Obama the global has-been

[The Rabbi]

From this AM's WSJ, Bret Stephens.
Stephens: Barack Obama, Global Has-Been - WSJ.com

Consider the record. His failed personal effort to bring the 2016 Olympics to Chicago. His failed personal effort to negotiate a climate-change deal at Copenhagen in 2009. His failed efforts to strike a nuclear deal with Iran that year and this year. His failed effort to improve America's public standing in the Muslim world with the now-forgotten Cairo speech. His failed reset with Russia. His failed effort to strong-arm Israel into a permanent settlement freeze. His failed (if half-hearted) effort to maintain a residual U.S. military force in Iraq. His failed efforts to cut deals with the Taliban and reach out to North Korea. His failed effort to win over China and Russia for even a symbolic U.N. condemnation of Syria's Bashar Assad. His failed efforts to intercede in Europe's economic crisis. ("Herr Obama should above all deal with the reduction of the American deficit" was the free advice German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble offered this year.)

More at the source.

 

[beretta304]

Nah...he's on top of things. Well...maybe bottom of things. Either way....No that won't work either. Errr...You get the point.

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[Conservative]

From this AM's WSJ, Bret Stephens.
Stephens: Barack Obama, Global Has-Been - WSJ.com

Consider the record. His failed personal effort to bring the 2016 Olympics to Chicago. His failed personal effort to negotiate a climate-change deal at Copenhagen in 2009. His failed efforts to strike a nuclear deal with Iran that year and this year. His failed effort to improve America's public standing in the Muslim world with the now-forgotten Cairo speech. His failed reset with Russia. His failed effort to strong-arm Israel into a permanent settlement freeze. His failed (if half-hearted) effort to maintain a residual U.S. military force in Iraq. His failed efforts to cut deals with the Taliban and reach out to North Korea. His failed effort to win over China and Russia for even a symbolic U.N. condemnation of Syria's Bashar Assad. His failed efforts to intercede in Europe's economic crisis. ("Herr Obama should above all deal with the reduction of the American deficit" was the free advice German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble offered this year.)

More at the source.

That's an epic amount of FAIL.

 

[Soggy in NOLA]

... that never was.

 

[Saigon]

That's an epic amount of FAIL.

You do realise the text is fiction, right?

 

[Old Rocks]

LOL.

President Obama 332 Governor Romney 206

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The numbers just aren't changing.

 

[rightwinger]

Foreign Affairs and International Relations BROAD POLICY:
Re-established the United States standing in the world. ref, ref, ref
Poll: World’s opinion of U.S. has “improved sharply” under Obama. ref
47 nations rise to Obama’s challenge at US nuke summit and agree to four years of non-proliferation efforts. ref
Visited more countries and world leaders than any first year president. ref
G-20 Summit produced a $1.1 trillion deal to combat the global financial crisis. ref
Launched an international Add Value to Agriculture initiative (AVTA). ref
Created a rapid response fund for emerging democracies. ref
Bolstered the military’s ability to speak different languages. ref
BY REGION:
West Hem: Returned the rights of Americans to visit and assist their families in Cuba. ref , ref , ref
Middle East: Appointed envoys to the Middle East and AFPAK affirming the power of American diplomacy. ref
Middle East: Renewed loan guarantees for Israel. ref
Middle East: Pledged $400 million in aid to Gaza civillians. ref
Middle East: Pressured Israel to end Gaza blockade. ref
Middle East: Refused to give Israel a “green light” to strike Iran, augmenting Mid-East stability. ref
Middle East: Iran Sanctions Act. ref
Asia: Authorized President Bill Clinton’s mission to secure the release of two Americans held in North Korea. ref
Asia: Authorized discussions with Myanmar and mission by Sen. Jim Webb to secure the release of an American held captive. ref
Asia: Renewed import restrictions under Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003. ref
Asia: Nuclear arms agreements with India (5/4/2010). ref
Africa: Lord’s Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act of 2009. ref
Africa: Helped stabilize Somalia (Exec Order). ref
Aus: Nuclear arms agreements with Australia (5/5/2010). ref
Europe: Nuclear arms agreement with Russia. ref , ref, ref, ref
Europe: Agreed with Switzerland to bolster tax information exchange ref, ref

http://obamaachievements.org/list

 

[Conservative]

That's an epic amount of FAIL.

You do realise the text is fiction, right?

His failed personal effort to bring the 2016 Olympics to Chicago.
Lat time I looked, the Olympics were not going to be in Chicago in 2016, but in Rio.

His failed personal effort to negotiate a climate-change deal at Copenhagen in 2009.
Last time I looked, nothing was accomplished in Copenhagen in 2009

His failed efforts to strike a nuclear deal with Iran that year and this year.
Last time I looked, there were indeed no nuke deals on the table with Iran

His failed effort to improve America's public standing in the Muslim world with the now-forgotten Cairo speech.
Last time I looked, our rep in the Muslim world had not gone up since Cairo

His failed reset with Russia.
Another failure.

His failed effort to strong-arm Israel into a permanent settlement freeze.
Pretty sure Israel is still building settlements.

His failed (if half-hearted) effort to maintain a residual U.S. military force in Iraq.
We are out of Iraq.

His failed efforts to cut deals with the Taliban and reach out to North Korea.
Taliban are still killing US troops in Afghanistan, and NK still hates us.

His failed effort to win over China and Russia for even a symbolic U.N. condemnation of Syria's Bashar Assad.
Self explanatory.

His failed efforts to intercede in Europe's economic crisis. ("Herr Obama should above all deal with the reduction of the American deficit" was the free advice German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble offered this year.)
Yup. Europe is still fucked, look at Greece.

No fiction there.

 

[California Girl]

The left are cranky. I am entertained.

 

[The Rabbi]

Foreign Affairs and International Relations BROAD POLICY:
Re-established the United States standing in the world. ref, ref, ref
Poll: World’s opinion of U.S. has “improved sharply” under Obama. ref
47 nations rise to Obama’s challenge at US nuke summit and agree to four years of non-proliferation efforts. ref
Visited more countries and world leaders than any first year president. ref
G-20 Summit produced a $1.1 trillion deal to combat the global financial crisis. ref
Launched an international Add Value to Agriculture initiative (AVTA). ref
Created a rapid response fund for emerging democracies. ref
Bolstered the military’s ability to speak different languages. ref
BY REGION:
West Hem: Returned the rights of Americans to visit and assist their families in Cuba. ref , ref , ref
Middle East: Appointed envoys to the Middle East and AFPAK affirming the power of American diplomacy. ref
Middle East: Renewed loan guarantees for Israel. ref
Middle East: Pledged $400 million in aid to Gaza civillians. ref
Middle East: Pressured Israel to end Gaza blockade. ref
Middle East: Refused to give Israel a “green light” to strike Iran, augmenting Mid-East stability. ref
Middle East: Iran Sanctions Act. ref
Asia: Authorized President Bill Clinton’s mission to secure the release of two Americans held in North Korea. ref
Asia: Authorized discussions with Myanmar and mission by Sen. Jim Webb to secure the release of an American held captive. ref
Asia: Renewed import restrictions under Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003. ref
Asia: Nuclear arms agreements with India (5/4/2010). ref
Africa: Lord’s Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act of 2009. ref
Africa: Helped stabilize Somalia (Exec Order). ref
Aus: Nuclear arms agreements with Australia (5/5/2010). ref
Europe: Nuclear arms agreement with Russia. ref , ref, ref, ref
Europe: Agreed with Switzerland to bolster tax information exchange ref, ref

Obama Administration’s Achievements (Thus Far) » Obama's Achievements Center

Weren't you the one crowing about his great accomplishments after Copenhagen? Yes, I think so.

Nuclear arms agreement with Australia? Wow. I was worried.

 

[The Rabbi]

That's an epic amount of FAIL.

You do realise the text is fiction, right?

Nothing fictional about the litany of failed policies. That was only part of the article, btw. Other parts talked about how GW Bush was more popular in Egypt at the end of his presidency than Obama is now. Things like that.
Obama. The worst president since Robert Mugabe.

 

[Conservative]

Foreign Affairs and International Relations BROAD POLICY:

47 nations rise to Obama’s challenge at US nuke summit and agree to four years of non-proliferation efforts.

Visited more countries and world leaders than any first year president.

Bolstered the military’s ability to speak different languages. ref

Middle East: Appointed envoys to the Middle East and AFPAK affirming the power of American diplomacy

Middle East: Pledged $400 million in aid to Gaza civillians.

Middle East: Pressured Israel to end Gaza blockade.

Asia: Nuclear arms agreements with India (5/4/2010). ref

Africa: Helped stabilize Somalia

Aus: Nuclear arms agreements with Australia (5/5/2010). ref

Obama Administration’s Achievements (Thus Far) » Obama's Achievements Center

Those are accomplishments? last time I looked, Israel was still blockading Gaza.

 

[rightwinger]

Grading Obama's Foreign Policy | Foreign Policy

His greatest accomplishments are:
the successful intervention in Libya under the "Responsibility to Protect" doctrine;
the institutionalization of the U.S. presence in the Asia-Pacific through membership in the East Asia Summit and much more active regional diplomacy;
the creation of the G-20 as a permanent leaders' forum, thereby broadening the circles of decision to include many non-Western powers;
the killing of Osama bin Laden and the decimation of al Qaeda;
the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq and a firm commitment to withdraw from Afghanistan;
the elevation of development (including food security, global health, climate change issues, and economic growth) as a much bigger part of U.S. foreign policy;
the restoration of trade as a meaningful foreign-policy tool by passing three trade agreements and setting up a framework for trans-Pacific free trade;
the global defense of Internet freedom (assuming SOPA/PIPA do not pass in anything like their current form) and the transformation of the highly politicized debate about degrees of democratization into degrees of transparency, accountability, and citizen participation through the Open Government Partnership.

Running through all these successes is a larger meta-achievement: The president has repositioned the United States to be a far more nimble, flexible, responsive and effective leader in world affairs. He is systematically divesting the burdens that weigh us down (two major wars), expanding the range of tools at our disposal (diplomatic, economic, developmental, environmental. and energy -- e.g. a new energy bureau at the State Department), and reorganizing and consolidating the parts that work

 

[Conservative]

Grading Obama's Foreign Policy | Foreign Policy

His greatest accomplishments are:
the successful intervention in Libya under the "Responsibility to Protect" doctrine;
the institutionalization of the U.S. presence in the Asia-Pacific through membership in the East Asia Summit and much more active regional diplomacy;
the creation of the G-20 as a permanent leaders' forum, thereby broadening the circles of decision to include many non-Western powers;
the killing of Osama bin Laden and the decimation of al Qaeda;
the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq and a firm commitment to withdraw from Afghanistan;
the elevation of development (including food security, global health, climate change issues, and economic growth) as a much bigger part of U.S. foreign policy;
the restoration of trade as a meaningful foreign-policy tool by passing three trade agreements and setting up a framework for trans-Pacific free trade;
the global defense of Internet freedom (assuming SOPA/PIPA do not pass in anything like their current form) and the transformation of the highly politicized debate about degrees of democratization into degrees of transparency, accountability, and citizen participation through the Open Government Partnership.

Running through all these successes is a larger meta-achievement: The president has repositioned the United States to be a far more nimble, flexible, responsive and effective leader in world affairs. He is systematically divesting the burdens that weigh us down (two major wars), expanding the range of tools at our disposal (diplomatic, economic, developmental, environmental. and energy -- e.g. a new energy bureau at the State Department), and reorganizing and consolidating the parts that work

Obama created the G20 Summit?
Not what I heard...
What is the G20?

On November 14-15, 2008, U.S. President George W. Bush invited the leaders of the G20 countries — creating the first ever G20 summit — to Washington DC to coordinate the global response to the aftermath of the financial crisis that had in the United States. At that meeting, the leaders agreed to meet again. Thus British prime minister Gordon Brown hosted the second G20 summit in London on April 1-2, 2009. This was followed by the third G20 summit hosted by U.S. president Barack Obama in Pittsburgh on September 24-25, 2009, with a fourth summit to be co-chaired by Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper and Korean president Lee Myung-bak in Toronto on June 26-27, 2010. In January 2010, at a meeting of the G20 leaders' personal representatives (sherpas) in Mexico, it was decided that after the sixth summit — scheduled for November 11-12, 2010, and hosted by Korea -- the G20 leaders would begin meeting once annually, in the fall, beginning in France in 2011. Mexico will chair the G20 in 2012.

 

[The Rabbi]

Grading Obama's Foreign Policy | Foreign Policy

His greatest accomplishments are:
the successful intervention in Libya under the "Responsibility to Protect" doctrine;
the institutionalization of the U.S. presence in the Asia-Pacific through membership in the East Asia Summit and much more active regional diplomacy;
the creation of the G-20 as a permanent leaders' forum, thereby broadening the circles of decision to include many non-Western powers;
the killing of Osama bin Laden and the decimation of al Qaeda;
the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq and a firm commitment to withdraw from Afghanistan;
the elevation of development (including food security, global health, climate change issues, and economic growth) as a much bigger part of U.S. foreign policy;
the restoration of trade as a meaningful foreign-policy tool by passing three trade agreements and setting up a framework for trans-Pacific free trade;
the global defense of Internet freedom (assuming SOPA/PIPA do not pass in anything like their current form) and the transformation of the highly politicized debate about degrees of democratization into degrees of transparency, accountability, and citizen participation through the Open Government Partnership.

Running through all these successes is a larger meta-achievement: The president has repositioned the United States to be a far more nimble, flexible, responsive and effective leader in world affairs. He is systematically divesting the burdens that weigh us down (two major wars), expanding the range of tools at our disposal (diplomatic, economic, developmental, environmental. and energy -- e.g. a new energy bureau at the State Department), and reorganizing and consolidating the parts that work

What happened to the "Responsibility to Protect" Doctrine when it came to Syria? Assad is slaughtering his citizens right and left and Obama is sucking Russian and Iranian dick while they ship arms and supplies to Assad. Another gross failure of policy.

 

[Conservative]

Grading Obama's Foreign Policy | Foreign Policy

His greatest accomplishments are:
the successful intervention in Libya under the "Responsibility to Protect" doctrine;
the institutionalization of the U.S. presence in the Asia-Pacific through membership in the East Asia Summit and much more active regional diplomacy;
the creation of the G-20 as a permanent leaders' forum, thereby broadening the circles of decision to include many non-Western powers;
the killing of Osama bin Laden and the decimation of al Qaeda;
the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq and a firm commitment to withdraw from Afghanistan;
the elevation of development (including food security, global health, climate change issues, and economic growth) as a much bigger part of U.S. foreign policy;
the restoration of trade as a meaningful foreign-policy tool by passing three trade agreements and setting up a framework for trans-Pacific free trade;
the global defense of Internet freedom (assuming SOPA/PIPA do not pass in anything like their current form) and the transformation of the highly politicized debate about degrees of democratization into degrees of transparency, accountability, and citizen participation through the Open Government Partnership.

Running through all these successes is a larger meta-achievement: The president has repositioned the United States to be a far more nimble, flexible, responsive and effective leader in world affairs. He is systematically divesting the burdens that weigh us down (two major wars), expanding the range of tools at our disposal (diplomatic, economic, developmental, environmental. and energy -- e.g. a new energy bureau at the State Department), and reorganizing and consolidating the parts that work

Iraq... You realize that was under Bush's timetable... right?

As for Afghanistan... 10 Facts About the US Withdrawal from Afghanistan - Countdown to Drawdown

 

[g5000]

From this AM's WSJ, Bret Stephens.
Stephens: Barack Obama, Global Has-Been - WSJ.com

Consider the record. His failed personal effort to bring the 2016 Olympics to Chicago. His failed personal effort to negotiate a climate-change deal at Copenhagen in 2009. His failed efforts to strike a nuclear deal with Iran that year and this year. His failed effort to improve America's public standing in the Muslim world with the now-forgotten Cairo speech. His failed reset with Russia. His failed effort to strong-arm Israel into a permanent settlement freeze. His failed (if half-hearted) effort to maintain a residual U.S. military force in Iraq. His failed efforts to cut deals with the Taliban and reach out to North Korea. His failed effort to win over China and Russia for even a symbolic U.N. condemnation of Syria's Bashar Assad. His failed efforts to intercede in Europe's economic crisis. ("Herr Obama should above all deal with the reduction of the American deficit" was the free advice German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble offered this year.)

More at the source.

I have one more failure to add to the list: His failed effort to get the UN to steal your guns!

BWA-HA-HA-HA!


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[g5000]

Foreign Affairs and International Relations BROAD POLICY:
Re-established the United States standing in the world. ref, ref, ref
Poll: World’s opinion of U.S. has “improved sharply” under Obama. ref
47 nations rise to Obama’s challenge at US nuke summit and agree to four years of non-proliferation efforts. ref
Visited more countries and world leaders than any first year president. ref
G-20 Summit produced a $1.1 trillion deal to combat the global financial crisis. ref
Launched an international Add Value to Agriculture initiative (AVTA). ref
Created a rapid response fund for emerging democracies. ref
Bolstered the military’s ability to speak different languages. ref
BY REGION:
West Hem: Returned the rights of Americans to visit and assist their families in Cuba. ref , ref , ref
Middle East: Appointed envoys to the Middle East and AFPAK affirming the power of American diplomacy. ref
Middle East: Renewed loan guarantees for Israel. ref
Middle East: Pledged $400 million in aid to Gaza civillians. ref
Middle East: Pressured Israel to end Gaza blockade. ref
Middle East: Refused to give Israel a “green light” to strike Iran, augmenting Mid-East stability. ref
Middle East: Iran Sanctions Act. ref
Asia: Authorized President Bill Clinton’s mission to secure the release of two Americans held in North Korea. ref
Asia: Authorized discussions with Myanmar and mission by Sen. Jim Webb to secure the release of an American held captive. ref
Asia: Renewed import restrictions under Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003. ref
Asia: Nuclear arms agreements with India (5/4/2010). ref
Africa: Lord’s Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act of 2009. ref
Africa: Helped stabilize Somalia (Exec Order). ref
Aus: Nuclear arms agreements with Australia (5/5/2010). ref
Europe: Nuclear arms agreement with Russia. ref , ref, ref, ref
Europe: Agreed with Switzerland to bolster tax information exchange ref, ref

Obama Administration’s Achievements (Thus Far) » Obama's Achievements Center

Holy shit, that's a weak list. My grandmother could have done that shit, and she's dead!

.

 

[rightwinger]

Grading Obama's Foreign Policy | Foreign Policy

His greatest accomplishments are:
the successful intervention in Libya under the "Responsibility to Protect" doctrine;
the institutionalization of the U.S. presence in the Asia-Pacific through membership in the East Asia Summit and much more active regional diplomacy;
the creation of the G-20 as a permanent leaders' forum, thereby broadening the circles of decision to include many non-Western powers;
the killing of Osama bin Laden and the decimation of al Qaeda;
the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq and a firm commitment to withdraw from Afghanistan;
the elevation of development (including food security, global health, climate change issues, and economic growth) as a much bigger part of U.S. foreign policy;
the restoration of trade as a meaningful foreign-policy tool by passing three trade agreements and setting up a framework for trans-Pacific free trade;
the global defense of Internet freedom (assuming SOPA/PIPA do not pass in anything like their current form) and the transformation of the highly politicized debate about degrees of democratization into degrees of transparency, accountability, and citizen participation through the Open Government Partnership.

Running through all these successes is a larger meta-achievement: The president has repositioned the United States to be a far more nimble, flexible, responsive and effective leader in world affairs. He is systematically divesting the burdens that weigh us down (two major wars), expanding the range of tools at our disposal (diplomatic, economic, developmental, environmental. and energy -- e.g. a new energy bureau at the State Department), and reorganizing and consolidating the parts that work

Iraq... You realize that was under Bush's timetable... right?

As for Afghanistan... 10 Facts About the US Withdrawal from Afghanistan - Countdown to Drawdown

I did not see Bush withdraw from Iraq

After his blunder in deciding to attack Iraq in the first place, insufficient troop strength, misreading of the Iraq political climate and inability to garner global support of the invasion

It took Obama to finally get us out of Bush's mess

 

[Conservative]

Grading Obama's Foreign Policy | Foreign Policy

His greatest accomplishments are:
the successful intervention in Libya under the "Responsibility to Protect" doctrine;
the institutionalization of the U.S. presence in the Asia-Pacific through membership in the East Asia Summit and much more active regional diplomacy;
the creation of the G-20 as a permanent leaders' forum, thereby broadening the circles of decision to include many non-Western powers;
the killing of Osama bin Laden and the decimation of al Qaeda;
the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq and a firm commitment to withdraw from Afghanistan;
the elevation of development (including food security, global health, climate change issues, and economic growth) as a much bigger part of U.S. foreign policy;
the restoration of trade as a meaningful foreign-policy tool by passing three trade agreements and setting up a framework for trans-Pacific free trade;
the global defense of Internet freedom (assuming SOPA/PIPA do not pass in anything like their current form) and the transformation of the highly politicized debate about degrees of democratization into degrees of transparency, accountability, and citizen participation through the Open Government Partnership.

Running through all these successes is a larger meta-achievement: The president has repositioned the United States to be a far more nimble, flexible, responsive and effective leader in world affairs. He is systematically divesting the burdens that weigh us down (two major wars), expanding the range of tools at our disposal (diplomatic, economic, developmental, environmental. and energy -- e.g. a new energy bureau at the State Department), and reorganizing and consolidating the parts that work

Iraq... You realize that was under Bush's timetable... right?

As for Afghanistan... 10 Facts About the US Withdrawal from Afghanistan - Countdown to Drawdown

I did not see Bush withdraw from Iraq

After his blunder in deciding to attack Iraq in the first place, insufficient troop strength, misreading of the Iraq political climate and inability to garner global support of the invasion

It took Obama to finally get us out of Bush's mess

you are smarter than this, and I know it.

The exit from Iraq was on Bush's timetable. Obama simply kept to it.