obama asia visits
Obama’s foriegn policy is a non-starter, the Europenas realize it, will the American figure out he is clueless?
http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,662822,00.html
From Der Spiegel “The mood in Obama’s foreign policy team is tense following an extended Asia trip that produced no palpable results. The “first Pacific president,” as Obama called himself, came as a friend and returned as a stranger. The Asians smiled but made no concessions.”
Is it just possible the foreign diplomats are not impressed with the ability to read a teleprompter or are the heads of state he visited upset they too did not get DVD they can not watch?
About half of us figured that out within his first month in office.
The other half is taking longer.
obama supporters are exhibiting the normal 5 stages of grief:
Denial – Obama is doing a great job! I’m very happy with him.
Anger/blaming – You’re criticizing Obama because he’s black! You racist! Bush is to blame!
Bargaining/postponing – If we just give him more time, then he’ll start doing a good job. He’s just taking his time and not rushing into things. Besides, it will take time to clean up the mess he inherited.
Depression/disconnecting – Oh, what’s the point? Obama is never going to deliver on his promise of preferential treatment for people in my select group.
Acceptance – Oh well, we’ll just try again with another Democrat next time. I’m still sure a Democrat will be better than any Republican. Remember how good FDR and Clinton were? Obama and Carter were just exceptions to the rule.
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The Most Dangerous Place: Pakistan’s Lawless Frontier $0.01 The story of the dark side of the Afghan war – and how Pakistan degenerated into a nuclear-armed powder keg Eight years ago we chased the Taliban from Kabul and forced Al Qaeda to find a new home. One by one the militants crossed the border into Pakistan and settled in its tribal areas, building alliances with locals and terrorizing or bribing their way to power. This place – Pakistan’s lawless … |
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China’s Vice President Xi Jinping Visits the United States: What Is at Stake? Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (pronounced Shee Jin-ping) is scheduled to visit the United States in mid-February, 2012, returning Vice President Joseph R. Biden, Jr.’s August 2011 visit to China, which Xi hosted. The fact that Xi is the heir apparent to China’s current top leader, Hu Jintao, who is scheduled to retire in the coming year, makes this more than an ordinary vice- presidential visi… |
