themoderatevoice.com - 10/30/2009
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themoderatevoice.com —
Moving on to another French view of the
Afghan conflict, Laurent Joffrin of the newspaper Liberation suggests...
that however bad the situation may be, the West in the person of President Barack Obama should not pull out of Afghanistan – yet. For Liberation , Laurent Joffrin writes in ...
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Let’s Give Afghans ‘One More Chance’: Liberation, France
themoderatevoice.com - 10/30/2009
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themoderatevoice.com —
Is it a fact that President Obama is
‘dithering’ – as former VP Cheney has said –...
over a decision on Iraq? In his editorial for Le Figaro yesterday, influential French columnist Pierre Rousselin seemed to agree, if not in a much more sympathetic fashion than Mr. ...
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‘It’s Time for Obama to Decide’ on Afghanistan: Le ...
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ED MORRISSEY: Who Lost France? “Barack Obama campaigned on restoring America’s standing with its…
Instapundit —
... ED MORRISSEY: Who Lost France? “Barack Obama campaigned on restoring America’s standing with its allies, accusing the outgoing Bush administration of insulting and alienating our closest friends with his alleged unilateralism. How has Obama done as President? He has repeatedly insulted the British, insisting that there is no ’special relationship’ and demonstrating it by denying Gordon Brown the usual joint press conference on his visit to the US. Reuters reports that another close ally has taken the measure of Obama and started looking elsewhere for ...
Standing on the Shoulders of Jimmy Carter
Daily Pundit —
Hot Air » Blog Archive » Who lost France?
Now who’s the go-it-alone cowboy? Obama has damaged relations with the UK, France, the Czech Republic, and Poland, which even Joe Biden was forced to admit yesterday. Instead, Obama has focused his friendlier attention on Russia and Iran. What has Obama and the US received in return? Laughter over Hillary Clinton’s amateurish “reset button” and zero cooperation on Iranian nuclear weapons. And this is “smart power”?
Of course it’s not. It’s more stupidity from a President even ...
Reuters Reports...
Amy Ridenour's National Center Blog —
From Ed Morrissey: Barack Obama campaigned on restoring America’s standing with its allies, accusing the outgoing Bush administration of insulting and alienating our closest friends with his alleged unilateralism. How has Obama done as President? He has repeatedly insulted the British, insisting that there is no "special relationship" and demonstrating it by denying Gordon Brown the usual joint press conference on his visit to the US. Reuters reports that another close ally has taken the measure of Obama and started looking elsewhere for cooperation... ...
Obama Antagonizes an Ally
GayPatriot —
... United States and the Fifth Republic was a permanent state of affairs in the early twenty-first century.
In the middle part of the last decade, our relations suffered because of the duplicity of the French President and his Napoleon-loving sidekick, first serving as Foreign Minister, later as Prime Minster, currently under indictment. But, now it seems to be not the duplicity of the French that’s the problem, but the indifference of the Americans.
Ed Morrissey reports that the French have “taken the measure of Obama and started looking elsewhere ...
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