Posted on 09/27/2009 7:45:30 AM PDT by c-five
Jules Crittenden comments on President Sarkozy's statement at the United Nations last week: "It's a sad state of affairs when a Frenchman mocks an American president and you have to go with the Frog." Here's what the man said:
President Obama dreams of a world without weapons ... but right in front of us two countries are doing the exact opposite. Iran since 2005 has flouted five security council resolutions. North Korea has been defying council resolutions since 1993. I support the extended hand of the Americans, but what good has proposals for dialogue brought the international community? More uranium enrichment and declarations by the leaders of Iran to wipe a UN member state off the map.
Claudia Rosett quotes more of Sarkozy's statement and comments in "Learning to love the French: When Sarkozy spoke truth to Obama."
Sarkozy didn't comment on Obama's pathetic General Assembly speech with the line: "No nation can or should try to dominate another nation." Mark Steyn picks up where Sarkozy left off, asking:
Did a professional speechwriter write that? Or did you outsource it to a starry-eyed runner-up in the Miss America pageant? Whether or not any nation "should try" to dominate another, they certainly "can," and do so with effortless ease, all over the planet and throughout human history.
At the end of his column, Steyn comments: "As for the saner members of the U.N., many Europeans still think they've got the American president they've always wanted: They would agree with John Bolton's indictment -- that this was a post-American speech by a post-American president -- but mean it as high praise. As the contours of the post-American world emerge, they will have plenty of time to reconsider their enthusiasm." In which case, Sarkozy may be a leading indicator.
We seem to be living in an alternate universe....
I’m jealous. France has a better president than USA.
There are embedded links in the article to further comments by Crittenden, Sarkozy, Rosett, and Steyn. Please click on the link to powerlineblog to retrieve them. Sorry my post did not pick up those links.
A Frenchman stands up to a threat, while the US President caves...The World Turned Upside Down.
And let’s not even think of comparing the first ladies...I go with Carla over Aunt Ester.
From Obamas new book - soon to be released.....
....."Dreams of My Mommy"
His mother pumped his head full of Utopian mush. The world is being drug kicking and screaming into the experimental world of the Utopians. The result if carried out to its logical end is predictable.
The bad guys of the world are licking their chops.
Maybe Sarkozy was born in Hawaii. Yeah, that’s the ticket.
President Obama dreams of a world without weapons ... but right in front of [him] two countries are doing the exact opposite.
Sarkozy doesn't get it. It's the intent that counts. Results are not even in the equation. Ego, Sarkozy is a racist.
“And let’s not even think of comparing the first ladies...I go with Carla over Aunt Ester.”
Yes, I was thinking this article might be about their wives too...
In a previous article Steyn compared Obama to a “twelve year old who’s spent too much time in his room listening to ‘Imagine.’”
Idiot Obama dreams of a world without weapons.Russia to china we have a big fish on the line.
Yeah really. Ouch on that Miss America Runner Up comment. Good one!
The scary part is the assessment that this was a “post-American speech” made by a “post American President”.
Yeah really. Ouch on that Miss America Runner Up comment. Good one!
The scary part is the assessment that this was a “post-American speech” made by a “post American President”.
Europe will regret mocking us for being a superpower, but only when they find themselves mired in the new Dark Ages.
Different species...not even comparible.
But if one was to try to compare, I would go with a comparison between a snowblower and a 1963 Corvette, Split Window Coupe.
Both have an internal combustion engine and...not much else in common.
:)
So does Canada, Australia, Italy, Poland, Israel, Germany, The Czech Republic...
So does Canada, Australia, Italy, Poland, Israel, Germany, The Czech Republic...
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