Sucking up to the UN and Terrorist nations!

[Coben Majere]

Quote: Originally Posted by Nile Garder

Barack at the UN: Was this Obama’s most naïve speech ever?

By Nile Gardiner World Last updated: September 23rd, 2009

It’s always a bad sign when a US president gets several rounds of heavy applause at the UN General Assembly, as Barack Obama did this morning in New York. Needless to say, the loudest cheers from the gathering of world leaders came when he condemned the actions of a close US ally, Israel, in continuing to build settlements in the West Bank. You can always rely on attacks on the Israelis to generate the biggest roars of approval at any meeting of the United Nations, and Obama dutifully obliged.

The Assembly also mightily cheered Obama’s boast that the United States no longer condones “torture” (as if it ever did), a blatantly political swipe at the interrogation techniques of the previous government, which most Americans happen to back. The president’s decision to rejoin the UN Human Rights Council, a basket case of an organization that includes some of the world’s worst tyrannies, was also greeted warmly.

Needless to say, when the president briefly brought up the need for greater international cooperation over Afghanistan, or spoke about the threat posed by al-Qaeda – or “violent extremists” as he calls them – there was stony silence.

Overall this was a staggeringly naïve speech by President Obama, with Woodstock-style utterances like “I will not waver in my pursuit of peace” or “the interests of peoples and nations are shared.” All that was missing was a conga of hippies dancing through the aisles with a rousing rendition of “Kumbaya”.

The big catchphrase of the morning was “new era of engagement”, with Obama outlining the four big international pillars of his presidency: ridding the world of nuclear weapons, the pursuit of peace, preserving the planet, and supporting “a global economy that advances opportunity for all people”.
There was only brief mention in the president’s speech of the Iranian or North Korean nuclear threat, and no attempt to outline what measures would be taken against Tehran and Pyongyang if they continued to defy the UN Security Council. Obama said not a word about Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s continuing threats to wipe Israel off the map, or the aspirations of the Iranian people for free and fair elections.

In fact human rights issues were strikingly downplayed in Obama’s address, which is not surprising since they are rarely on the radar screen of this administration. Nor did the words liberty or freedom feature prominently. This was a speech designed to appease opinion in a world body in which full democracies make up only a minority of its members.

Was this though Obama’s most naïve speech ever? It is a very strong candidate, but I think there is intense competition for that accolade. The president’s speeches in Cairo, Strasbourg and Prague would all vie for that title. Still, his address today will go down in history as one of the weakest major addresses by a US president on foreign policy in a generation, by a leader who seems embarrassed, even ashamed, by the power and greatness of his own country.

This was an exceedingly dull, poor speech that overwhelmingly failed to advance US interests on the world stage, or project American values and principles onto the rest of the globe. As Barack Obama will eventually discover, soft power will only get you so far when you have to confront and defeat brutal enemies that seek America’s destruction

Wow, if our ally's think this, we really must look weak to the terrorists and crackpots like Chavez and Kim Jung Ill....
No wonder we've seen an increase in terrorist plots here in the US. I only caught bit's and peices of his speech,
and some of Kadafi's rambling speech too. Wish I could have seen it all,
then again, maybe not.

Barack at the UN: Was this Obama’s most naïve speech ever? - Telegraph Blogs

[dodgezdad]

President Obama blaming our Country for all the faults of the world after we rebuilt Europe and Japan makes me sad. Can anyone explain to me who Obama is and why he dislikes his Country? It didn't make me happy to be an American after listening to that garbage.
After having mad men and killers lecture the US on the bully pulput of the United Nations, you would think the US President would defend the people of America and the Jews that help elect him.
It's time we kick the United Nations out of Country and use that very expensive piece of property for something constructive. At least we would have NY cleared of dozens of terrorist, thugs, and other critters that walk the street.
It's time for the people of America to realize if they want government to control them or if they want to control government as prescribed in our Constitution.

[Coslin]

Duh! Didn't, like, your teaches tell you, like.. umm.. like it was bad to be better than someone cause we're all like, you know, equal, and like, equality is the one key thing to make this world a better, you know, make the world, like, a way better place to live!

[Coben Majere]

If everyone is the same, equal...whats the incentive to get ahead?

It's more PC bullshit. I want to be better then other people, socially, economically, education wise and personally. Will I accomplish this goal? Sure, to some extent. Everyone measures themselves against the people they meet daily....it's a way of motivating yourself to do better.

I want my Son to be better then I, and my parents. If he is, I was successful in raising him to be a man.

[porksword]

The part that I dont understand is why people are acting surprised. It was clear from day one that this guy, his wife, and all his friends hates America and will do their best to destroy it. He is doing exactly what he said he was going to do, he told us all right up front that he was going to cram this crap down our throat and here it is.

Why did people have to elect him before they started to figure it out? Look at the people he has surrounded himself with his entire life. He refused to say the pledge of allegance, he would not wear a flag, his wife wrote a thesis on how bad America was, His wife said she wasnt proud to be an American until it was clear that her husband was going to be president. He is a racist that hates America and everything it stands for.

Coben Majere, I know that you are not surprised and this isnt aimed specificly at anyone here.

[Coben Majere]

No, I am not surprised one bit....I seen this coming a country mile away. I just wish I was wrong, sadly I am not.