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Poll: Most say Obama has improved U.S. image abroad - CNN.comWASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Obama earned high marks for diplomacy during his first overseas trip, and a majority of Americans think that he will return home with some accomplishments in his pocket, according to results of a poll released Monday.
A large majority, 79 percent, said people in other countries will have a more positive view of the United States because of Obama....
Poll: Most say Obama has improved U.S. image abroad - CNN.comWASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Obama earned high marks for diplomacy during his first overseas trip, and a majority of Americans think that he will return home with some accomplishments in his pocket, according to results of a poll released Monday.
A large majority, 79 percent, said people in other countries will have a more positive view of the United States because of Obama....
This is great news for American confidence in their President.
Considering the decline of respect for our country over the last administration, this should be welcome news for all but the most stubborn partisans.
Prior to North Korea's launch yesterday of a Taepodong-2 ballistic missile, President Barack Obama declared that such an action would be "provocative." This public statement was an attempt to reinforce the administration's private efforts to urge the Democratic Peoples' Republic of Korea (DPRK) not to fire the missile.
That effort failed, as have countless other attempts to deal softly with Pyongyang. Incredibly, U.S. Special Envoy for North Korea Stephen Bosworth revealed -- just a few days before the launch -- that he was ready to visit Pyongyang and resume the six-party talks once the "dust from the missiles settles." It is no wonder the North fired away.
Once the missile shot was complete, the administration's answer was hand-wringing, more rhetoric and, oh yes, the obligatory trip to the U.N. Security Council so that it could scold the defiant DPRK. Beyond whatever happens in the Security Council, Mr. Obama seems to have no plan whatever.
In 2006, when Pyongyang last lit off a volley of missiles and then exploded a nuclear device, the Security Council responded unanimously with Resolutions 1695 and 1718, which imposed extensive military and some economic sanctions. Unfortunately, the impact of these resolutions was dramatically undercut by subsequent Bush administration diplomacy, which effectively let North Korea off the hook. By re-engaging Pyongyang diplomatically rather than increasing the external pressure, George W. Bush relegitimized the North and gave it yet more time to bargain.
Yesterday's launch is attributable to prior failures, but the global consequences now unfolding are Mr. Obama's responsibility. In fact, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates is expected to announce today deep cuts in the U.S. missile defense program, an extraordinarily ill-advised step.
The initial draft Security Council resolution responding to yesterday's missile launch, written by Japan and the U.S., is weak. It essentially only reaffirms Resolutions 1695 and 1718, and minimally tightens existing enforcement mechanisms. Moreover, China and Russia made it plain before the launch they had no interest in stricter sanctions -- even arguing with a straight face that Pyongyang was only interested in peaceful satellite communications.
What the Security Council will ultimately produce is of course uncertain -- but resolutions almost never get tougher as the drafting and negotiations proceed. Even worse than a weak resolution would be a "presidential statement," a toothless gesture of the Council's opinion. Either way, North Korea has again defied the Security Council, gotten away with its launch with the support of Russia and China, and now will likely confront only pleas by Mr. Obama and others to return to the six-party talks.
Those talks are exactly where North Korea wants to be. From them ever greater material and political benefits will flow to Pyongyang, in exchange for ever more hollow promises to dismantle its nuclear program.
So far, therefore, the missile launch is an unambiguous win for North Korea. (Although not orbiting a satellite, all three rocket stages apparently fired, achieving Pyongyang's longest missile flight yet.) But the negative repercussions will extend far beyond Northeast Asia.
Iran has carefully scrutinized the Obama administration's every action, and Tehran's only conclusion can be: It is past time to torque up the pressure on this new crowd in Washington. Not only is Iran's back now covered by its friends Russia, China and others on the U.N. Security Council, but it sees an American president so ready to bend his knee for public favor in Europe that the mullahs' wish list for U.S. concessions will grow by the minute.
Israel must also be carefully considering how the U.S. watched North Korea rip through "the international community." The most important lesson the new government headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should draw is: Look out for No. 1. If Israel isn't prepared to protect itself, including using military force, against Iran's nuclear weapons program, it certainly shouldn't be holding its breath for Mr. Obama to do anything.
Russia and China must also be relishing this outcome. They will have faced down Mr. Obama in his first real crisis, having provided Security Council cover for a criminal regime, and emerged unscathed. They will conclude that achieving their large agendas with the new administration can't be too hard. That conclusion may be unfair to the new American president; but it will surely color how Moscow and Beijing structure their policies and their diplomacy until proven otherwise. That alone is bad news for Washington and its allies.
Wow tough stance by Obama....I bet NK is just scared silly.
Wow tough stance by Obama....I bet NK is just scared silly.
The politics of fear are over.
Deal with it.
Some perception.
let's see, he basically insults his own country by telling everyone how arrogant and derisive we are. He tells NK not to launch a missile or else he'll run to the U.N. and tell....he calls for disarming and cancels production of the US air superiority fighter.... He is basically telling everyone that the he will not act in the best interests of the USA.
John Bolton Says Barack Obama's Reaction to the North Korean Missile Launch Sends the Wrong Signal to Israel and Iran - WSJ.com
Prior to North Korea's launch yesterday of a Taepodong-2 ballistic missile, President Barack Obama declared that such an action would be "provocative." This public statement was an attempt to reinforce the administration's private efforts to urge the Democratic Peoples' Republic of Korea (DPRK) not to fire the missile.
That effort failed, as have countless other attempts to deal softly with Pyongyang. Incredibly, U.S. Special Envoy for North Korea Stephen Bosworth revealed -- just a few days before the launch -- that he was ready to visit Pyongyang and resume the six-party talks once the "dust from the missiles settles." It is no wonder the North fired away.
Wow tough stance by Obama....I bet NK is just scared silly.
Once the missile shot was complete, the administration's answer was hand-wringing, more rhetoric and, oh yes, the obligatory trip to the U.N. Security Council so that it could scold the defiant DPRK. Beyond whatever happens in the Security Council, Mr. Obama seems to have no plan whatever.
So Obama runs to the UN when matters of national security arise. Do you want the UN dictating US policy?
Not only is Obama being ineffective he is sending signals that he is determined to weaken the US defense capability even further.
Do you think that Obama did nothing because he is scared shitless of china and Russia?
Don't think that people aren't watching. Obama is sending signals that he and by association the US is weak. Now don't worry about the US being attacked directly but rather worry that China will take Taiwan, that North Korea will invade South Korea and Russia will repeat the Georgian invasion in other border countries it wants back.
All the while Obama and the US will do nothing and they all know it. We will be exposed as the paper tiger we are and the decline of our country will continue.
Israel must also be carefully considering how the U.S. watched North Korea rip through "the international community." The most important lesson the new government headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should draw is: Look out for No. 1. If Israel isn't prepared to protect itself, including using military force, against Iran's nuclear weapons program, it certainly shouldn't be holding its breath for Mr. Obama to do anything.
neither should any of our other allies because Obama will not do anything.
Russia and China must also be relishing this outcome. They will have faced down Mr. Obama in his first real crisis, having provided Security Council cover for a criminal regime, and emerged unscathed. They will conclude that achieving their large agendas with the new administration can't be too hard. That conclusion may be unfair to the new American president; but it will surely color how Moscow and Beijing structure their policies and their diplomacy until proven otherwise. That alone is bad news for Washington and its allies.
Yeah that's just great for America
BOOO !
Scared you, didn't I ?
BOOO !
Scared you, didn't I ?
yes, as a matter of fact you America hating leftists scare the shit outta us!
Wow tough stance by Obama....I bet NK is just scared silly.
The politics of fear are over.
Deal with it.
BOOO !
Scared you, didn't I ?
Wow tough stance by Obama....I bet NK is just scared silly.
The politics of fear are over.
Deal with it.
You mean like "were going to face a catastrophe if we don't get this stimulus bill done" ?
Your golden boy is a fear monger when he wants to get his way, deal with it ......
The politics of fear are over.
Deal with it.
You mean like "were going to face a catastrophe if we don't get this stimulus bill done" ?
Your golden boy is a fear monger when he wants to get his way, deal with it ......
Didn't scare me. You reason with intelligence. You have to spook the republicans. It's their conditioned response.
The bail outs are a sham. Glad some of the banks are giving it back.
BOOO !
Scared you, didn't I ?
Some perception.
let's see, he basically insults his own country by telling everyone how arrogant and derisive we are. He tells NK not to launch a missile or else he'll run to the U.N. and tell....he calls for disarming and cancels production of the US air superiority fighter.... He is basically telling everyone that the he will not act in the best interests of the USA.
John Bolton Says Barack Obama's Reaction to the North Korean Missile Launch Sends the Wrong Signal to Israel and Iran - WSJ.com
Prior to North Korea's launch yesterday of a Taepodong-2 ballistic missile, President Barack Obama declared that such an action would be "provocative." This public statement was an attempt to reinforce the administration's private efforts to urge the Democratic Peoples' Republic of Korea (DPRK) not to fire the missile.
That effort failed, as have countless other attempts to deal softly with Pyongyang. Incredibly, U.S. Special Envoy for North Korea Stephen Bosworth revealed -- just a few days before the launch -- that he was ready to visit Pyongyang and resume the six-party talks once the "dust from the missiles settles." It is no wonder the North fired away.
Wow tough stance by Obama....I bet NK is just scared silly.
Once the missile shot was complete, the administration's answer was hand-wringing, more rhetoric and, oh yes, the obligatory trip to the U.N. Security Council so that it could scold the defiant DPRK. Beyond whatever happens in the Security Council, Mr. Obama seems to have no plan whatever.
So Obama runs to the UN when matters of national security arise. Do you want the UN dictating US policy?
Not only is Obama being ineffective he is sending signals that he is determined to weaken the US defense capability even further.
Do you think that Obama did nothing because he is scared shitless of china and Russia?
Don't think that people aren't watching. Obama is sending signals that he and by association the US is weak. Now don't worry about the US being attacked directly but rather worry that China will take Taiwan, that North Korea will invade South Korea and Russia will repeat the Georgian invasion in other border countries it wants back.
All the while Obama and the US will do nothing and they all know it. We will be exposed as the paper tiger we are and the decline of our country will continue.
Israel must also be carefully considering how the U.S. watched North Korea rip through "the international community." The most important lesson the new government headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu should draw is: Look out for No. 1. If Israel isn't prepared to protect itself, including using military force, against Iran's nuclear weapons program, it certainly shouldn't be holding its breath for Mr. Obama to do anything.
neither should any of our other allies because Obama will not do anything.
Russia and China must also be relishing this outcome. They will have faced down Mr. Obama in his first real crisis, having provided Security Council cover for a criminal regime, and emerged unscathed. They will conclude that achieving their large agendas with the new administration can't be too hard. That conclusion may be unfair to the new American president; but it will surely color how Moscow and Beijing structure their policies and their diplomacy until proven otherwise. That alone is bad news for Washington and its allies.
Yeah that's just great for America
BOOO !
Scared you, didn't I ?
you, like obama, couldn't scare a school girl.
So tell me then if Obama is putting an end to the fear as you say, why was he in Europe telling everyone that a terror attack was more likely to be directed at Europe?
Could it be he wanted to scare them into sending troops to Afghanistan?
BOOO !
Scared you, didn't I ?
you, like obama, couldn't scare a school girl.
So tell me then if Obama is putting an end to the fear as you say, why was he in Europe telling everyone that a terror attack was more likely to be directed at Europe?
Could it be he wanted to scare them into sending troops to Afghanistan?
Could it be that they are within driving distance ?
