It takes time to discuss the matter with all of your 300 advisers.
Lots of time.
Get used to it.
Posted on 01/07/2009 1:02:21 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
If Europe wants to phone America on the Gaza crisis, who does it call? Not George Bush, who has two weeks left in the White House. And not Barack Obama, who has been mute on Israel’s military action, although the world looked to him immediately the conflict filled the screens. “Nobody at home in Washington”, ran one US headline on the turmoil.
“President-elect Obama is closely monitoring global events, including the situation in Gaza, but there is one president at a time,” said Brooke Anderson, his chief national security spokeswoman. This is disingenuous. Even if silence is meant only as evasion, it will never be taken as neutral by the region, where officials pore over every phrase – or the absence of them – for clues to Mr Obama’s policy. It is astonishing, in a campaign that turned on foreign policy, how much he managed not to say on the subject.
He has a strong bias towards diplomacy rather than fighting; we know that much from a year of Obama-the-cool on the campaign trail. But that preference is not a substitute for policy. Israel’s action will force him to do what he has worked so hard to avoid so far: saying how, or even if, he intends to help to break the deadlock.
Obama’s few, overanalysed sentences on the Israeli-Palestinian morass are generally supportive of Israel’s general positions, although with a more reserved tone than President Bush has used. In July he said: “In terms of negotiations with Hamas, it is very hard to negotiate with a group that is not representative of a nation-state, does not recognise your right to exist, has consistently used terror as a weapon and is deeply influenced by other countries.”
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Present!
Obama will be the first Presentdent.
The question is, who will they call AFTER Obama takes office?
Why should the Euros call anybody? Israel is doing fine all by itself...........
Hold your breath world! Maybe then the rest of us can breath a whole lot easier when you are gone.
Title assumes facts not in evidence.
“speak his mind”..
Hmmmph! Can’t imagine there being much to speak of....
Bambi seemed VERY able to talk about our actions in IRAQ, and undermine what we are doing.....but, he can’t say anything about something we are not directly involved in......yeah....right.
I agree.
It takes time to discuss the matter with all of your 300 advisers.
Lots of time.
Get used to it.
“The question is, who will they call AFTER Obama takes office?”
With all the Clintonistas now taking their seats in the “Bambi” cabinet?
How about the real President, Hillary. You know that title, “Secretary of State?” I think it means Chief of State (U.S.)
Comrade Zero is truly Bambi. He looks like a deer caught in the headlights.
The world really does think of him as a messiah...
(Shakes head...)
I see the J-schools in England draw from the same pool as their counterparts in the US.
And when he does, it will amount to one word:
DDDDUUUUUUUUUUUUUuuuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.......
If he speaks his mind we wouldn’t hear anything
NO I did not read the article.
I’m not waiting at all. I hope I never hear him speak his mind.
Why do you think I call him 'zero' ??
“Um....ummm.....um.....uh......um.....uh.......um.....”
I don’t think it will take six months. I think even some Dems are already missing Bush.
But be that as it may, I think Bambi’s not saying anything because he doesn’t want to rock the boat for himself right now. He sallied forth with some idiotic statements before Christmas and was not pleased with the response.
His handlers told him what to do. He is going to keep his mouth shut until after the inauguration. And then watch out, because even Hillary won’t be able to make him shut up and look sane.
Does the Gaza fight involve the USA?? Thats between Israel and the rocket launching savages of Hamas.
My My,,Isn’t it funny? Nations that preach non-stop about how the USA needs to stop being so unliateral, and not to assume we Americans set the agenda for the world, they seem to be unable to do ANYTHING without being able to “call the USA”?
Jump in there England, France, Germany,,, show us how its done, we are sitting here watching! This is your big chance,, so get out there and lead the world!
Looks like Hillary was right. The 3 o clock call comes and.....sorry this number is out of service....check the number and dial again.
“Be excellent to each other and party on dudes”.
The MSM liberals are in a panic. All they have done for years is bash and blame Bush. How will they be able to function without Bush to bash?
President “Bobby”: Mr. Gardner, do you agree with Ben, or do you think that we can stimulate growth through temporary incentives?
[Long pause]
Chance the Gardener: As long as the roots are not severed, all is well. And all will be well in the garden.
President “Bobby”: In the garden.
Chance the Gardener: Yes. In the garden, growth has it seasons. First comes spring and summer, but then we have fall and winter. And then we get spring and summer again.
President “Bobby”: Spring and summer.
Chance the Gardener: Yes.
President “Bobby”: Then fall and winter.
Chance the Gardener: Yes.
Benjamin Rand: I think what our insightful young friend is saying is that we welcome the inevitable seasons of nature, but we’re upset by the seasons of our economy.
Chance the Gardener: Yes! There will be growth in the spring!
Benjamin Rand: Hmm!
Chance the Gardener: Hmm!
President “Bobby”: Hm. Well, Mr. Gardner, I must admit that is one of the most refreshing and optimistic statements I’ve heard in a very, very long time.
[Benjamin Rand applauds]
President “Bobby”: I admire your good, solid sense. That’s precisely what we lack on Capitol Hill.
He's preping!
Seriously - is he answering that phone upside down??
What MIND?
But what good would speaking his mind do? He has no authority to get anything done, he cannot order anyone around. If he jumps in, he may damage whatever diplomacy is going on. He can’t stop Israel from taking military action, in any event.
And that's probably what we're going to hear from B-HO after he takes the oath of office. The "rest of the world" may be hoping for something Carteresque in regard to Israel, but the chances of that are slim. It'll be more Clintonesque. In only a few short months the messiah syndrome will wear off. ...if it hasn't already.
If Europe wants to phone America on the Gaza crisis, who does it call? Not George Bush, who has two weeks left in the White House. And not Barack Obama, who has been mute on Israel’s military action,
maybe if you didn’t call at 3:00 AM ...
sheesh, even hillary knows that
I have not been a fan of all of Bush’s policies and have winced at the financial policies of Bush in this last year but I will absolutely miss the man over this deceiver who is taking the White House.
It’s a photoshop (and don’t call me Shirley)
First Zambesi: You ought to go and see a psychiatrist. You’re a loony. You might even need a new brain.
Second Zambesi: Oh, I couldn’t afford a whole new brain.
First Zambesi: Well, you could get one of those Curry’s brains.
Second Zambesi: How much are they?
First Zambesi: (picking up a catalogue) I don’t know. I’ll have a look in the catalogue. Here we are. (she thumbs through it) Battery lights, dynamo lights, rear lights, brains — here we are...
Second Zambesi: I’m still confused.
First Zambesi: Oh, there’s a nice one here, thirteen-and-six, it’s one of Curry’s own brains.
< /PYTHON >
“The world is waiting...”
LOL
“The world is waiting for Barack Obama to speak his mind”
I’m not a fan of small talk.
He’s as much a phoney as that picture...
For petes sake, the man is talking into the wrong end of the phone!
one president at a time and yet the phony is out there every day going on about the economy
what a buffoon this man is, he simply has shown no leadership at all over this or other things.
Yes obama we;ll talk to people who believe in cutting/torturing and hurting themselves for islam
Dang! But it still would not surprise me because he is just as empty headed as he is suited!
actually they are doing things andf got a ceasefire but of course no word from Hamas who is milking this
where is zero?
no where again
"Word!"
What a bunch of malarky.
I hope the world doesn’t think they are going to get an pearls of wisdom from that swine.
Biden claimed 0bama and he both pushed for a NATO peace-keeping force after the U.S. forced the Hezzzzzzbollah out of Lebanon. Biden would be the last person I want talking to other countries.
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