Posted on 01/03/2010 7:01:19 PM PST by Born Conservative
Indian delegates to the Copenhagen climate meet are still recovering from US President Barack Obama's eleventh hour histrionics to salvage his reputation and pull the conference back from the brink of failure. There they were on the final day of the meet, bags packed and ready to leave for the airport at 5pm, convinced that the biggest climate show on earth was heading for disaster with no agreement in sight. Then came word that Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao wanted a last huddle with his BASIC (Brazil, South Africa, India and China) bloc partners. At 6pm, the four leaders gathered around a table in a room at the far end of the conference headquarters, Bella Centre. For an hour, they tossed around suggestions, trying to find a way out of the brinkmanship that had brought the meet to a point of no return. Suddenly, the door burst open and in walked Obama with all the flurry of the president of the world's most powerful country. He stopped short in simulated surprise. "Oh, all four of you," he exclaimed. "Shall I come back later?" * * *
It was a deft performance but no one was taken in. There was no way that Obama could not have known what was happening in that room. He was promptly invited inside. He took his seat at the table and then began one hour of haggling during which the US-BASIC countries accord was hammered out. What amazed all those present was the way Obama personally conducted the negotiations. He argued over words and occasionally pulled aside to consult with his team, but through it all, he was very much in command. The scene in that room went completely against the run of other international negotiations. Usually, the difficult bit is done by officials and the heads of state and government come in at the end to sign a pre-cooked agreement. At Copenhagen, pushed by Obama, leaders of the four BASIC countries were forced to behave like official negotiators. Wen suggested the word "analysis" when Obama rejected the word "information". And at environment minister Jairam Ramesh's suggestion, Manmohan Singh introduced the word "consultation" when Obama demanded a more transparent verification regime for domestic mitigation action by individual countries. A veteran of many multi-lateral negotiations from his days as finance minister, Manmohan Singh seemed quite at home. He was cool and calm, held the BASIC bloc's line firmly and exchanged notes with his team, sometimes in English and sometimes in Hindi. * * *
After an hour, Obama walked out with an accord in his pocket. He went straight to another room where leaders of Europe, Australia and Canada were waiting and he literally bludgeoned them into accepting an agreement which they had no role in drafting. It was a huge comedown for these traditional allies of the US. They had played goalkeeper for the Americans but when the chips were down, Obama bypassed them all to do a side deal with the rising powers of the 21st century. Copenhagen may have failed as an environment conference but it has laid the foundation of a new global order with the US displaying a willingness to do business with the emerging economies at the cost of old friends. * * *
Tailpiece Here's another bit of showmanship from Obama. After arm-twisting European and Australian leaders into accepting his deal with the BASIC countries, the US president walked out triumphantly and went straight up to the PM's special envoy on climate change, Shyam Saran, who was standing with other delegates. Putting both hands on Saran's shoulders, Obama said, "Thank you for being so positive. And please thank your prime minister." That's smart politics.
So why can’t 0bammy tame Iran?
What did our dear leader agree to with the BASIC coalition? Smells bad.
I wish I knew. All I know is that this Marxist Usurper is much shrewder than many here on FR believe.
I think most of us realize that Obama is very shrewd.
He is certainly not stupid. He knows exactly what he wants.
This is a crock of Cow Poop! They were intentionally having the meeting without him! Obozo had tried to call a meeting and the Four Countries refused him! No one hammers out an agreement in one hour unless it is a pile of nothing. This in fact made him a Laughing Stock, in the eyes of the Chinese, OBOZO Lost All of his Face! He bcrashed a meeting begging for a handout and thats what he got! The Chinese Premier was embaressed for a so-called Leader of Another Nation to act in such a groveling manner, that is a fact!
He knows exactly what his handlers/money men want him to deliver.
Obozo is not shrewd, he is just a Liar and calculating.
Americans are just proving they are very stupid to swallow his Lies...:-)
Obama was hard left long before he thought of running for office. I personally think he was groomed by the left when he was in college-hence Columbia and Harvard Law.
So this is why Rahm Emanuel was in India during the health care vote right before Christmas. To make sure the deal was sealed.
They had played goalkeeper for the Americans but when the chips were down, Obama bypassed them all to do a side deal with the rising powers of the 21st century.
...laid the foundation of a new global order...to do business with the emerging economies at the cost of old friends. * * *
Shrewd? Maybe, but revealing more the unscrupulous, manipulative core of this narcissist.
One thing he did was give INTERPOL immunity. I guarantee that was part of his ‘transparency’ verification arrangement he wanted.. with the bloc partners going along with some similar surrendering of sovereignty.
He got very little just to be able to say he accomplished something. Not sure what to make of this article which really only describes the maneuvering and says little about any concrete accomplishments, or lack thereof. Much ado about nothing, or next to nothing.
He’s not stupid or smart.. he’s simply following his contemptible philosophy and pouring his energy into vindicating himself regardless of the consequences. That means no customs, no laws.. nothing is sacred or safe from his intent to get his Marxist Utopia. He is deception.. he is envy.. he is greed.. he is whatever he thinks will further his objectives. This might make him appear smart or cunning.. but I don’t think so. In his fanaticism will be his defeat.
I don't think this is as much about special interest or 'handlers' as it is about messianic Marxism. He's had a lifetime of evangelical indoctrination and now runs from place to place tormented by the Furies in an attempt to legitimize his life's corruption. But unlike Orestes, Athena will NOT be there to argue on his behalf.
I hope you are right!
Your version is what I read from reports in the UK papers. He was humiliated and got nothing.
I have to disagree - in this case it's all about the money. There are billions to be made by certain corporations off the AGW scam, and Obama's "deal" at Copenhagen was an attempt to salvage something out of the disaster, to keep alive their future hopes for the money.
I think that's exactly right and have said so in earlier posts. They have cooked up an incredible and totally artificial funding scheme to subsidize their highest objective which is a totalitarian world government. It's as fanatical and subversive as it gets. And I don't think that's at all missing the mark.
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