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Barack Obama a failure on world stage
The Australian ^ | 17th April 2015 | Graham Richardson

Posted on 04/16/2015 2:55:21 PM PDT by naturalman1975

There is a question I keep asking myself — is Barack Obama to blame for failing on virtually every front imaginable? I want the answer to be in the negative so badly that I fear I may be shutting out an ugly reality. Domestically and internationally, the US President’s policies have been a mix of brilliance and failure.

On foreign policy I had hoped for so much from him. After an inarticulate fool such as George W. Bush, the world deserved something special from America. At the time of his election Obama was the answer most of us were seeking.....

It is hard to avoid the assessment, however, that too many of the carefully crafted words were hollow. Obama squandered the capacity to inspire and revealed to all of us that his talk was cheap. When the crunch came he just couldn’t walk the walk.

The world is a far more dangerous place after six years of Obama as President. That conclusion is pretty damning.....

Syria and Iraq are even worse examples of Obama’s foreign follies.....

Across the border in Iraq, it took an age for real American aid to reach the Kurds and the Yazidis. Why was coming to their assistance such a difficult decision? When innocents are being raped and slaughtered, should pandering to the delicate sensitivities of the Turks, or a corrupt government in Baghdad, merit any consideration at all?

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The man who came to office on the back of “Yes we can” may leave Washington with the historical judgment “We could have, but we didn’t!”

(Excerpt) Read more at theaustralian.com.au ...


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Thank you, will check it out.


21 posted on 04/16/2015 3:33:57 PM PDT by Fungi (So you think you know anything about evolution? Think again.)
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To: exit82

Eggactly!
Those who wished for Obama to fail knew what a successful legacy would look like. It looks like this.


22 posted on 04/16/2015 3:36:59 PM PDT by griswold3 (Just another unlicensed nonconformist in am dangerous Liberal world.)
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23 posted on 04/16/2015 3:38:14 PM PDT by RedMDer (Keep Free Republic Alive with YOUR Donations!)
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To: naturalman1975
Domestically and internationally, the US President’s policies have been a mix of brilliance and failure.

Brilliance?

24 posted on 04/16/2015 3:38:34 PM PDT by x
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To: naturalman1975
After an inarticulate fool such as George W. Bush, the world deserved something special from America.

That's where I stopped reading this article ...

25 posted on 04/16/2015 3:41:30 PM PDT by BluH2o
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To: Diogenesis

The picture conjures up the image of the male genitalia. A dick, with a couple of nuts!


26 posted on 04/16/2015 3:42:06 PM PDT by vette6387
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To: skeeter

Clinton must be very careful with promises of “a new direction and more effective leadership”. If she offends Obama, a vindictive man, he can have her arrested tomorrow based on her illegal State Dept. server & email accounts. Just the announcement of a Justice Dept. investigation could sink her candidacy.


27 posted on 04/16/2015 5:09:01 PM PDT by Mister Da (The mark of a wise man is not what he knows, but what he knows he doesn't know!)
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To: naturalman1975

On foreign policy I had hoped for so much from him. After an inarticulate fool such as George W. Bush, the world deserved something special from America. At the time of his election Obama was the answer most of us were seeking.....


George was/is a moron BUT he is so much better than Obama theres not even a word to describe it..
Far better than Obama..

Except if, treasonous moron comes close.. nah Obama is worse than that..
What is this idiot smoking.. His delusion is pathological..


28 posted on 04/16/2015 5:11:38 PM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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To: hosepipe
Except if, treasonous moron comes close.. nah Obama is worse than that.. What is this idiot smoking.. His delusion is pathological..

Obama is not a moron. He's not an idiot. He is not delusional.

And what might that leave you with?

29 posted on 04/16/2015 5:19:49 PM PDT by okie01
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To: okie01

Obama is not a moron. He’s not an idiot. He is not delusional. And what might that leave you with?


( A )
Just being a democrat proves you’re a moron..
Being wrong about literally everything is a clue..
Ex-democrats still have the “disease”..
Democracy is a political disease that causes socialism..

ALL democrats and many republicans are progressives..
progressive is code for regressive..
if confused go to “A”...


30 posted on 04/16/2015 5:32:29 PM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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To: naturalman1975

31 posted on 04/16/2015 7:33:43 PM PDT by lowbridge
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To: naturalman1975

The article is available to subscribers only.


32 posted on 04/16/2015 9:14:58 PM PDT by ConstantSkeptic (Be careful about preconceptions)
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