Obama's Mideast trip seen as an investment

Washington Times ^ | 6/7/09 | Christina Bellantoni

[anniegetyourgun]

PARIS | After a whirlwind trip abroad that he capped by taking his family on a private sightseeing tour here, President Obama returned to Washington believing his administration made a down payment on his core goal of helping forge peace in the Middle East.

"He feels very, very good about the last four days, and I think he feels it's going to pay dividends in terms of our initiatives in the future," Mr. Obama's senior political adviser, David Axelrod, told reporters at the conclusion of the president's final event at the 65th anniversary of D-Day.

The close of Mr. Obama's trip abroad -- which included a major address to the Muslim world in Egypt, a stop in Saudi Arabia and a tribute to World War II veterans -- was punctuated by French fans who followed his family's every move.

[anniegetyourgun]

If you read the article, you’ll see where to next. He’s hoping for a swing through his boyhood muslim stomping ground....

[kcvl]

Obama returned to Washington believing his administration made a down payment on his core goal of helping forge peace in the Middle East.

While his wife and daughters stayed in France to SHOP!

[CaptRon]

I read it. It’s Obama down the rabbit hole. We are less safe with this sociopathic narcissist in charge. He actually believes the sound of his voice will calm the waters and turn guns into plowshares. He is danegerous to our security. I can imaging the Taliban crapping the pants (or whatever they wear) laughing so hard at this idiots “diplomacy”

[CaptRon]

the next trip has just as lofty an agenda as he tries to further his aim of a nuclear-free world in major meetings in Moscow and then tackling the world's largest problems at the Group of Eight meeting in Italy. He'll also stop in Ghana.

No megalomania there! Once ypu've organized a community the world is just light work.