Obama provides weak response to N. Korea and Iran
June 18, 2009 by Steven Ting
Filed under General, International
There has been a lot of global happenings this past week. Iran recently had an election where the current president received the popular vote. But with that popular vote, there are calls of corruption and that the vote was tainted. Currently, Iran is trying to define itself and figure out how to handle the problem. How does Obama respond? He doesn’t want the US to appear as meddling in the affairs of Iran. The problem is that was not the appropriate response. As stated by the writer at www.stoptheaclu.com
From yesterday
But at the same time, Obama said it would not be helpful if the United States was seen by the world as “meddling” in the issue.
Iran accused the United States on Wednesday of “intolerable” meddling in its internal affairs, alleging for the first time that Washington has fueled a bitter postelection dispute. Opposition supporters marched in Tehran’s streets for a third straight day to protest the outcome of the balloting.
Looks like President Neophyte is getting school (yet again) on how foreign affairs works. Maybe now he will step up and call for freedom, openness, fairness, etc? Oh, sorry, that was me just dreaming a bit.
Obama is new and he’s learning on the job. This is what we don’t want or need as president. He is a disgrace. Now this morning we hear that North Korea has plans to fire a missle in the the direction of Hawaii. While the missile has a range of 4000 miles and Hawaii is 4500 miles away, that is not acceptable.   Obama doesn’t make any comment. He can only “hope” that North Korea will return to the “talks”.
What would another country do? Let’s take Israel. They wouldn’t put up with it. They’d launch their F-16′s to take out the launch site and anything else that threatened them. How about the US? We stay quiet and hope that we one day will grow a back bone. Obama is the leader of the United States and he has done nothing with regard to North Korea. He has done noting in regard to Iran. He is sitting there hoping things will get better on their own.
Will Obama Stand With Israel or Trust Iran?
May 17, 2009 by Guest Writer 1
Filed under General, International
President Obama’s upcoming meeting with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could speak volumes about the Obama administration’s new foreign policies, especially how much the United States will continue to be an ally of Israel. According to an editorial in the Christian Science Monitor, Obama has mostly threatened his friends and made “friends” with his enemies during the early period of his time in office:
The Obama doctrine in foreign policy is to squeeze friends into changing their ways and to disarm American adversaries with charm. It is a long way from the Bush theme of squeezing enemies and largely ignoring friends. But then, President Bush basically wanted one certain result – no follow-up attack on the US by Al Qaeda. Over seven years, he was successful, although at a cost in lives, civil liberties, and America’s reputation…
As Obama writes this book – call it “How to Influence Friends and Win Over Enemies” – he must remember that such methods are merely tactical. It’s unclear whether they will bring results… As a professed pragmatist, one more eager to fix America’s problems first without the distractions of foreign problems, Obama at some point may need to confront adversaries more and friends less.
President Obama sent a message to Netanyahu in preparation for his visit to the President along the lines of this new “policy”:
[Obama demanded] that Israel not surprise the U.S. with an Israeli military operation against Iran. The message was conveyed by a senior American official who met in Israel with Netanyahu, ministers and other senior officials. Obama did not wait for his White House meeting with Netanyahu, scheduled for next Monday, to deliver his message, but rather sent it ahead of time with his envoy.
Iran’s development of nuclear weaponry poses a huge threat to Israel, as its president has an unswerving hatred for Israel. Israel’s countermessage as reported in the New York Times is this:
The Israeli government, officials said, has assured the United States that it will not take military action against Iran without first consulting Washington. But it has also signaled that it will give the United States only a year or so to show that its good-will approach is getting results.
Israel is a loyal U.S. ally, with a strongly democratic government. It is surrounded by mostly Islamic-based governments in turmoil, full of terrorist groups vieing for power who want nothing less than to see the total end of Israel as a country. Treaties mean almost nothing to militant terrorist groups, as you can read here in an account of Pakistan’s dealings and its internal problems with a Taliban group bent on full government takeover. Who will Obama trust to meet his demands? Is he communicating strength or weakness to those who are full of hatred toward Israel and the U.S.?
