, according to some journalists, the sentence that the Spanish president (Jose Luis Rodríguez Zapatero) blurted out to Obama in his very first meeting during the G20 summit. Ain´t that sad????? But actually, the Spanish president reflects the Spaniards' general skills with Shakespeare's language. An average Spaniard would have said basically the same. A President should not be "average" though. An it is sad cause it is the worst introduction I could think of since it sounds like: "Do not expect too much from me". Of course, all Presidents have tranlators with them but, in my opinion, the fact that he is not independent and is not able to communicate himself, directly, with other world leaders restricts his possibilities to create strong links and become an influential politician. It is ok that Spanish is a strong language but there are no excuses for our terrible lack of other languages. Actually, Obama speaks Spanish and moreover, Bush (the one who knows nothing) speaks Spanish (even better and more fluently than Obama). Would it be possible that Spanish become the official language during the meetings between Obama and Zapatero?: we´ll see.