"We don't need any tutoring from abroad."
Posted on 04/07/2009 2:09:15 PM PDT by CitizenM
US President Barack Obama says Turkey's future is in the European Union. Not everyone agrees. Numerous politicians in Germany have gone on the attack, and even French President Sarkozy is unimpressed. Turkey's role at the NATO summit has soured the mood.
During his stay in Europe, everybody seemed eager to be President Barack Obama's friend. Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi threw his arm around the US leader. French President Nicolas Sarkozy seemed to be on Obama's heels wherever he went during the G-20 meeting in London, the NATO summit in Strasbourg and the EU get-together in Prague. Even Russian President Dmitry Medvedev seemed to be enjoying his proximity to the American superstar....
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It is a sentiment not universally shared in Europe. On Monday, a number of politicians, particularly in Germany, went on the offensive. "It is a meddling in the internal affairs of Europe," Bernd Posselt, a member of the European Parliament from Bavarian's conservative Christian Social Union (CSU), blustered in an interview with SPIEGEL ONLINE. "The EU is not Obama's plaything. ... He should accept Turkey as America's 51st state instead," he continued.
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Markus Ferber, the CSU's lead candidate in European Parliament elections set for early June, echoed his party colleague. "There is no question that the US has a voice in NATO. But when it comes to membership in its own club, the EU decides by itself," he said. "We don't need any tutoring from abroad."
Party head Horst Seehofer said that Europe's "internal harmony" is dependent on "common cultural and spiritual roots." He went on to say that "Turkey, as self-proclaimed representative of the Muslim world, clearly doesn't fit in."
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Once again, this is what happens when we elect a head of state with no experience in foreign policy, and an apparent lack of curiosity about policies and issues. Even a moderately interested observer of EU politics would know that Turkey’s membership application has generated a lot of resistance and controversy. A well-informed head of state would realize that the kind of declaration given by Obama would likely damage those prospects, as it would represent a challenge for the EU to show some autonomy from the US.
Instead, we elected a rookie, and he’s already acted more arrogantly and with less skill than his predecessor, whom Obama criticized indirectly but obviously in town-hall meetings in Turkey and France. After this episode, George Bush and his careful handling of the Turkish question might gain some new respect from the EU.
Update: Yes, this has been the position of the US for a while, at least since 2006. Notice that George Bush managed to voice it in a manner that didn’t tick off our allies and demonstrate American arrogance? I guess Bush was just more adept at diplomacy than the new guy.
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It appears the universal opinion that counts...and that is not being reported in America by the major media is...just as we thought: Obama is a FOOL!
The shine is wearing off of Obama in Europe, but the media will continue to report that they all ADORE him and by proxy ADORE us now.
I hate the media.
EU = a club of European members. America is not a member of the club and has no business giving advice to the Europeans on who should and who should not be in their club. How would we like it if they told us that Cuba should be invited to join NAFTA?
Looks like they love him over there too, eh?
ALL of europe supposedly supported Brrack and millions sent him illegal campaign contributions.
ELECTIONS Have consequences you stupid EUROS! (Psst, he wants to run your countries into the ground too)
HEY! Don't give the guy any ideas!!!
I heard a good analogy somewhere that in regards to Obama the European press is acting for us like radio free Europe did for the folks behind the iron curtain during the cold war.
"We don't need any tutoring from abroad."
Oh wow, that is an EXCELLENT analogy! I am going outside the US to get my ‘real’ news and when I bring it up, most are so koolaid whipped that they just know the rest of the world is lying and THEIR government and media wouldn’t lie to them... Now that is sounding very much like the USSR.
Bernd Posselt, a member of the European Parliament said “The EU is not Obama’s plaything. ... He should accept Turkey as America’s 51st state instead,”
Wouldn’t that make 58 states?
There is an intereting article on Drudge about how magazines with BO or MO on the cover are not producing high sales. The media is so trying to portray her as the new Jackie or even Princess DI. It’s a joke how overboard they are going trying to make everyone believe that these two have any class at all. As usual, the comments after the article are very negative toward BO and MO.
She is closer to the new black rosanne barr.
LLS
Oh, they have class. But it is all low. Breeding always tells.
And don't forget that according to the media, Obama's trip to Iraq was greeted with "wild cheering" by our troops......yeah, right.
“She is closer to the new black rosanne barr”
That’s a perfect description of her!
Listening to Mark Steyn yesterday (sitting in for Rush), I was amused by his reporting by different European papers on zero’s visit there.
The turnabout was astonishing, to say the least. A European press corp who only months ago fawned over zero now described him as “boring” and his “speeches are too long”. One said (to paraphrase a Hollyweird phrase) that Obama needs to learn from his Hollyweird friends to
leave them wanting less”.
Others characterized the “Great Orator” Obama as incoherent, stumbling and stammering without the aid of his teleprompter. They summed up by saying that everywhere they looked, there was Obama . . . . . . too much Obama.
A popular saying goes “It is better to keep one’s mouth closed and be thought a fool, than to open it and remove ll doubt.” After this tour in Europe, Obama has removed all doubt.
I was looking for the Carla Bruni pics. So disappointed.
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