Joe Biden got it wrong when he said “It will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy.”
All they had to do was stand back and wait for the One to manufacture his own.
This is smart diplomacy? This is a debacle. The Russians dismissed it contemptuously.
Look, if we could get the Iranian nuclear program stopped with Russian’s helping us in return for selling out the Poles and the Czechs on missile defense, I’m enough of a cynic and a realist to say we would do it the same way that Kissinger agreed to delegitimize and de-recognize Taiwan in return for a large strategic opening with China.
But Kissinger had it done. He had it wired. What happened here is it was leaked. The Russians have dismissed it. We end up being humiliated. We look weak in front of the Iranians, and we have left the Poles and Czechs out to dry in return for nothing.
The Czechs and the Poles went out on a limb, exposed themselves to Russian pressure, and we have shown that Eastern Europe is not as sovereign as it appears if the Russian influence is there, and we will acquiesce in what they consider their own sphere of influence.
This administration has prided itself, flattered itself on deploying smart diplomacy. “Smart diplomacy” is a meaningless idea, but if it has any meaning at all, it is not ever doing something as humiliating, amateurish, and stupid as this.
Oh well at least we won’t have to listen to or watch another joint press conference with Owe and world leaders. After Harper unintentionally upstaged Owe simply by making economic sense Owe won’t let another leader even share the podium with him. Of course it didn’t help that Harper went to the US and appeared on all their major media and made so much sense that even the Owe media was nodding in agreement with him. Too bad Brown was next in line and denied the limelight with Owe and the world media.
Obama is using his ‘community organizing’ tactics for governing the nation. He’s holding ‘let’s all talk together’ meetings..if you can imagine..and presuming that these ‘chatter-fests’ of several hours will actually come up with in-depth, analytic proposals for serious national problems.
“For the second time in as many weeks, President Obama pulled together dozens of lawmakers, community leaders and business representatives to solve a pressing issue — this time, health care reform.
But the president’s focus-group brand of governing is starting to wear thin for some who say the sessions are more style than substance.
Obama held a similar summit last week to promote fiscal responsibility. Over the course of three hours, the 130 or so in attendance broke into five groups and then reconvened, and the president said all their suggestions would be boiled down into a final report in 30 days. Soon after, the White House went ahead and released a $3.6 trillion budget anyway.” (Fox Politics)
Notice that key point. The report had already been written up by the Backroom Boys of the White House. So, what’s the point of these Chatter-Love-In Sessions’?
Ahh, it’s to make a public show that he is ‘working with the people’. It’s a campaign strategy. Not a strategy for policy and program development. Obama is constantly campaigning and this is to show that he listens to people. He doesn’t; he’s indifferent to other people’s views and his only requirement is that they acquiesce to him.
easiest way to summarize this: Obama doesnt know **** about dealing with other countries. He will- sorry, HAS made us look weak in an already weakened state. The fact that he even considered dropping the missle shield is redonkulous! (you heard me! he’s past ridiculous, all the way into redonkulous. I used it to gain attention. SEE? you’ll remember this better now wont you?) He gave away money that will all wind up in the hands of Hamas AND hes cutting down our own defense while he’s at it.