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EDITORIAL: Worst foreign policy ever
EDITORIAL: Worst foreign policy ever
THE WASHINGTON TIMES Tomorrow, President Obama will chair a special nuclear-disarmament meeting by the United Nations Security Council. The White House bills this as a historic first, but it is typical of Mr. Obama's emphasis on style over substance. He will appear before the body with the ...
Obama's Befuddling Afghanistan Policy
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Our war-loving Foreign Policy Community hasn't gone anywhere - Glenn Greenwald
Our war-loving Foreign Policy Community hasn't gone anywhere - Glenn Greenwald
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Text of Obama's Speech at the U.N. -- By: NRO Staff
corner.nationalreview.com — THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Mr. President, Mr. Secretary General, fellow delegates, ladies and gentlemen, it is my... honor to address you for the first time as the 44th President of the United States. (Applause.) I come before you humbled by the ... (more) Text of Obama's Speech at the U.N. -- By: NRO Staff
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Worst foreign policy ever?
Power Line — ... A Washington Times editorial makes the case that Obama administration foreign policy is the worst foreign policy ever. It's an impressive indictment, and I happen to agree with it. Making the necessary changes, American foreign policy in the Age of Obama is what it would be if Alger Hiss or Advise and Consent's Robert Leffingwell were president. Michael Barone appropriately finds Obama caught in a ...

Obama's embarrassing moments on the world stage
USS NeverdockWhen Bush did this kind of thing the world's media attacked like rabid dogs. "Then there is the catalogue of Mr. Obama's embarrassing moments on the world stage, a list which includes: giving England's Queen Elizabeth II an iPod with his speeches on it; giving British Prime Minister Gordon Brown a collection of DVDs that were not formatted to the European standard (by contrast, Mr. Brown gave Mr. Obama an ornamental desk-pen holder made from the oak timbers of Victorian anti-slaver HMS Gannet, among other historically significant gifts); ...

Worst. Foreign. Policy. Ever.
Commonsense & Wonder — Why is Jimmy Carter smiling, while we're still recovering from Carter foreign policy mistakes 30 years later, Obama is determined to beat his record as worse president ever with the worse foreign policy ever. The Washington Times provides the score so far: ...

Worst Foreign Policy Ever?
True North - Pointing Minnesota in the Right Direction — ... A Washington Times editorial makes the case that Obama administration foreign policy is the worst foreign policy ever. It's an impressive indictment, and I happen to agree with it. Making the necessary changes, American foreign policy in the Age of Obama is what it would be if Alger Hiss or Advise and Consent's Robert Leffingwell were president. Michael Barone appropriately finds Obama caught in a ...

'Worst foreign policy ever'
Hyscience — ... According to this Washington Times editorial, Obama is tripping all over the world stage and his most successful policies thus far have been his selective killings - not exactly a program he can build on: ...

Meanwhile at the U.N., Gadhafi Rambles On
Taylor Marsh — ... Strong speech at the United Nations today from Pres. Obama, driving straight into the responsibilities of other nations to live up to what the United Nations is supposed to represent. In an alternative universe, the Carterization of Pres. Obama is well under way, using the Middle East as cudgel. Pres. Obama received applause when he directly talked about the people of Sudan, as well as when he talked about peace among Israel and Palestinians, saying he’s made “some” progress, regardless of yesterday’s ...

Just Remember – This Guy Is Supposed To Be Brilliant
Rhymes With Right — You have to love the incompetence of Prtesident Obama and those around him. Just look at the many gaffes involving foreign relations . [T]here is the catalogue of Mr. Obama's embarrassing moments on the world stage, a list which includes: giving England's Queen Elizabeth II an iPod with his speeches on it; giving British Prime Minister Gordon Brown a collection of DVDs that were not formatted to the European standard (by contrast, Mr. Brown gave Mr. Obama an ornamental desk-pen holder made from the oak timbers of Victorian anti-slaver HMS Gannet, among other historically ...

A Most Underwhelming Speech
Flopping Aces — ... extremists” as he calls them – there was stony silence. Overall this was a staggeringly naïve speech by President Obama, with Woodstock-style utterances like “I will not waver in my pursuit of peace” or “the interests of peoples and nations are shared.” All that was missing was a conga of hippies dancing through the aisles with a rousing rendition of “Kumbaya”. Will president Obama be known, not so much for the disaster of his domestic policies, but for the disaster that is his foreign policy? ...

Even Libs Are Joking About the Do Nothing President!
Flopping Aces — You Tube is likely to yank this at any minute, so hurry up and laugh: On a more serious note, did you miss this editorial in the Washington Times: Worst foreign policy ever? ...

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