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Will Obama Look Weak If He Meets With Putin?
WSJ ^ | 9/17/2015 | Stephen Sestanovich

Posted on 09/17/2015 12:10:32 PM PDT by mojito

It looks as though President Barack Obama will sit down with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the United Nations later this month. In a New York Times report Wednesday, journalists Peter Baker and Andrew E. Kramer described the administration’s internal debate about whether to schedule the meeting. Some officials, it seems, worry about making the president look weak and undercutting efforts to isolate Russia. Others insist there is no other way to find out what Moscow’s “supreme leader” thinks. Avoiding him only marginalizes the U.S.

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TOPICS: Editorial; Foreign Affairs; Russia; Syria
KEYWORDS: bendoverbarry; putin
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From the Jeopardy category "Questions with Obvious Answers."

I'm sure that bendover Barry will find some way to make himself more flexible.

1 posted on 09/17/2015 12:10:32 PM PDT by mojito
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Obama would look weak if he met with PeeWee Herman.


2 posted on 09/17/2015 12:11:25 PM PDT by dforest
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Not only will he look weak, he’ll look nonexistent.


3 posted on 09/17/2015 12:12:01 PM PDT by ScottinVA (If you're not enraged, you're part of the problem.)
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When did he ever not look weak?


4 posted on 09/17/2015 12:12:11 PM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (To win the country back, we need to be as mean as the libs say we are.)
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uhhh, not quite sure...


5 posted on 09/17/2015 12:12:25 PM PDT by dsrtsage (One half of all people have below average IQ. In the US the number is 54%)
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He’ll look weak if he doesn’t, he’ll look weak if he does. Sometime what you see is what it is.


6 posted on 09/17/2015 12:12:46 PM PDT by SuzyQue
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7 posted on 09/17/2015 12:13:44 PM PDT by Slyfox (Will no one rid us of this meddlesome president?)
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Will Obama Look Weak If He Meets With Putin?

Look Skippy, now is not the time to worry about Obama starting to look weak.

8 posted on 09/17/2015 12:15:19 PM PDT by Obadiah (Mr. Obama, the time for honoring yourself will soon be at an end.)
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Barry was plenty flexible in their last meeting...


9 posted on 09/17/2015 12:15:29 PM PDT by ScottinVA (If you're not enraged, you're part of the problem.)
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Yep


10 posted on 09/17/2015 12:16:32 PM PDT by jospehm20
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Will Obama Look Weak If He Meets With Putin?

Only if he can.

11 posted on 09/17/2015 12:17:00 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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12 posted on 09/17/2015 12:17:13 PM PDT by ScottinVA (If you're not enraged, you're part of the problem.)
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To: dforest

Embarrassingly, you’re absolutely right.

BTW: While we’re on the subject, has anyone seen Paul Reubens and Obama in the same room at the same time? Just sayin’...


13 posted on 09/17/2015 12:17:53 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (It's beginning to look like "Morning in America" again. Comment on YouTube under Trump Free Ride.)
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Chihuahua meets Doberman


14 posted on 09/17/2015 12:18:43 PM PDT by Gaffer
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When he bows down he will.


15 posted on 09/17/2015 12:20:43 PM PDT by Gamecock (Many Atheists: "There is no God and I hate Him!")
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To: DoughtyOne

If they did, they probably died from dyspepsia.


16 posted on 09/17/2015 12:21:07 PM PDT by dforest
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To: mojito

Obama looks weak staring at himself in the mirror.


17 posted on 09/17/2015 12:21:12 PM PDT by AFreeBird
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To: dforest
Lemme think. Nope. It doesn't matter who he meets with. He only makes them look better


18 posted on 09/17/2015 12:21:36 PM PDT by jsanders2001
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No, just stupid.


19 posted on 09/17/2015 12:22:19 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Beware the Wisconsin Weasel - GOPe Plan B)
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To: jsanders2001

ROTFL! Good one!


20 posted on 09/17/2015 12:22:41 PM PDT by dforest
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