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Obama and Putin are odd couple at Beijing summit
reuters/yahoo ^ | 11/11/14 | Matt Spetalnick

Posted on 11/11/2014 4:15:36 PM PST by SoFloFreeper

....encounters between Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin during an Asia-Pacific summit in China on Tuesday spoke volumes about the chilly state of relations....

"It's beautiful, isn't it?" Putin was overheard saying in English in Obama’s general direction, referring to the ornate conference room.

"Yes," Obama replied, coldly, according to journalists who witnessed the scene.

The three leaders stopped at Xi’s seat at the table. Putin reached out and clapped Obama on the shoulder. Obama barely responded.

(Excerpt) Read more at ca.news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: flexibility; obamachinatrip; obamafail; putin; weakknees
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To: SoFloFreeper
Finally it took China to show the rest of the world what a sick childlike nitwit King Obama is.
21 posted on 11/11/2014 4:50:59 PM PST by Logical me
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To: tcrlaf

Obama is left to stand with the servant wives. Nothing the Red Chinese (yes, we are back to that term) does in public is an accident, definitely not when it involves the erstwhile ‘leader’ of the free world. Obama had no one smart enough with him to counter their plans.


22 posted on 11/11/2014 4:59:31 PM PST by lee martell
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To: SoFloFreeper

the way Putin seems to act and sort of play with Obama makes me wonder if he has blackmail material on Obama and has our POTUS dancing on a string.


23 posted on 11/11/2014 5:00:57 PM PST by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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To: tcrlaf

“Don’t touch me!! Keep your cold Russian claws off of me, or I’ll, I’ll tell Valery what you said about her face! Yes, I will!


24 posted on 11/11/2014 5:02:48 PM PST by lee martell
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To: SoFloFreeper
Obama and Putin are odd couple at Beijing summit

Bet I know which one is Felix Unger.

25 posted on 11/11/2014 5:02:50 PM PST by seowulf (Cogito cogito, ergo cogito sum. Cogito.---Ambrose Bierce)
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To: tcrlaf

Actually, Putin probably just slapped a “Kick Me” sticker on Barry’s back.


26 posted on 11/11/2014 5:09:28 PM PST by twoputt
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To: SoFloFreeper

Putin Tops Obama, if get my drift...


27 posted on 11/11/2014 5:23:58 PM PST by wetgundog (ua)
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To: SoFloFreeper

The Chinese are also working Obama hard. Obama does not want to be in the same room as Putin and Jintao. You can tell by Obama’s body language when he is near either of them.


28 posted on 11/11/2014 5:33:47 PM PST by Thunder90 (All posts soley represent my own opinion.)
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To: SoFloFreeper
Obama is a miserable failure domestically and in foreign policy. The media gives him a pass. < The Racism of Low Expections - and I think they don't even know they're doing it
29 posted on 11/11/2014 5:43:27 PM PST by atc23 (The Confederacy was the single greatest conservative resistance to federal authority ever)
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To: SoFloFreeper
Obama is a miserable failure domestically and in foreign policy.

The rodeo clown is an international embarrassment. Strutting around chewing gum with the Chinese leaders.

30 posted on 11/11/2014 5:57:20 PM PST by BerryDingle (I know how to deal with communists, I still wear their scars on my back from Hollywood-Ronald Reagan)
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To: elpadre

I have been commenting here for a long time that Putin and others have the goods on BO. I just wish they would release it. Their intelligence sources know it all.


31 posted on 11/11/2014 6:06:03 PM PST by dandiegirl
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To: SoFloFreeper

In such tense circumstances as this one male putting their hand on another male in a supposedly friendly gesture is in actuality an old and often used tactic to effectively demonstrate dominance.


32 posted on 11/11/2014 6:08:23 PM PST by kimoajax (Rack'em & Stack'em)
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To: SoFloFreeper

33 posted on 11/11/2014 6:10:29 PM PST by clearcarbon
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To: dandiegirl

if they have the goods on him they will not release the info until they have bled him of all there is to get.


34 posted on 11/11/2014 6:12:05 PM PST by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said the goal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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To: tcrlaf

It’s obvious Putin feels he has the upper hand... and that Obama’s been ‘put in his place’... but over what?


35 posted on 11/11/2014 7:27:12 PM PST by GOPJ ( MSNBC is left-wing radio with pictures. CNN's anchors are mostly tired, left-wing & smug.. -Nolte)
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To: trisham

What do you think the body language means here? Putin’s in the cat bird seat... but why ... and why so much?


36 posted on 11/11/2014 7:28:31 PM PST by GOPJ ( MSNBC is left-wing radio with pictures. CNN's anchors are mostly tired, left-wing & smug.. -Nolte)
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