Posted on 09/29/2009 11:30:24 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
It is shameful when the White House is accused of betrayal by close allies in eastern and central Europe, but utterly humiliating when even the Elysee Palace thinks the United States has been transformed from a lion to a lamb in the face of mounting global threats. As The Wall Street Journal reported this morning, French president Nicolas Sarkozy was less than impressed with Barack Obamas performance last week in the face of the Iranian nuclear crisis.
According to the paper, Washington urged Paris to delete key sections of Sarkozys UN speech that were critical of Iran and supposedly threatened to undermine Obamas attempt to project himself as a global peacemaker:
President Sarkozy in particular pushed hard. He had been frustrated for months about Mr. Obamas reluctance to confront Iran, a senior French government official told us, and saw an opportunity to change momentum. But the Administration told the French that it didnt want to spoil the image of success for Mr. Obamas debut at the U.N. and his homily calling for a world without nuclear weapons, according to the Paris daily Le Monde. So the Iran bombshell was pushed back a day to Pittsburgh, where the G-20 were meeting to discuss economic policy.
Le Mondes diplomatic correspondent, Natalie Nougayrède, reports that a draft of Mr. Sarkozys speech to the Security Council Thursday included a section on Irans latest deception. Forced to scrap that bit, the French President let his frustration show with undiplomatic gusto in his formal remarks, laying into what he called the dream of disarmament.
Sarkozy was so annoyed with Obamas weak-kneed approach that he reportedly told Le Monde that we live in the real world, not in a virtual one(continued)
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De Gaulle never had issues? Except for the little episode in 1966, when he removed French troops from the NATO command and expelled American NATO troops from France — just 20 years after we saved their gallic butts. And the whole “Europe for the Europeans thang, which was, in effect, an offer of detente to the Soviets in the middle of the Cold War.
President Sarkozy, I hear you, the rest of the world hears you and Obama with the people who knocked our country down..... will hear from all us real soon.
When you get to liking the French, remind yourself they are furious that Roman Polanski is under arrest for fleeing the US after being convicted of nailing a 13-year-old (in a most painfiul way) 32 years ago. We’re too prudish here.
"Forced to scrap that bit, the French President let his frustration show with undiplomatic gusto in his formal remarks, laying into what he called the dream of disarmament.
"French president Nicolas Sarkozy was less than impressed with Barack Obamas performance last week.."
Obamacare was his Waterloo. He's off to Elba...
That was then. This is now.
In the next year, Due to Obamas WEAKNESS, look for at least one or more of the following to occur:
China moves on Taiwan and absorbs it
North Korea fights South korea
China annexes the Spratleys
Iran attacks Isreal
Venezuela invades a neighbor (prolly Colombia)
Russia takes oner former sattelites (Georgia)
Obama whines but does nothing
No, the point I was trying to make is: that was de Gaulle; this is Sarko.
Chavez, Putin, and Castro also know that Obama is weak.
Fixed it for ya’.
The French? That’s bad...about as low as you can get.
Would that be the same nation that is outraged that a child rapist would be held to account? Yeah, like I care what they think...
Someone let me know when France pulls it’s head out.
Meant in the sense of never feeling restraint in bucking US doctrine.
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Perhaps it is time for the euros to view the writing on the wall and start building a more robust NATO on their own dime, since it is quite clear that the US cannot be counted on to defend Europe from the resurgent Russians or kooks like Amanutjob.
Remember Sarko’s recent quote about Obammy?
“Est-il faible?”
Most seemed to think that means,” Is he weak?” But there’s a more apt translation for “faible.’ Weak-minded, slow-witted, DUMB! That’s what Sarko meant, I’m sure. How many pics have we seen of those two, with 0 in front, and Sarko laughing at him in the background?
HE IS THE JOKE HEARD AROUND THE WORLD.
Kelly's contact in the France's external intelligence agency thinks, as does Sarkozy, that Obama is incredibly naive and grossly egotistical and is very worried about the negative impact Obama’s stupidity on the Free world. An amazing interview. The interview starts 32 mins. into the show.
Bump Dat...;0)
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