And now, a flash of the blindingly obvious
November 23, 2009
Obama’s Nice Guy Act Gets Him
Nowhere on the World Stage
Let’s file that under, “No Shit Sherlock.” Who, besides the naif in the White House didn’t see that coming?
Peace in our time?
Here is a sampling from the German magazine Spiegel:
A look back in time reveals the differences. When former President Bill Clinton went to China in June 1998, Beijing wanted to impress the Americans. A press conference in the Great Hall of the People, broadcast on television as a 70-minute live discussion, became a sensation the world over. Clinton mentioned the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, when the government used tanks against protestors. But then President Jiang Zemin defended the tough approach taken by the Chinese Communists. At the end of the exchange, the Chinese president praised the debate and said: “I believe this is democracy!”
Obama visited a new China, an economic power that is now making its own demands. America should clean up its government finances, and the weak dollar is unacceptable, the head of the Chinese banking authority said, just as Obama’s plane was about to land.
Obama’s new foreign policy has also been relatively unsuccessful elsewhere, with even friends like Israel leaving him high and dry. For the government of Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, peace is only conceivable under its terms. Netanyahu has rejected Obama’s call for a complete moratorium on the construction of settlements. As a result, Obama has nothing to offer the Palestinians and the Syrians. “We thought we had some leverage,” says Martin Indyk, a former ambassador to Israel under the Clinton administration and now an advisor to Obama. “But that proved to be an illusion.”
Even the president seems to have lost his faith in a genial foreign policy. The approach that was being used in Afghanistan this spring, with its strong emphasis on civilian reconstruction, is already being changed. “We’re searching for an exit strategy,” said a staff member with the National Security Council on the sidelines of the Asia trip.
What an ultra-maroon.
Tatersalad :
Date: November 23, 2009
Obama administration and foreign policy: Joke
Tatersalad :
Date: November 23, 2009
The United States Co0nstitution is found in a dumpster behind the White House:
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=UZkvkLmkYVg
Air Force Brat :
Date: November 23, 2009
How can anyone photographed hanging CURTAINS in some house in the ‘hood expect his so-called “foreign policy” to be respected?
I miss Dubya. And Reagan. This gal finds a guy who knows his way around a chainsaw infinitely more attractive than some namby-pamby weakling.
Speaking of Reagan, I’ll never forget the bombing of Libya. My oh my, did Quaddafi ever change his tune in a hurry.