Can the United States Earn Back Respect?

[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.

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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?

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?

Protection of our borders. No, Afghanistan nor Iraq, nor Syria, nor Yemen, nor Lybia was threatening our borders.

 

[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:

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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?

Just like the Trillions that are about to be spent clearing student debt, we will just print the money and do it....That's how it is now...Monopoly money.

 

[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?

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.

He'll probably just give you a thanks for that.....lol

 

[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).

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?

Just like the Trillions that are about to be spent clearing student debt, we will just print the money and do it....That's how it is now...Monopoly money.

I don't know what Biden will do. Unless he pays for it I do not support it.

Sanders had a plan and he paid for it. I supported that.

 

[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.​

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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.​

​

“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.​

​

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.

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

Protection of our borders. No, Afghanistan nor Iraq, nor Syria, nor Yemen, nor Lybia was threatening our borders.

So, you'd be right on board with what Trump was doing in bringing troops home from these places, right?

 

[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!

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....

Neat!

 

[BluesLegend]

Don't worry Democrats will surrender to the world again shortly and give our jobs and money to other countries to suck up.

 

[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?

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

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

It's interesting how many people notice that no politician raised taxed after Obama rightly bailed us out of GW's crash.
We will never pay and no backwards nation of earth is going to make us.

 

[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?

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.

There ya go!

 

[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.

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?

Just like the Trillions that are about to be spent clearing student debt, we will just print the money and do it....That's how it is now...Monopoly money.

I don't know what Biden will do. Unless he pays for it I do not support it.

Sanders had a plan and he paid for it. I supported that.

No he didn't...He played a shell game of "tax the rich" never outlining what that would look like....So, it was blather.

 

[Cellblock2429]

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.

View attachment 431476
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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.​

​

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.​

​

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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/——/ By respect, you mean bending over and letting the world pound us in the azz, like with Obama? Sure, we can do that for you.

 

[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.​

​

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.

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

Protection of our borders. No, Afghanistan nor Iraq, nor Syria, nor Yemen, nor Lybia was threatening our borders.

So, you'd be right on board with what Trump was doing in bringing troops home from these places, right?

He never did. I said early on that if he brought all the troops home I would vote for him. I didn't have to be held to that.

He talks big.

 

[Indeependent]

Don't worry Democrats will surrender to the world again shortly and give our jobs and money to other countries to suck up.

To be honest, the establishment Rs did exactly the same thing.
Stop equating Trump with Rs.

 

[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).

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?

Just like the Trillions that are about to be spent clearing student debt, we will just print the money and do it....That's how it is now...Monopoly money.

I don't know what Biden will do. Unless he pays for it I do not support it.

Sanders had a plan and he paid for it. I supported that.

No he didn't...He played a shell game of "tax the rich" never outlining what that would look like....So, it was blather.

He most certainly did explain the entire program.

 

[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....

Neat!

That's it? Really....


I accept your defeat.

 

[schmidlap]

Many Americans (including me) do NOT care what our foreign "friends" and enemies think about us.

One must earn global contempt. Abdicating enlightened, democratic leadership is a expeditious way to it, of course.

... The United States stands at this time at the pinnacle of world power. It is a solemn moment for the American Democracy. For with primacy in power is also joined an awe-inspiring accountability to the future. If you look around you, you must feel not only the sense of duty done but also you must feel anxiety lest you fall below the level of achievement. Opportunity is here now, clear and shining for both our countries. To reject it or ignore it or fritter it away will bring upon us all the long reproaches of the after-time. It is necessary that constancy of mind, persistency of purpose, and the grand simplicity of decision shall guide and rule the conduct of the English-speaking peoples in peace as they did in war. We must, and I believe we shall, prove ourselves equal to this severe requirement..."​

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Alas, it is not the spectre of America's greatness that the global community has been looking up to as of late.

"Them foreigners ain't gonna honor
Biden with no blimp. No sir!"​

 

[Dekster]

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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Alienating the global community while.... ​

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

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I suppose it depends on whether Biden gives them a break when using the Presidency as an ATM machine for his son.

 

[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:

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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?

Just like the Trillions that are about to be spent clearing student debt, we will just print the money and do it....That's how it is now...Monopoly money.

I don't know what Biden will do. Unless he pays for it I do not support it.

Sanders had a plan and he paid for it. I supported that.

No he didn't...He played a shell game of "tax the rich" never outlining what that would look like....So, it was blather.

He most certainly did explain the entire program.

Nah, all he did, is come up with a bunch of feel good giveaway's and say he was going to pay for it on the backs of (in Bernie's voice) Billionaires, and Millionaires....

It was mindless, and when looked into further we found that those millionaires, and billionaires were households making more than $400K per year....Which btw, is small business.

 

[j-mac]

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And there it is....Mac1958's go to when he is defeated....I take that as a bend of the knee there buddy....

I'd rather have a sane discussion with you, but alas you show once again you are incapable of that...Have a nice day....

 

[harmonica]

Many Americans (including me) do NOT care what our foreign "friends" and enemies think about us.

One must earn global contempt. Abdicating enlightened, democratic leadership is a expeditious way to it, of course.

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... The United States stands at this time at the pinnacle of world power. It is a solemn moment for the American Democracy. For with primacy in power is also joined an awe-inspiring accountability to the future. If you look around you, you must feel not only the sense of duty done but also you must feel anxiety lest you fall below the level of achievement. Opportunity is here now, clear and shining for both our countries. To reject it or ignore it or fritter it away will bring upon us all the long reproaches of the after-time. It is necessary that constancy of mind, persistency of purpose, and the grand simplicity of decision shall guide and rule the conduct of the English-speaking peoples in peace as they did in war. We must, and I believe we shall, prove ourselves equal to this severe requirement..."​

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Alas, it is not the spectre of America's greatness that the global community has been looking up to as of late.

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"Them foreigners ain't gonna honor
Biden with no blimp. No sir!"​

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