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Obama Gives {Islamist} Erdogan the 'Hug Treatment'
weeklystandard.com ^ | 11/3/11 | staff-blog

Posted on 11/03/2011 1:03:35 PM PDT by drpix

An interesting bit from White House reporter Tangi Quéméner's latest pool report from the G-20 in Cannes, France:

[President Obama] entered the room at 1:15 and took to his left, heading to Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy. They chatted for a few seconds before British Prime minister David Cameron joined them. Hard to understand what they were saying amid the cameras noise. POTUS then took a stroll to Australian Premier Julia Gillard who got a hug as European president Herman van Rompuy, European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso and Turkish PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan were watching. Eventually the Europeans got a handshake but Erdogan got the hug treatment.

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TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Germany; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: angelamerkel; australia; davidcameron; europeanunion; france; germany; hermanvanrompuy; islam; jihad; josemanuelbarroso; juliagillard; kenyanbornmuzzie; marxistpos; nato; nicolassarkozy; obama; receptayyiperdogan; turkey; unitedkingdom; vichypresident
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To: tsomer

There is a rumour that the stories about Iran are a smokescreen, and that Turkey is set to strike against Syria.

A rumour every minute in the Middle East, of course. But I mention it FWIW.


21 posted on 11/03/2011 5:29:28 PM PDT by BlackVeil
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To: Political Junkie Too
POTUS then took a stroll to Australian Premier Julia Gillard who got a hug...

...who later told reporters, "President Obama made me feel uncomfortable."

-PJ

Comment added by PJ? Don't see it in the linked story.

22 posted on 11/03/2011 5:46:14 PM PDT by CedarDave (Sarah's out; need a new tagline...)
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To: CedarDave
Yup. You couldn't tell?

-PJ

23 posted on 11/03/2011 5:49:17 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (If you can vote for President, then your children can run for President.)
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To: tsomer

Syria.


24 posted on 11/03/2011 6:45:20 PM PDT by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard (Some men just want to watch the world burn.)
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To: WhistlingPastTheGraveyard
Is Obama going to bring the “Arab Spring” to Turkey? Ergogan can be replaced by someone more like Obama’s Muslim/Marxist roots. Sic ‘em, Barry.
25 posted on 11/04/2011 12:01:58 AM PDT by MasterGunner01 (To err is human; to forgive is not our policy. -- SEAL Team SIX)
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To: MasterGunner01

Ergogan and Obama are partners in forming the new caliphate, IMO.


26 posted on 11/04/2011 9:14:19 AM PDT by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard (Some men just want to watch the world burn.)
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To: MasterGunner01

Erdogan, excuse me. Darn touch screen keypad.


27 posted on 11/04/2011 9:19:38 AM PDT by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard (Some men just want to watch the world burn.)
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To: WhistlingPastTheGraveyard
You may be right, but . . . with Zer0, he says one thing and does the other. Gaddafi thought he was friends with Barry. We saw what Barry did to Gaddafi. If I was any kind of leader, I'd trust Barry as far as I could throw the Queen Mary's anchor (and I can't even lift one of the anchor chain links).

Also, Erdogan is a Turk and they're really not too enthused about Ahmadinejad and the Iranians (Persians). I don't know if it's an ethnic thing or a Sunni vs. Shiite thing. For now it might be an alliance of convenience, but neither the Turks or Iranians trust one another, IMHO.

28 posted on 11/04/2011 10:50:57 AM PDT by MasterGunner01 (To err is human; to forgive is not our policy. -- SEAL Team SIX)
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