Posted on 05/25/2011 4:15:59 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
President Obama: "Perhaps, the argument goes... the time for our leadership has passed. That argument is wrong"
President Obama has told British politicians that, despite the rise of new global powers, the time for US and European leadership "is now".
He said the influence of the US, UK and allies would remain "indispensable," in a speech in Parliament on the second day of his UK state visit.
But he said that leadership would need to "change with the times" to reflect economic and security challenges.
He is the first US president to address MPs and peers in Westminster Hall.
Rows of the UK's most senior politicians and other prominent figures lined the historic building to hear the US president talk about the history of the UK's relationship with the United States and its shared values - and outline some of the future challenges facing the world.
Former British prime ministers Sir John Major, Tony Blair and Gordon Brown sat next to each other in the packed hall - the oldest part of the Houses of Parliament - which fell silent as the US president began his 35-minute speech.
As he began, Mr Obama joked that with an "especially active press corps", the relationship between the UK and US was forever being "over analysed".
But he added: "There are few nations that stand firmer, speak louder and fight harder to defend democratic values around the world than the United States and the United Kingdom."
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What a Dusche!
He really needs to make up his mind.....
Why lead when the kenyan klown said US influence has been “waning”?
Wrong way, Hussein, wrong way.
What comes out of his mouth will be asskissin words... what he does will be continue on with his death to America. What he says will be one thing, what he in fact does will continue to be the opposite. ...lying sac-o-shit
‘Scuse me while I throw up.
The man who loves to vote present, the man who loves to “lead from behind”, has no shame.
I have never been more disappointed, disgusted and outraged by any other president of the United States more than I am of Obama.
He is truly the worst US president in American history.
If this Clymer is “leading,” the destination is the PITS OF HELL!
Why start now? He’s built successfully an entire, fraudulent, affirmative action enabled career based on fine sounding speeches in which he says all things at once and never decides among them and is now running for affirmative actioin President of the world using the same technique. It’s not as if he ever made up his mind about anything except to embrace the opporunity to play on affirmative action sympathies.
What comes out of his mouth will be asskissin words... what he does will be continue on with his death to America. What he says will be one thing, what he in fact does will continue to be the opposite. ...lying sac-o-shit
Its this same volatility that prevents investors from coming out. Same volatiliy that have hampered the peoples expectations of the future. Same volatility thats been injected into the futures market place....etcetc
“So you really mean you haven’t been leading up until now and are still putting it off to the future???”
What do you think Bush was trying to do you retard? YOu rats tried to destroy him at every turn. Pathetic!
Next stop: Oblivion
A bold initiative on recycling and unilateral disarmament. Such a courageous stance.
Yeah!!! He’s leaving!
At least if America is to lead, he must.
Okay is it just me or do we have a Hangover President? He forgets the date, gives a babbling speech to the Queen, has lost our money and doesn’t know where it went, his vehicle can’t handle the road trip and on it goes. However, I don’t want this story to have a sequel.
Classic TOTUS pose photo
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