Posted on 06/14/2009 6:36:27 AM PDT by RobinMasters
Not to deny President Obama's diplomatic charms, but they seem lost on the world's harder cases. The latest is Kyrgyzstan, a Central Asian nation of five million that has been home to a U.S. air base at Manas, a critical transit center to supply troops in Afghanistan.
In February, hours after securing $2 billion in aid from Russia, Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev announced -- in Moscow no less -- that the U.S. will have to leave by August 18. Mr. Obama this week sent a confidential letter to the Kyrgyz leader implicitly asking him to reconsider by "expressing his gratitude to the nation and government of Kyrgyzstan for its efforts to stabilize the situation in Afghanistan and in the fight against international terrorism and narcotics trafficking," according to a summary released by the Kyrgyz government yesterday.
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Another Muslim nation flips off Obama, this time in favour of their former Russian overlords.
How many diplomatic failures does this make for the Obama administration?
Before long, he’ll have run out of significant countries to alienate, and will be down to places like Western Sahara, Kiribati, Lesotho....
I find Obama about as charming as a one-legged leper that is hopping up and down throwing their feces at everyone.
> I find Obama about as charming as a one-legged leper that is hopping up and down throwing their feces at everyone.
Amazing mental imagery: my mind has boggled! Well done!
As they say, even a blind hog finds an acorn every once in a while.
Of course they would go to the highest bidder. Besides, in a very few years, the Russian army will be majority muslim.
ping
When ever Obama speaks it sounds as if he is talking to a child.
Why should anybody be concerned about what Obama wants,... except Americans?
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