Editorial: Marbella Deus Ex | Saudi News Today: "this summer, Marbella’s fortunes experienced a fillip as dramatic as it was unexpected. At the beginning of August Michelle Obama elected to spend a few days of holiday on the Costa del Sol. Talk about Deus ex machine. Those who say that the USA’s days as a superpower are numbered should have been here to see American might in action. One could call it a revival of the Marshall Plan, albeit re-engineered to better suit the service and leisure based economies of this part of the world.
Bearing in mind that this was a holiday rather than a state visit or an invasion, arrangements were impressive. Hastily arranged billboards proclaimed the area’s welcome to the Obama family as everyone caught Obama fever, with even my favourite local pizza restaurant sending out a message of official greeting. When the big day arrived apparently Malaga airport was brought to a standstill as the First Lady landed and made her way to her hotel, the Villa Padierna in the hills above the coast, where some 70 or so rooms had been booked for the necessary security entourage.
Security of course was an issue and her hotel, located in a slight declivity in the hills, was the perfect natural fortress; easily defended, vulnerable only to attack from the air, and should someone have been inhospitable enough to launch an airstrike, it would have been a simple matter for Mrs Obama to retreat into the subterranean spa (which even has a room so cold that snow falls from the ceiling) to enjoy a massage until the air raid had passed. But they were not taking any chances; I heard that when she went to the beach frogmen were spotted out in the waves, presumably to deter any amphibious assaults…although in reality the only threat to her safety might have been a stray jellyfish or painful sea urchin."
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