Posted on 07/21/2008 9:03:29 PM PDT by kristinn
Barack Obama and his team agree: At 46 years old, with no military service or foreign policy experience, having only spent three years as a United States senator, he is master of the universe.
Susan Rice, Obama's senior foreign policy advisor, informed the German news magazine Der Spiegel in an interview published today that her candidate "bows to nobody in understanding this world."
Rice prefaced this conceit by relating his world travels: "Senator Obama has travelled to Europe, Africa, the Middle East and South Asia many times before. He lived in Asia."
This evening ABC News Nightline will broadcast an interview with Obama conducted after he met with Iraqi Prime Minister Maliki and Gen. Petraeus today in Iraq.
Obama's arrogance shone through as he dismissed Petraeus' concerns about Obama's plans for Iraq:
"My job is to think about the national security interests as a whole and to weigh and balance risks in Afghanistan and Iraq. Their job is just to get the job done here, and I completely understand that."
Obama, in his arrogance, failed to recognize that Petraeus, having recently been promoted to head up Centcom, which oversees both Iraq and Afghanistan, would also be looking at Iraq from the same perspective.
Obama also made clear he worked to undermine President Bush's negotiations with the Maliki government on the new status of forces agreement:
"I made very clear to him that we have one president at a time. And it is the job of the Bush administration to work with [the] Iraqi government. I am a United States senator, I can present my views as a candidate and I can present my views as a senator who believes that we can't bind the next president to an agreement that involves us committing troops or budget."
While Obama has not been elected yet, he and his team are acting like it is all over but the swearing in ceremony.
His presidential-style rally being held in Berlin later this week is one more example of the self-crowning of Obama.
Many an arrogant man who 'bowed to nobody in their understanding of this world' have found themselves to be proven disastrously wrong. Unfortunately the world usually pays a horrendous price for their arrogance.
Berlin is a good city for Obama to learn a valuable lesson or two. However, the lessons of Berlin will likely be lost on him.
In the Der Speigel interview, Rice said of Obama: "He sees the world as more complex than simply good versus evil"
For more than half a century, Berlin was the front line in the battle between good and evil in the world--from the rise and fall of Adolph Hitler through the rise and fall of the Berlin wall.
However, a man who has foretold his own coming ("we are the ones we have been waiting for") may be too far gone already.
He doesn’t need to be labeled. It’s apparent to anyone with a brain. Too bad there are so few of us out there. I really fear for our country.
Everyone talks about McCains temper, but I cannot wait to see what kind of reaction we get out of Obama when he becomes the butt of more jokes.
The comedians on television declare that they haven't found the hook that will allow them to skew Obama (Bush is stupid, McCain is old, Clinton is a whoredog)...but I have never known a comedian who didn't relish the prospect of mocking a humorless public figure. Their protestations are disingenuous and they're in the tank for this joker...something everyone already knows.
Okaaaay....
Is this clown's 15 minutes up yet? Because this is getting more than a bit embarrassing that this fellow has gotten this far into the election process for our next President of the United States...
He should've been playing the maracas with the Tidy Bowl man by now...
“He doesnt need to be labeled. Its apparent to anyone with a brain. Too bad there are so few of us out there. I really fear for our country”
It needs to be done because so many don’t have brains.
The msm isn’t going to do it.
It has to be done through paid advertising.
VAIN! VAIN! VAIN!
with a collection of his greatest hits! About himself!
I use to didn’t like McCain either but after studying him and learning why he has done certain things I believe that I have misjudged him.
I believe now that he will be an excellent president and will do a lot to cut spending which is what we need.
Thanks!
John
Pride goeth before the fall.
He is hawk on spending
He best be careful if the Clinton’s invite him to Arkansas for a “dove” shoot.
Hilly aint done
He's right there with Kerry, and they both make Gore look like Chris Rock.
Simply unbelievable. How did this character get so far and so close to becoming POTUS. How can MSM be so blinded? This so disturbing on so many levels.
Oh, they maybe in the tank...but anything negative about Barry is racist. Can you say..”Hands tied”?
I really think the late night and faux news shows will suffer...oh well.:)
Wow. You nailed it.
“A president who knows it all (despite very limited real world experience) is a frightening prospect.”
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As we saw during the four endless years of Jammah Cahtah, then again during the 8 tumultuos years of the co-Presidents Klintoon.
Excellent.
Your talent will make a difference.
Interesting comment considering his stance on abortion.
Can we even begin to imagine the reaction had this been said about Bush?
Hubby’s retired Army, we have a couple of friends who are newly retired Navy Master Chiefs. I’ve heard good stories, and this just mirrored those stories perfectly.
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