Posted on 10/24/2013 7:58:41 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
BERLIN — Leaders and citizens in Germany, one of America’s closest allies, simmered with barely contained fury on Thursday over reports that American intelligence had tapped into Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cellphone, the latest diplomatic fallout from the documents harvested by the former National Security Agency contractor Edward J. Snowden.
In an unusual move between staunch allies, Germany summoned the United States ambassador over the claims.
The damage to core American relationships continues to mount.
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Seems that obama is more paranoid than tricky dick...
But, but, the world will love us once the evil Bush is gone! And Barry won a Nobel peace prize for.....uh...whatever. So this can’t be!!!
It’s really pathetic that the Germans and French are more outraged over NSA wiretapping and other surveillance than most Americans are.
But but but...I thought the USA was now more respected than it’s ever been around the world?!?
That’s cuz dissent is no longer patriotic.
If it were, Hillary would tell us.
Public anger but private game-on as usual.
Oh, and here's another thing. I expect that Obama will become Secretary-General of the U.N. after he leaves office. It's about the only thing left to give him for doing absolutely nothing.
As Secretary-General, Obama will get even with the Germans for criticizing him. He'll probably take away the Germans' parking spaces, or something like that.
Remember when the Germans were all in love with Obama? And when they held adoring rallies for him in Berlin? Maybe they can see this as a learning experience.
In before the....but but but.
Oh, man, I wish the Europeans would hurry up and tell us what to think!!!
-- Robert Redford and Timothy Busfield, in Sneakers
The American public complained about the surveillance and got no response, why should Obama respond to a pack of foreigners. LOL.
It would not surprise me if zero is purposely having this spying done just to see who says what about him. If a leader says something derogatory then he finds away to get even. I have said it before, zero is unstable and dangerous!
Nah, the Clown won’t do that....he is not interested in even doing his current occupancy....he is merely going out and doing whatever Valerie tells him to do.
Look for him to go to Hawaii and hide.
Deutschers require constant instruction. I was living in Germany during the 1980 campaign. My neighbors pleaded with me to vote for Carter, because they were certain that Reagan would start WWIII.
Fortunately, my German was quite conversational as I had lived there 3 years already. I was able to educate my German friends in the basics of American civics and history. The theme I stressed, though, was that the world is safer when America is strong, and Carter had made America weak.
They finally understood on Inauguration Day, when our hostages were released by the Iranians. Shortly after, I was invited to sit at the stammtische at my neighborhood gasthaus, a table reserved for family and close friends.
Once again, an un-educated buffoon in American Foreign Affairs, with the complete distate and hatred for America, serving as the President of the United States, has been making a mockery of any and alliances with the Untied States.
Why?
Yes, because of his personal love and affection for spreading Islam across the nation, that is at war with Islam, in an overt fifth-column movement to collapse this nation.
Also, it is the old addage: “The enemy of my enemy is my friend.” Therefore, as Obama has attempted to sidle next to other Communist countries, he has forgotten something else. In the eyes of “true believers of Communism”, those of other ethnicities are nothing more than expendable useful idiots.
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