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goodstrongf what this president has done in terms of peaceful diplomatic engagement, rather than quick trigger, deploying troops, starting or engaging in a war of choice.” ~ Kerry in our video presentation.
Editorial notes: And what is the end result of this New Age, Harvard brand, diplomacy? Iran is well on its way to a nuclear weapon. Syria has killed 170,000 of its own citizens, Iraq has been lost to the IS, which Obama armed during the first year of the Syrian conflict, Libya is thoroughly destabilized, Egypt's authority has been severely downgraded, Boko Haram is running wild and on the loose in parts of North Africa, Russia has taken Crimea and is working on the same in Eastern Ukraine, and the Afghan War is a not-so-funny joke, and embarrassment, the Russian reset is an unmitigated failure, NATO is feckless and without leadership, Hamas has been enabled, "sanctions" have been a demonstrable failure in several venues world wide, and hiding behind NATO and "international investigations" has proven nothing in terms of world peace and conflict resolution - all of this and more, quantifies the sad state of affairs that is the direct result of the Obama Diplomatic Policy.
The only question we need to ask this blow hard (John Kerry) : "Why is this administration the only voice in this world touting Obama's successes?"
Keep in mind that it was John Kerry, coming back from Viet Nam to become a politician, who slandered our troops and his soldier buds before Congress, throwing his medals away for the sake of a photo-op and then retrieving those medals when no one was looking. As a Senator, he was one of the sponsors of the Affordable Housing Act (2005), a piece of legislation credited as the primnary cause of the 2008 recession.
Fox News said Obama wasn’t Reagan-esque enough in his response to the Malaysian airliner shoot down..
ReplyDelete.... in case some have forgotten what actually happened in 1983.
After the Soviet pilot killed 269 people on a civilian airliner, Reagan’s aides didn’t bother to wake him up to tell him what happened. When the president was eventually briefed on developments, Reagan, who was on vacation in California at the time, announced he did not intend to cut his trip short. (Reagan’s aides later convinced him to return to the White House.)
Last week, Obama delivered a public address on the Malaysia Airlines plane about 24 hours after it was shot down, calling the incident an “outrage of unspeakable proportions.” Reagan also delivered stern words, but in contrast, he waited four days to deliver public remarks.
In 1983, some of the prominent conservative media voices of the day actually complained bitterly that Reagan’s response was wholly inadequate. George Will called the Reagan White House’s arguments “pathetic” at the time, insisting, “It’s time for Reagan to act.”
He didn't.
Reagan responded publicly with rhetoric that made the president sound rather helpless. “Short of going to war, what would they have us do?” Reagan said. “I know that some of our critics have sounded off that somehow we haven’t exacted enough vengeance. Well, vengeance isn’t the name of the game in this.”
Since you do not listen to Fox News, what is your source for all of the above. More Gonzo Journalism?
DeleteI was there - back in the Reagan days. I know what went on. You don't. You only have a Marxist rewrite designed to deflect Obama's own feckless cowardice and deception as a national leader.
DeleteBefore Reagan was through with Russia, the German wall had come down and Russia lost its soviet union and the cold war. Obama, leading from behind, will have no such success record. In fact, "leading from behind" is as stupid a statement as Pelosi's "We have to pass it before we know what's in it" (isn't that the perfect description of a stool sample?)
When Obama is done, Russia will still be in Crimea. Russia will have reconstituted itself, gotten away the airline disaster, Iran will have its nuclear weaponry, Iraq will still be in the hands of IS, and Obama's words, "I can be more flexible after the elections . . . tell Putin" will still be ringing in our ears.
The above what I wrote is the truth, look it up. Smithson often doesn't like the truth and has proven that by cowardly deleting comments.
DeleteLike I said, you wren't there, I was, so, your comments are not your own and as far off base as a Marxist gets. When Reagan was finished with Russia, THEY were defeated for a time. When Putin is finished laughing at Obama and the traitorous John Kerry, WE will be defeated, that is the difference.
DeleteSyria is in the midst of a brutal civil war? The right blames President Obama. ISIS advances in Iraq? The right blames President Obama. Innocents die in violence between Israelis and Palestinians? The right blames President Obama. Ukrainian separatists are accused of shooting down an airliner with Russian military equipment? The right blames President Obama.
DeleteThis just isn’t healthy.
In 1984, during the Republican National Convention, Jeane Kirkpatrick delivered a speech that included a catchphrase she repeated five times: “They always blame America first.” In reference to Democrats, she went on to condemn the “blame America first crowd.”
Look at who is doing it now. Not every crisis is about Obama.
I agree with everything you wrote except that last sentence. The blame Obama game works as well as your continual Bush bash, and, after 5 years of doing nothing, the Obama blame game is a legitimate tactic.
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