Posted on 03/15/2015 1:44:01 PM PDT by naturalman1975
THE decision by the Abbott government to sign on for negotiations to join China’s regional bank, foreshadowed by Tony Abbott at the weekend, represents another defeat for Barack Obama’s diplomacy in Asia.
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Canberra’s move follows similar decisions by Britain, Singapore, India and New Zealand.
Make no mistake — all this represents a colossal defeat for the Obama administration’s incompetent, distracted, ham-fisted diplomacy in Asia.
The Obama administration didn’t want Australia to sign up for the China Bank. The Abbott government rightly feels that it owes Obama nothing.
Obama treats allies shabbily and as a result he loses influence with them and then seems perpetually surprised at this outcome.
The Asian professionals in Washington regard the Obama administration as particularly ineffective in Asia.
The consensus is that the Obama White House is insular, isolated, inward-looking, focused on the President’s personal image and ineffective in foreign policy.
Obama went out of his way to embarrass the Prime Minister politically on climate change with a rogue speech at the G20 summit in Brisbane.
The speech had been billed as dealing with American leadership in Asia and instead was full of material designed to embarrass Abbott.
Since then, the Abbott government has felt absolutely zero subjective good will for Obama.
This is an outlook shared by many American allies.
It’s important to get all the distinctions right here.
The Abbott government operates foreign policy in Australia’s national interest.
That includes full fidelity to the American alliance and to supporting US strategic leadership.
But the Obama administration has neither the continuous presence, nor the tactical wherewithal nor the store of goodwill or personal relationships to carry Canberra, or other allies, on non-essential matters.
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Oops...thought this story was about GREG Abbott.
Anywho...barky still sux.
Is there a singly ally that Obama hasn’t pissed off over the past 6 years?
They don't trust any Indonesian. :)
It’s tough being a friend of the USA when a Democrat is President. Just ask the Shah of Iran or Hosni Mubarak or Netanyahu. Or Tony Abbott.
Kerry can send our special fag envoy to Caberra. I’m sure that will put things right.
I think he treats our Allies like crap on purpose in order to break America financially. IMHO, this is all done on plan and purpose. Nothing Obama and Jarrett do is a mistake.
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