Can the United States Earn Back Respect?

[Indeependent]

Deft statesmanship and diplomatic finesses are not necessarily the tools that an egomaniacal, failed casino operator and faded reality-tv performer brings to the international stage.

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The global consensus that Trump reeks leaves a stench upon America.

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America’s image has tumbled during Trump’s presidency.​

Can Biden turn it around?​

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The Gallup organization conducts annual surveys assessing how others assess U.S. leadership. In 20 of 29 countries where Gallup has completed these surveys, approval ratings “are at new lows or they tie the previous low,” according to the report released last week. Among the countries where approval hit new lows are two of the nation’s staunchest allies, Germany and Britain.​

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Four years ago, before Trump became president, 43 percent of Germans had a positive impression of the United States as a leader in the world. Today just 6 percent approve. In the United Kingdom, 15 percent say they approve. More Russians — 18 percent — approve of American leadership internationally than Brits or Germans.​

Gallup’s findings square with a Pew Research Center report of a few months ago. Pew’s regular survey asks whether people elsewhere have a favorable or unfavorable view of the United States. Among the nations where favorable impressions hit record lows or roughly tied them this year were a who’s who of traditional friends: the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Japan, Canada and Australia.​

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[President Biden,] the former chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has promised to reengage constructively with other nations, as has his designee for secretary of state, Antony Blinken. That will begin with allies in Europe, who have been treated badly by the current president.​

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“When he thinks foreign policy, he thinks allies, and when he thinks allies, he thinks Europe,” said Ivo Daalder, former ambassador to NATO ...​

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Trump has spurned or hectored allies in Europe and questioned the value of transatlantic alliances. Biden will embrace them all.​

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Showing up and saying the right words will be helpful in changing perceptions of the United States, but that might be only a first step in what could be a more challenging mission.​

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Biden will look to European allies for help in dealing with some of the most important foreign policy issues that await him, from U.S. posture toward Russia to Biden’s desire to change relations with Iran after Trump pulled out of the joint nuclear agreement.​

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/americas-image-has-tumbled-during-trumps-presidency-can-biden-turn-it-around/2020/12/19/f16654c2-420c-11eb-8bc0-ae155bee4aff_story.html

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The Great Flatulence should cling to power! ​

Alienating the global community while.... ​

dividing America is a boffo idea!".....​

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Why should the US pay the bills of other nations?

We do so they will do as we say.

No they won't and never did.

Of course they do. We don't go into Pakistan any other way.

We knew OBL wasn't in Afghanistan but in Pakistan but we stayed in Afghanistan because Pakistan bends over for us.

Seriously?
What do we get from Pakistan and India other than cheap, incompetent labor?
They want to engage in a nuclear war (not!)? Let them.

I told you what we got. We got the ability to invade Pakistan without them retaliating or saying a word.

So you're a neo con then?

He admitted such to me within the first week of posting here.

You did; you may not remember, but you were honest enough about it.

 

[j-mac]

Deft statesmanship and diplomatic finesses are not necessarily the tools that an egomaniacal, failed casino operator and faded reality-tv performer brings to the international stage.

View attachment 431474
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The global consensus that Trump reeks leaves a stench upon America.

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America’s image has tumbled during Trump’s presidency.​

Can Biden turn it around?​

​

The Gallup organization conducts annual surveys assessing how others assess U.S. leadership. In 20 of 29 countries where Gallup has completed these surveys, approval ratings “are at new lows or they tie the previous low,” according to the report released last week. Among the countries where approval hit new lows are two of the nation’s staunchest allies, Germany and Britain.​

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Four years ago, before Trump became president, 43 percent of Germans had a positive impression of the United States as a leader in the world. Today just 6 percent approve. In the United Kingdom, 15 percent say they approve. More Russians — 18 percent — approve of American leadership internationally than Brits or Germans.​

Gallup’s findings square with a Pew Research Center report of a few months ago. Pew’s regular survey asks whether people elsewhere have a favorable or unfavorable view of the United States. Among the nations where favorable impressions hit record lows or roughly tied them this year were a who’s who of traditional friends: the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Japan, Canada and Australia.​

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[President Biden,] the former chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has promised to reengage constructively with other nations, as has his designee for secretary of state, Antony Blinken. That will begin with allies in Europe, who have been treated badly by the current president.​

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“When he thinks foreign policy, he thinks allies, and when he thinks allies, he thinks Europe,” said Ivo Daalder, former ambassador to NATO ...​

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Trump has spurned or hectored allies in Europe and questioned the value of transatlantic alliances. Biden will embrace them all.​

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Showing up and saying the right words will be helpful in changing perceptions of the United States, but that might be only a first step in what could be a more challenging mission.​

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Biden will look to European allies for help in dealing with some of the most important foreign policy issues that await him, from U.S. posture toward Russia to Biden’s desire to change relations with Iran after Trump pulled out of the joint nuclear agreement.​

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/americas-image-has-tumbled-during-trumps-presidency-can-biden-turn-it-around/2020/12/19/f16654c2-420c-11eb-8bc0-ae155bee4aff_story.html

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View attachment 431481..........​

The Great Flatulence should cling to power! ​

Alienating the global community while.... ​

dividing America is a boffo idea!".....​

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Why should the US pay the bills of other nations?

We do so they will do as we say.

No they won't and never did.

Of course they do. We don't go into Pakistan any other way.

We knew OBL wasn't in Afghanistan but in Pakistan but we stayed in Afghanistan because Pakistan bends over for us.

Seriously?
What do we get from Pakistan and India other than cheap, incompetent labor?
They want to engage in a nuclear war (not!)? Let them.

I told you what we got. We got the ability to invade Pakistan without them retaliating or saying a word.

So you're a neo con then?

No idea what you are rambling about.

Probably a symptom of emersing yourself in MSNBC, and CNN rhetoric for so long....

Never watch them but I will note that you were unable to explain your ramblings.

Ha! sure....You were saying that we were able to invade another country, approvingly I might add...That is a Neo Con position....So, hence you are a neo con then?

It was self explanatory, I'd have thought those that love to think they are the smartest on the forum here like you would have been able to follow that.

 

[pknopp]

Can't wait for Corrupt Joe Biden to place his quivering lips on the asses of the Mullahs of Iran if we are so unfortunate to have him in office and validate the coup he fronted.

Until January 20, you'll have to satisfy your lust with lascivious evocations of the cult leader's seductive terpsichore:

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One of the worst nations on the planet and the left can't to prostrate themselves before Iran. Fuck!

The same was said of Reagan, that the rest of the world looked down on the US.
I guess when you have a president like Reagan or Trump we realize that you can't
please everyone so OP-ED writers at the NY Times can fuck off and the sycophants that post
trash like this can go with them.
What is America's opinion of the German leader, by the way?

It's very odd that you would actually evoke Reagan who secretly sold arms to the Khomeini government of the Islamic republic, in violation of an arms embargo. When Reagan's scandal broke, it was quite the embarrassment for the U.S.

If you fear that President Biden will repeat Reagan's treachery, please take solace in the fact that no one else entertains your bizarre notion.

Some are convinced that being a repulsive, unreliable object of ridicule is the path to global pre-eminence.

The American electorate and history differ.

I'm sure you had an orgasm when Obama sent 150 Billion in cash to the murderous Mullahs of Iran.

Who did they murder? We are the ones invading other countries, not Iran.

 

[j-mac]

I love hearing how concerned you Lefties are with foreign relations...Aren’t the majority of you America Haters longing for the day when we send a pole puffer or rug munching feminazi to keep relations solid in the Middle East? Imagine man-gravy gargling Pete Buttigieg expecting world leaders to take him serious....Let me guess, you wouldn’t give two fucks if they didn’t respect your fudge packer just as long as you got your fudge packer...right?

One of these days, I swear, your HEAD is going to literally EXPLODE.

Nah, calling you Lefties out on your nonstop contradicting ignorance is calming for me...but thanks for your concern.

You're very welcome. Whatever provides a catharsis for people like you, I'm all for it!

What a smug non reply that was Mac....Do you ever engage someone without looking down your nose at them?

Yes, if they earn my attention!

"Earn"? What do you mean by that?

 

[Indeependent]

Can't wait for Corrupt Joe Biden to place his quivering lips on the asses of the Mullahs of Iran if we are so unfortunate to have him in office and validate the coup he fronted.

Until January 20, you'll have to satisfy your lust with lascivious evocations of the cult leader's seductive terpsichore:

View attachment 431505​

One of the worst nations on the planet and the left can't to prostrate themselves before Iran. Fuck!

The same was said of Reagan, that the rest of the world looked down on the US.
I guess when you have a president like Reagan or Trump we realize that you can't
please everyone so OP-ED writers at the NY Times can fuck off and the sycophants that post
trash like this can go with them.
What is America's opinion of the German leader, by the way?

It's very odd that you would actually evoke Reagan who secretly sold arms to the Khomeini government of the Islamic republic, in violation of an arms embargo. When Reagan's scandal broke, it was quite the embarrassment for the U.S.

If you fear that President Biden will repeat Reagan's treachery, please take solace in the fact that no one else entertains your bizarre notion.

Some are convinced that being a repulsive, unreliable object of ridicule is the path to global pre-eminence.

The American electorate and history differ.

I'm sure you had an orgasm when Obama sent 150 Billion in cash to the murderous Mullahs of Iran.

Who did they murder? We are the ones invading other countries, not Iran.

What's the last country we invaded that didn't invade another country or that wasn't slaughtering it's own citizens?

 

[j-mac]

Can't wait for Corrupt Joe Biden to place his quivering lips on the asses of the Mullahs of Iran if we are so unfortunate to have him in office and validate the coup he fronted.

Until January 20, you'll have to satisfy your lust with lascivious evocations of the cult leader's seductive terpsichore:

View attachment 431505​

One of the worst nations on the planet and the left can't to prostrate themselves before Iran. Fuck!

The same was said of Reagan, that the rest of the world looked down on the US.
I guess when you have a president like Reagan or Trump we realize that you can't
please everyone so OP-ED writers at the NY Times can fuck off and the sycophants that post
trash like this can go with them.
What is America's opinion of the German leader, by the way?

It's very odd that you would actually evoke Reagan who secretly sold arms to the Khomeini government of the Islamic republic, in violation of an arms embargo. When Reagan's scandal broke, it was quite the embarrassment for the U.S.

If you fear that President Biden will repeat Reagan's treachery, please take solace in the fact that no one else entertains your bizarre notion.

Some are convinced that being a repulsive, unreliable object of ridicule is the path to global pre-eminence.

The American electorate and history differ.

I'm sure you had an orgasm when Obama sent 150 Billion in cash to the murderous Mullahs of Iran.

Who did they murder? We are the ones invading other countries, not Iran.

Oh my Dear Lord! This can't be a serious question...

 

[pknopp]

Deft statesmanship and diplomatic finesses are not necessarily the tools that an egomaniacal, failed casino operator and faded reality-tv performer brings to the international stage.

View attachment 431474
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The global consensus that Trump reeks leaves a stench upon America.

View attachment 431476
​

America’s image has tumbled during Trump’s presidency.​

Can Biden turn it around?​

​

The Gallup organization conducts annual surveys assessing how others assess U.S. leadership. In 20 of 29 countries where Gallup has completed these surveys, approval ratings “are at new lows or they tie the previous low,” according to the report released last week. Among the countries where approval hit new lows are two of the nation’s staunchest allies, Germany and Britain.​

​

Four years ago, before Trump became president, 43 percent of Germans had a positive impression of the United States as a leader in the world. Today just 6 percent approve. In the United Kingdom, 15 percent say they approve. More Russians — 18 percent — approve of American leadership internationally than Brits or Germans.​

Gallup’s findings square with a Pew Research Center report of a few months ago. Pew’s regular survey asks whether people elsewhere have a favorable or unfavorable view of the United States. Among the nations where favorable impressions hit record lows or roughly tied them this year were a who’s who of traditional friends: the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Japan, Canada and Australia.​

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[President Biden,] the former chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has promised to reengage constructively with other nations, as has his designee for secretary of state, Antony Blinken. That will begin with allies in Europe, who have been treated badly by the current president.​

​

“When he thinks foreign policy, he thinks allies, and when he thinks allies, he thinks Europe,” said Ivo Daalder, former ambassador to NATO ...​

​

Trump has spurned or hectored allies in Europe and questioned the value of transatlantic alliances. Biden will embrace them all.​

​

Showing up and saying the right words will be helpful in changing perceptions of the United States, but that might be only a first step in what could be a more challenging mission.​

​

Biden will look to European allies for help in dealing with some of the most important foreign policy issues that await him, from U.S. posture toward Russia to Biden’s desire to change relations with Iran after Trump pulled out of the joint nuclear agreement.​

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/americas-image-has-tumbled-during-trumps-presidency-can-biden-turn-it-around/2020/12/19/f16654c2-420c-11eb-8bc0-ae155bee4aff_story.html

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View attachment 431481..........​

The Great Flatulence should cling to power! ​

Alienating the global community while.... ​

dividing America is a boffo idea!".....​

​

Why should the US pay the bills of other nations?

We do so they will do as we say.

No they won't and never did.

Of course they do. We don't go into Pakistan any other way.

We knew OBL wasn't in Afghanistan but in Pakistan but we stayed in Afghanistan because Pakistan bends over for us.

Seriously?
What do we get from Pakistan and India other than cheap, incompetent labor?
They want to engage in a nuclear war (not!)? Let them.

I told you what we got. We got the ability to invade Pakistan without them retaliating or saying a word.

So you're a neo con then?

No idea what you are rambling about.

Probably a symptom of emersing yourself in MSNBC, and CNN rhetoric for so long....

Never watch them but I will note that you were unable to explain your ramblings.

Ha! sure....You were saying that we were able to invade another country, approvingly I might add...That is a Neo Con position....So, hence you are a neo con then?

I stated a FACT. I did NOT say I supported it. This is a real problem many have. I can state how we are using our military to protect the poppy fields in Afghanistan as a fact but that does NOT mean I support that.

It was self explanatory, I'd have thought those that love to think they are the smartest on the forum here like you would have been able to follow that.

I would think one could explain what they say but it seems they can not.

 

[Indeependent]

Can't wait for Corrupt Joe Biden to place his quivering lips on the asses of the Mullahs of Iran if we are so unfortunate to have him in office and validate the coup he fronted.

Until January 20, you'll have to satisfy your lust with lascivious evocations of the cult leader's seductive terpsichore:

View attachment 431505​

One of the worst nations on the planet and the left can't to prostrate themselves before Iran. Fuck!

The same was said of Reagan, that the rest of the world looked down on the US.
I guess when you have a president like Reagan or Trump we realize that you can't
please everyone so OP-ED writers at the NY Times can fuck off and the sycophants that post
trash like this can go with them.
What is America's opinion of the German leader, by the way?

It's very odd that you would actually evoke Reagan who secretly sold arms to the Khomeini government of the Islamic republic, in violation of an arms embargo. When Reagan's scandal broke, it was quite the embarrassment for the U.S.

If you fear that President Biden will repeat Reagan's treachery, please take solace in the fact that no one else entertains your bizarre notion.

Some are convinced that being a repulsive, unreliable object of ridicule is the path to global pre-eminence.

The American electorate and history differ.

I'm sure you had an orgasm when Obama sent 150 Billion in cash to the murderous Mullahs of Iran.

Who did they murder? We are the ones invading other countries, not Iran.

Oh my Dear Lord! This can't be a serious question...

Makes you wonder...

 

[Eric Arthur Blair]

Says who? By what standards?

Did you know there are more christians in Iran than in Israel? No? Imagine that.
What authority does our gov't have to tell others who they can or can't trade with or interact with?
I can't find that authority granted our gov't by the originators of our gov't. Perhaps you have an inside track.
If so, I'd love to see it.

By the standards of a civilized world. Iran is a rigid authoritarian theocracy that is a world leader in terrorism
and who has sworn to wipe Israel, AND the US off of the face of earth.

But maybe that deep burning hatred for Israel is what you like about Islamic insanity in Iran.

Russia, China and Iran hackers target Trump and Biden, Microsoft says

Both President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden's campaigns in hackers' sights, Microsoft says.

www.bbc.com

Iran...always in the vanguard of global evil. Go ahead and move there.

 

[pknopp]

Can't wait for Corrupt Joe Biden to place his quivering lips on the asses of the Mullahs of Iran if we are so unfortunate to have him in office and validate the coup he fronted.

Until January 20, you'll have to satisfy your lust with lascivious evocations of the cult leader's seductive terpsichore:

View attachment 431505​

One of the worst nations on the planet and the left can't to prostrate themselves before Iran. Fuck!

The same was said of Reagan, that the rest of the world looked down on the US.
I guess when you have a president like Reagan or Trump we realize that you can't
please everyone so OP-ED writers at the NY Times can fuck off and the sycophants that post
trash like this can go with them.
What is America's opinion of the German leader, by the way?

It's very odd that you would actually evoke Reagan who secretly sold arms to the Khomeini government of the Islamic republic, in violation of an arms embargo. When Reagan's scandal broke, it was quite the embarrassment for the U.S.

If you fear that President Biden will repeat Reagan's treachery, please take solace in the fact that no one else entertains your bizarre notion.

Some are convinced that being a repulsive, unreliable object of ridicule is the path to global pre-eminence.

The American electorate and history differ.

I'm sure you had an orgasm when Obama sent 150 Billion in cash to the murderous Mullahs of Iran.

Who did they murder? We are the ones invading other countries, not Iran.

What's the last country we invaded that didn't invade another country or that wasn't slaughtering it's own citizens?

We lie. Syria.

We claimed Iraq was but the facts are we started killing the very same people we condemned Saddam for killing.

 

[pknopp]

Can't wait for Corrupt Joe Biden to place his quivering lips on the asses of the Mullahs of Iran if we are so unfortunate to have him in office and validate the coup he fronted.

Until January 20, you'll have to satisfy your lust with lascivious evocations of the cult leader's seductive terpsichore:

View attachment 431505​

One of the worst nations on the planet and the left can't to prostrate themselves before Iran. Fuck!

The same was said of Reagan, that the rest of the world looked down on the US.
I guess when you have a president like Reagan or Trump we realize that you can't
please everyone so OP-ED writers at the NY Times can fuck off and the sycophants that post
trash like this can go with them.
What is America's opinion of the German leader, by the way?

It's very odd that you would actually evoke Reagan who secretly sold arms to the Khomeini government of the Islamic republic, in violation of an arms embargo. When Reagan's scandal broke, it was quite the embarrassment for the U.S.

If you fear that President Biden will repeat Reagan's treachery, please take solace in the fact that no one else entertains your bizarre notion.

Some are convinced that being a repulsive, unreliable object of ridicule is the path to global pre-eminence.

The American electorate and history differ.

I'm sure you had an orgasm when Obama sent 150 Billion in cash to the murderous Mullahs of Iran.

Who did they murder? We are the ones invading other countries, not Iran.

Oh my Dear Lord! This can't be a serious question...

Noted, you were unable to answer.

 

[Mac1958]

I love hearing how concerned you Lefties are with foreign relations...Aren’t the majority of you America Haters longing for the day when we send a pole puffer or rug munching feminazi to keep relations solid in the Middle East? Imagine man-gravy gargling Pete Buttigieg expecting world leaders to take him serious....Let me guess, you wouldn’t give two fucks if they didn’t respect your fudge packer just as long as you got your fudge packer...right?

One of these days, I swear, your HEAD is going to literally EXPLODE.

Nah, calling you Lefties out on your nonstop contradicting ignorance is calming for me...but thanks for your concern.

You're very welcome. Whatever provides a catharsis for people like you, I'm all for it!

What a smug non reply that was Mac....Do you ever engage someone without looking down your nose at them?

Yes, if they earn my attention!

"Earn"? What do you mean by that?

Those who can demonstrate (a) a basic intellectual honesty, (b) some degree of independent thinking, and (c) the ability to communicate without personal insults and name-calling.

Instead, I'm often presented with people like you, who wet themselves when I dare to "look down my nose" at a guy who has multiple times said things like "I hate wetbacks more than Hitler hated the Jews".

You could look it up!

There. I showed you some attention! How cool is that!

 

[Indeependent]

Can't wait for Corrupt Joe Biden to place his quivering lips on the asses of the Mullahs of Iran if we are so unfortunate to have him in office and validate the coup he fronted.

Until January 20, you'll have to satisfy your lust with lascivious evocations of the cult leader's seductive terpsichore:

View attachment 431505​

One of the worst nations on the planet and the left can't to prostrate themselves before Iran. Fuck!

The same was said of Reagan, that the rest of the world looked down on the US.
I guess when you have a president like Reagan or Trump we realize that you can't
please everyone so OP-ED writers at the NY Times can fuck off and the sycophants that post
trash like this can go with them.
What is America's opinion of the German leader, by the way?

It's very odd that you would actually evoke Reagan who secretly sold arms to the Khomeini government of the Islamic republic, in violation of an arms embargo. When Reagan's scandal broke, it was quite the embarrassment for the U.S.

If you fear that President Biden will repeat Reagan's treachery, please take solace in the fact that no one else entertains your bizarre notion.

Some are convinced that being a repulsive, unreliable object of ridicule is the path to global pre-eminence.

The American electorate and history differ.

I'm sure you had an orgasm when Obama sent 150 Billion in cash to the murderous Mullahs of Iran.

Who did they murder? We are the ones invading other countries, not Iran.

What's the last country we invaded that didn't invade another country or that wasn't slaughtering it's own citizens?

We lie. Syria.

We claimed Iraq was but the facts are we started killing the very same people we condemned Saddam for killing.

I like what Trump did to ISIS...MOAB.

 

[pknopp]

Can't wait for Corrupt Joe Biden to place his quivering lips on the asses of the Mullahs of Iran if we are so unfortunate to have him in office and validate the coup he fronted.

Until January 20, you'll have to satisfy your lust with lascivious evocations of the cult leader's seductive terpsichore:

View attachment 431505​

One of the worst nations on the planet and the left can't to prostrate themselves before Iran. Fuck!

The same was said of Reagan, that the rest of the world looked down on the US.
I guess when you have a president like Reagan or Trump we realize that you can't
please everyone so OP-ED writers at the NY Times can fuck off and the sycophants that post
trash like this can go with them.
What is America's opinion of the German leader, by the way?

It's very odd that you would actually evoke Reagan who secretly sold arms to the Khomeini government of the Islamic republic, in violation of an arms embargo. When Reagan's scandal broke, it was quite the embarrassment for the U.S.

If you fear that President Biden will repeat Reagan's treachery, please take solace in the fact that no one else entertains your bizarre notion.

Some are convinced that being a repulsive, unreliable object of ridicule is the path to global pre-eminence.

The American electorate and history differ.

I'm sure you had an orgasm when Obama sent 150 Billion in cash to the murderous Mullahs of Iran.

Who did they murder? We are the ones invading other countries, not Iran.

What's the last country we invaded that didn't invade another country or that wasn't slaughtering it's own citizens?

We lie. Syria.

We claimed Iraq was but the facts are we started killing the very same people we condemned Saddam for killing.

I like what Trump did to ISIS...MOAB.

He blew up an abandoned airfield (and didn't pay for the bomb).

 

[Indeependent]

Can't wait for Corrupt Joe Biden to place his quivering lips on the asses of the Mullahs of Iran if we are so unfortunate to have him in office and validate the coup he fronted.

Until January 20, you'll have to satisfy your lust with lascivious evocations of the cult leader's seductive terpsichore:

View attachment 431505​

One of the worst nations on the planet and the left can't to prostrate themselves before Iran. Fuck!

The same was said of Reagan, that the rest of the world looked down on the US.
I guess when you have a president like Reagan or Trump we realize that you can't
please everyone so OP-ED writers at the NY Times can fuck off and the sycophants that post
trash like this can go with them.
What is America's opinion of the German leader, by the way?

It's very odd that you would actually evoke Reagan who secretly sold arms to the Khomeini government of the Islamic republic, in violation of an arms embargo. When Reagan's scandal broke, it was quite the embarrassment for the U.S.

If you fear that President Biden will repeat Reagan's treachery, please take solace in the fact that no one else entertains your bizarre notion.

Some are convinced that being a repulsive, unreliable object of ridicule is the path to global pre-eminence.

The American electorate and history differ.

I'm sure you had an orgasm when Obama sent 150 Billion in cash to the murderous Mullahs of Iran.

Who did they murder? We are the ones invading other countries, not Iran.

What's the last country we invaded that didn't invade another country or that wasn't slaughtering it's own citizens?

We lie. Syria.

We claimed Iraq was but the facts are we started killing the very same people we condemned Saddam for killing.

I like what Trump did to ISIS...MOAB.

He blew up an abandoned airfield (and didn't pay for the bomb).

It wasn't abandoned.
From where do you get your fake news?

 

[j-mac]

Deft statesmanship and diplomatic finesses are not necessarily the tools that an egomaniacal, failed casino operator and faded reality-tv performer brings to the international stage.

View attachment 431474
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The global consensus that Trump reeks leaves a stench upon America.

View attachment 431476
​

America’s image has tumbled during Trump’s presidency.​

Can Biden turn it around?​

​

The Gallup organization conducts annual surveys assessing how others assess U.S. leadership. In 20 of 29 countries where Gallup has completed these surveys, approval ratings “are at new lows or they tie the previous low,” according to the report released last week. Among the countries where approval hit new lows are two of the nation’s staunchest allies, Germany and Britain.​

​

Four years ago, before Trump became president, 43 percent of Germans had a positive impression of the United States as a leader in the world. Today just 6 percent approve. In the United Kingdom, 15 percent say they approve. More Russians — 18 percent — approve of American leadership internationally than Brits or Germans.​

Gallup’s findings square with a Pew Research Center report of a few months ago. Pew’s regular survey asks whether people elsewhere have a favorable or unfavorable view of the United States. Among the nations where favorable impressions hit record lows or roughly tied them this year were a who’s who of traditional friends: the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Japan, Canada and Australia.​

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[President Biden,] the former chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has promised to reengage constructively with other nations, as has his designee for secretary of state, Antony Blinken. That will begin with allies in Europe, who have been treated badly by the current president.​

​

“When he thinks foreign policy, he thinks allies, and when he thinks allies, he thinks Europe,” said Ivo Daalder, former ambassador to NATO ...​

​

Trump has spurned or hectored allies in Europe and questioned the value of transatlantic alliances. Biden will embrace them all.​

​

Showing up and saying the right words will be helpful in changing perceptions of the United States, but that might be only a first step in what could be a more challenging mission.​

​

Biden will look to European allies for help in dealing with some of the most important foreign policy issues that await him, from U.S. posture toward Russia to Biden’s desire to change relations with Iran after Trump pulled out of the joint nuclear agreement.​

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Why should the US pay the bills of other nations?

We do so they will do as we say.

No they won't and never did.

Of course they do. We don't go into Pakistan any other way.

We knew OBL wasn't in Afghanistan but in Pakistan but we stayed in Afghanistan because Pakistan bends over for us.

Seriously?
What do we get from Pakistan and India other than cheap, incompetent labor?
They want to engage in a nuclear war (not!)? Let them.

I told you what we got. We got the ability to invade Pakistan without them retaliating or saying a word.

So you're a neo con then?

No idea what you are rambling about.

Probably a symptom of emersing yourself in MSNBC, and CNN rhetoric for so long....

Never watch them but I will note that you were unable to explain your ramblings.

Ha! sure....You were saying that we were able to invade another country, approvingly I might add...That is a Neo Con position....So, hence you are a neo con then?

I stated a FACT. I did NOT say I supported it. This is a real problem many have. I can state how we are using our military to protect the poppy fields in Afghanistan as a fact but that does NOT mean I support that.

It was self explanatory, I'd have thought those that love to think they are the smartest on the forum here like you would have been able to follow that.

I would think one could explain what they say but it seems they can not.

Except I just did....So, tell me....what do you think our military should be for? Should it even exist?

 

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Deft statesmanship and diplomatic finesses are not necessarily the tools that an egomaniacal, failed casino operator and faded reality-tv performer brings to the international stage.

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The Gallup organization conducts annual surveys assessing how others assess U.S. leadership. In 20 of 29 countries where Gallup has completed these surveys, approval ratings “are at new lows or they tie the previous low,” according to the report released last week. Among the countries where approval hit new lows are two of the nation’s staunchest allies, Germany and Britain.​

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Four years ago, before Trump became president, 43 percent of Germans had a positive impression of the United States as a leader in the world. Today just 6 percent approve. In the United Kingdom, 15 percent say they approve. More Russians — 18 percent — approve of American leadership internationally than Brits or Germans.​

Gallup’s findings square with a Pew Research Center report of a few months ago. Pew’s regular survey asks whether people elsewhere have a favorable or unfavorable view of the United States. Among the nations where favorable impressions hit record lows or roughly tied them this year were a who’s who of traditional friends: the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Japan, Canada and Australia.​

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[President Biden,] the former chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee has promised to reengage constructively with other nations, as has his designee for secretary of state, Antony Blinken. That will begin with allies in Europe, who have been treated badly by the current president.​

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Trump has spurned or hectored allies in Europe and questioned the value of transatlantic alliances. Biden will embrace them all.​

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Showing up and saying the right words will be helpful in changing perceptions of the United States, but that might be only a first step in what could be a more challenging mission.​

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Biden will look to European allies for help in dealing with some of the most important foreign policy issues that await him, from U.S. posture toward Russia to Biden’s desire to change relations with Iran after Trump pulled out of the joint nuclear agreement.​

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/americas-image-has-tumbled-during-trumps-presidency-can-biden-turn-it-around/2020/12/19/f16654c2-420c-11eb-8bc0-ae155bee4aff_story.html

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Why should the US pay the bills of other nations?

We do so they will do as we say.

No they won't and never did.

Of course they do. We don't go into Pakistan any other way.

We knew OBL wasn't in Afghanistan but in Pakistan but we stayed in Afghanistan because Pakistan bends over for us.

Seriously?
What do we get from Pakistan and India other than cheap, incompetent labor?
They want to engage in a nuclear war (not!)? Let them.

I told you what we got. We got the ability to invade Pakistan without them retaliating or saying a word.

So you're a neo con then?

No idea what you are rambling about.

Probably a symptom of emersing yourself in MSNBC, and CNN rhetoric for so long....

Never watch them but I will note that you were unable to explain your ramblings.

Ha! sure....You were saying that we were able to invade another country, approvingly I might add...That is a Neo Con position....So, hence you are a neo con then?

I stated a FACT. I did NOT say I supported it. This is a real problem many have. I can state how we are using our military to protect the poppy fields in Afghanistan as a fact but that does NOT mean I support that.

It was self explanatory, I'd have thought those that love to think they are the smartest on the forum here like you would have been able to follow that.

I would think one could explain what they say but it seems they can not.

Except I just did....So, tell me....what do you think our military should be for? Should it even exist?

pk doesn't have a clue.

 

[pknopp]

Can't wait for Corrupt Joe Biden to place his quivering lips on the asses of the Mullahs of Iran if we are so unfortunate to have him in office and validate the coup he fronted.

Until January 20, you'll have to satisfy your lust with lascivious evocations of the cult leader's seductive terpsichore:

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One of the worst nations on the planet and the left can't to prostrate themselves before Iran. Fuck!

The same was said of Reagan, that the rest of the world looked down on the US.
I guess when you have a president like Reagan or Trump we realize that you can't
please everyone so OP-ED writers at the NY Times can fuck off and the sycophants that post
trash like this can go with them.
What is America's opinion of the German leader, by the way?

It's very odd that you would actually evoke Reagan who secretly sold arms to the Khomeini government of the Islamic republic, in violation of an arms embargo. When Reagan's scandal broke, it was quite the embarrassment for the U.S.

If you fear that President Biden will repeat Reagan's treachery, please take solace in the fact that no one else entertains your bizarre notion.

Some are convinced that being a repulsive, unreliable object of ridicule is the path to global pre-eminence.

The American electorate and history differ.

I'm sure you had an orgasm when Obama sent 150 Billion in cash to the murderous Mullahs of Iran.

Who did they murder? We are the ones invading other countries, not Iran.

What's the last country we invaded that didn't invade another country or that wasn't slaughtering it's own citizens?

We lie. Syria.

We claimed Iraq was but the facts are we started killing the very same people we condemned Saddam for killing.

I like what Trump did to ISIS...MOAB.

He blew up an abandoned airfield (and didn't pay for the bomb).

It wasn't abandoned.
From where do you get your fake news?

What did we accomplish? Four years later and nothing has changed.

When are you going to start paying for all of this?

 

[j-mac]

I love hearing how concerned you Lefties are with foreign relations...Aren’t the majority of you America Haters longing for the day when we send a pole puffer or rug munching feminazi to keep relations solid in the Middle East? Imagine man-gravy gargling Pete Buttigieg expecting world leaders to take him serious....Let me guess, you wouldn’t give two fucks if they didn’t respect your fudge packer just as long as you got your fudge packer...right?

One of these days, I swear, your HEAD is going to literally EXPLODE.

Nah, calling you Lefties out on your nonstop contradicting ignorance is calming for me...but thanks for your concern.

You're very welcome. Whatever provides a catharsis for people like you, I'm all for it!

What a smug non reply that was Mac....Do you ever engage someone without looking down your nose at them?

Yes, if they earn my attention!

"Earn"? What do you mean by that?

Those who can demonstrate (a) a basic intellectual honesty, (b) some degree of independent thinking, and (c) the ability to communicate without personal insults and name-calling.

Instead, I'm often presented with people like you, who wet themselves when I dare to "look down my nose" at a guy who has multiple times said things like "I hate wetbacks more than Hitler hated the Jews".

You could look it up!

There. I showed you some attention! How cool is that!

I can assure you that I try to be intellectually honest, and do indeed think independently, but when you come to personal insults and name calling, if you really were intellectually honest yourself, you'd admit that often, (I won't say always) I do not engage in personal insult until that is thrown at me first...

As for what the particular poster has said in the past is irrelevant to this discussion. So, my take is that coming from someone who from what I see breaks every one of the three "rules" you put forth to discuss something with someone, my thought is you would do better to have a little more humility....

 

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I love hearing how concerned you Lefties are with foreign relations...Aren’t the majority of you America Haters longing for the day when we send a pole puffer or rug munching feminazi to keep relations solid in the Middle East? Imagine man-gravy gargling Pete Buttigieg expecting world leaders to take him serious....Let me guess, you wouldn’t give two fucks if they didn’t respect your fudge packer just as long as you got your fudge packer...right?

One of these days, I swear, your HEAD is going to literally EXPLODE.

Nah, calling you Lefties out on your nonstop contradicting ignorance is calming for me...but thanks for your concern.

You're very welcome. Whatever provides a catharsis for people like you, I'm all for it!

What a smug non reply that was Mac....Do you ever engage someone without looking down your nose at them?

He won’t dare...he knows he has no logical, sensible, or rational refutation....In the end he always defaults to FEELZ and emotion.
He’s fully exposed and he’s aware of it...He’s reduced himself to...”yeah sure” or “whatever you say” or “I know you are but what am I”.
It’s awesome, it’s how you can always identify the totally defeated posters.