Barack Obama’s UN speech was pure mush. America’s enemies no longer fear the US superpower

The Telegraph ^ | 9/24/2013 | Nile Gardiner

[markomalley]

Americans don’t generally eat mushy peas, a staple of British fish and chip shops. But US foreign policy under Barack Obama certainly resembles it. The president’s speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday was as soggy as it gets, with Mr. Obama extending the hand of friendship to Iran’s new president Hassan Rouhani. In his UN address, President Obama was eager to recycle the propaganda flowing out of Tehran in recent weeks, with the White House making a rapprochement with Iran the centerpiece of its Middle East strategy. In Obama’s words:

The Supreme Leader has issued a fatwa against the development of nuclear weapons, and President Rouhani has just recently reiterated that the Islamic Republic will never develop a nuclear weapon… I want to be clear we are encouraged that President Rouhani received from the Iranian people a mandate to pursue a more moderate course. And given President Rouhani’s stated commitment to reach an agreement, I am directing John Kerry to pursue this effort with the Iranian government in close cooperation with the European Union — the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Russia and China.

Obama couched his comments with the usual caveats, pointing out that “to succeed, conciliatory words will have to be matched by actions that are transparent and verifiable.” But the overarching message he is sending is clear: the Obama administration is prepared to go to the negotiating table with a brutal regime that is the world’s biggest state sponsor of terrorism, and has been aggressively pursuing a nuclear weapons capability.

Not only is this approach staggeringly naïve. It also send a dangerous signal that the world’s superpower is losing the will to stand up to rogue states, and opens up the possibility of the United States loosening sanctions on Iran…

[GeronL]

bump

[Vendome]

Amatuer adventurism will end in three years.

[Invictus]

Paging Forrest Gump.

[Truth29]

"Mr. Rouhani is more refined and eloquent than his bombastic predecessor, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, but he is cut from the same hardline Islamist cloth. His visceral hatred of Israel was plain to see in his own address to the UN, where he railed against its “crimes and institutionalised aggression against the innocent Palestinian people.”"

Sounds like Rouhani and Obama will be best buds in their plots against Israel.

[chiefqc]

Not only is this approach staggeringly naïve. It also send a dangerous signal that the world’s superpower is losing the will to stand up to rogue states, and opens up the possibility of the United States loosening sanctions on Iran…

Who is the puppet master pulling the mac, the mouse, daddies strings?

[jazusamo]

What an embarrassment this turkey in the WH is.

[COBOL2Java]

Barack Obama’s UN speech was is pure mush. America’s enemies no longer fear the US superpower

There. Fixed the headline.

[COBOL2Java]

Who is the puppet master pulling the mac, the mouse, daddies strings?

[FlingWingFlyer]

I endured a couple minutes of Barry’s vomit before I had to switch over to the local Ken and Barbies talking about the new and more expensive Burger King low calorie french fries. It’s a crazy world out there. We are now a Turd World Country. Thanks Barry!

[GeronL]

I am NOT Forrest Gump, he was much too smart for me

[RoosterRedux]

Right.

They may not fear Obama...but they fear the heart of America.

Our enemies will wish they had never declared war on this Judeo/Christian...let's cut to the chase...this Christian civilization.

Islam is a cult. It will die a bloody death.

But Satan (Allah) will still live to fight another day.

We are at the end or very near the end...gather your arms about you...and prepare for your family.

Get ready to defend your way of life. Get armed. And train yourself and your family.

[I still care]

I keep thinking, why now?

My guess is, this is to embarrass Israel into NOT attacking Iran’s facilities. They must be really close.

Employing my “Watch what they do, never listen to what they say” rule, Obama has been empowering Islamists since he became president. Each country that stood up in the ME to stop radical Islam, Obama took them down. This is probably just more of the same. Obama is more of an enemy to this country than people will ever imagine.

Carter gave the Islamists Iran. But Obama is going to give them the ME.

[Carry_Okie]

I've been talking about the impotence of power for decades. It's analogous to how George Zimmerman knew he had a gun, so he took a beating before using it. In a similar vein, our possession of nuclear weapons only has meaning if we are willing to use them. For many years, the existence of that "umbrella" gave our enemies pause, and therefore the left argued that we did not need a conventional deterrent.

Here we are.

Unless we also possess overwhelming conventional capability, our enemies will "Trayvon" us thinking we lack the will to take action. Between the cost of entitlements, high tech medical care for our soldiers, and high tech weapons (with a ridiculous MIL-Spec manufacturing system), we don't have the money to fund it. This is but one of the costs of standing armies.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks markomalley.

[Vendome]

I’m behind every blade of grass...

[clearcarbon]

If comrade obama really wanted to make an impression he’d announce something like an agreement by Iran to subsidize the American food assistance programs in exchange for Iran’s right to exist. Instead, he’ll probably announce an agreement to provide Iran with billions of dollars in refined fuel, food supplies, and nuclear technical assistance in exchange for Iran’s promise not to bomb Kenya.

[Elsie]

The Supreme Leader has issued a fatwa against the development of nuclear weapons, and President Rouhani has just recently reiterated that the Islamic Republic will never develop a nuclear weapon…

Elsie has said a definite NO! to raising cattle in his yard.

He has said he will NEVER have a calf growing up around HIS property...