Posted on 05/03/2010 11:10:40 AM PDT by george76
Barack Obama's foreign policy has been defined so far by his attempts to "engage" with adversaries or rivals of the United States, such as Ayatollah Ali Khamenei of Iran and Dmitry Medvedev of Russia. The results have been mixed. But now the president's focus is visibly shifting. In the next 18 months, Obama's record abroad will be made or broken by his ability to do business with two nominal U.S. allies: Hamid Karzai and Binyamin Netanyahu.
Both men are prickly and somewhat inscrutable...
And Obama has not done well. In fact, his treatment of the Israeli and Afghan leaders during one week in late March -- immediately after his victory on health care -- marked a low point of his performance as president.
Was it hubris from health care that brought on this burst of presidential imperialism? Whatever the cause, the results were disastrous.
What's missing is personal chemistry and confidence, the construction of a bond between leaders that can persuade a U.S. ally to take a risk; in other words, presidential "engagement." Isn't that what Obama promised?
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“What’s missing is personal chemistry and confidence, the construction of a bond between leaders that can persuade a U.S. ally to take a risk; in other words, presidential “engagement.””
BS
Obama’s foreign policy is only missing one thing:
Competence.
The author doesn’t seem to understand that Obama is a petulant little child who cannot be reasoned with.
Mixed? 100% failure is mixed? Who knew?
how about this explanation;
obama foreign policy: working as intended.
presidential “engagement” + ally = Boot on your neck.
presidential “engagement” + enemy = Hand of friendship.
Yes, I remember the shrill tongue-lashing Netanyahu got from Hitlery the week health care passed.
They were so full of themself that week they thought they were Jesus Christ.
What the MSM COMPLETELY miss is that amongst the world leaders, Obama is not respected or feared. I challenge one pundit to name a SINGLE world leader with whom Obama has developed any sort of close relationship. There are none after almost a year and half, and that fact in itself is the most stunning indictment of Obama’s lack of people skills.
If one thinks even harder, name any PERSON who is not a world leader who Obama considers a close friend. His ‘body man’, Reggie, is probably the guy Barry identifies with most, and that is because he is Obummer’s lackey, totally subservient and compliant. Obama had no close friends that I know of when he was in Illinois, he hung with Ayers, Wright, Pflegger, Rezko, etc. just to use them to advance his own career. I don’t think any of them qualified as actual buddies you go have a beer with.
Barry is an enigma, but each day, he is being revealed more and more to be devoid of personality, and all about one thing, himself.
What’s missing? Maturity. Reality. Sensibility. Competence. Drive. Determination. Pride. Strength. Belief.
In short, B*lls in the Oval Office. Not this childlike, perpetual victim & wuss.
....how about this explanation; obama foreign policy: working as intended......
I was thinking the exact same thing....everything Obama does that seems illogical is exactly what he intended in order to take this country to its knees. There’s no other “logical” explanation for it.
He identifies well with our enemies. Our allies ... not so much.
“Both men are prickly and somewhat inscrutable...”
Presents somewhat of a challenge for a moron whose entire existence has centered on exploiting his own ehnicity.
He is a petulant child who sees himself as king of the world. Malignant narcissism is dangerous and he is inflicted with it.
He’ll give ‘em some DVDs of his best speeches and they’ll be eating out of his hand.
If you’d like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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Obama's diplomacy, not fully engaged
We already know that the radio talkers and USSS read FR. If, sometime in the near future, we start to see MSM puff pieces on Zer0’s good friend (insert name here), we’ll know that the White House does too.
In the next 18 months, Obama's record abroad will be made or broken by his ability to do business with two nominal U.S. allies: Hamid Karzai and Binyamin Netanyahu.Obama *is* a broken record.
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