US image in world slips as conflicts deflate Obama euphoria

NBC News ^ | July 4, 2013 | By Tom Curry, National Affairs Writer, NBC News

[Jim Robinson]

Even with President Barack Obama fresh off a trip to Africa and headed in late summer for a trip to Russia, people outside the United States take a less favorable view of America than they did right after he became president.

Surveys from different parts of the world show the initial goodwill toward the U.S. from the international community after Obama assumed office has waned and recent headlines point to some reasons why -- Revelations of U.S. international surveillance, the manhunt of information leaker Edward Snowden, drone strikes in foreign countries and the continued unrest in Syria have exposed the traditional fault lines of international relations.

The ebbing of world regard for the United States since 2009 was predicable given the extravagant expectations that people in some countries had of Obama when he was first elected.

[BenLurkin]

I hope they realize that they were played for suckers from the start.

[Jim Robinson]

They awarded the Marxist bastard the Nobel Peace Prize just for getting elected. It’s been all down hill since.

[Dilbert San Diego]

Anyone else remember how Obama was supposed to restore America’s image and prestige in the world?

Remember being lectured by liberals that Bush exercised cowboy diplomacy and all that? Remember liberals saying that we were not respected in the world because of “W”? That our image was tarnished all because of “W”?

I am shocked, just shocked, to see NBC News reporting a story such as this. Obama was supposed to lead us out of the dark ages of the Bush years, to a greater communion with the world community, yadda, yadda, yadda. What the heck happened?????

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

-— given the extravagant expectations that people in some countries had of Obama when he was first elected.-—

P R O J E C T I O N

[Southack]

Ousting Mubarak and supporting Morsi in Egypt...telling Africans that they can’t have air conditioning or else the planet will overheat...telling Muslims to support gay rights...forcing down the Presidential plane of Bolivia looking for Snowden (which turns out to have been a dirty prank tip from Russia’s FSB!)...going to Germany, which just converted from nuclear to coal powered electricity and demanding strict emission limits for power plants...spying on Medvedev, Merkel, and Belgium...begging Russia for missile flexibility and then expanding our missile defenses after his re-election...complaining about Chinese hacking and then getting caught spying on China...

0bama has managed to piss off the world.

[molson209]

BARACK OBAMA for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples. LOL

[Don W]

June 21was the first day of summer. The brain trusft at NBC didn’t know that summer lasts until September?

Ugh, we are SO messed up.

[SpaceBar]

It’s like being blamed because the neigbors are running a meth lab. The US per-se doesn’t deserve the blame, it is the Zero adminstration and his marxist revolutionary council.

[who_would_fardels_bear]

But he's such an avid golfer, and golf is a world sport.

What happened?

[BitWielder1]

Before, the world hated us, now they despise us too.
Thank You 0bama.

[Grampa Dave]

Jim, Ted Cruz made an excellent statement re the failures of Herr Obozo in Egypt:

Texas Republican Sen.Ted Cruz blasted the Obama administration’s policy toward Egypt in a scathing op-ed in Foreign Policy magazine, slamming the president’s stance on the Muslim Brotherhood “one of the most stunning diplomatic failures in recent memory.”

As the Egyptian military ends President Mohamed Morsi’s rule, Cruz points out that the ire of many people in the streets of Cairo is not reserved for the Muslim Brotherhood alone.

“The people protesting in the streets were not only carrying anti-Morsi signs,” Cruz writes. “They were also carrying signs with slogans like ‘Obama Supports Terrorism’ and ‘Obama Supports Morsi,’ as well as pictures of the American ambassador to Egypt, Anne Patterson, with a large red ‘X’ through her face.”

Below are some examples of the pictures and signs carried by the enemies of Herr Obozo, the Egyptian People in Cairo as noted by Ted Cruz. These photos will not appear in the MSM.

[ArmstedFragg]

“Even with”??

More like because of.

[Jim Robinson]

Bitches Obama and Hillary Go Home!!

[Irenic]

NBC sure tiptoed around and tread ever so lightly, eh. I guess it’s something.

[Timber Rattler]

Obama was supposed to lead us out of the dark ages of the Bush years, to a greater communion with the world community, yadda, yadda, yadda. What the heck happened?????

Obama surrendered and now nobody in the world fears the U.S. like they used to.

[Grampa Dave]

“Bitches Obama and Hillary Go Home!!”

How about sending all of them to the streets of Cairo to explain how good their policies are for the non Islamo.?

[Brad’s Gramma]

Perfect!

[max americana]

The libtard media had something to do with that. They made sure we would be hated around the world, vilifying Dubya’ when he was in office and the seeds have turned into massive trees.