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Obama seems to be making our standing in the world worse. It seems that he believes that Obama tells him one thing then does another. He sounds like a US voter - HA!
From your link:
Turkey, a fierce opponent of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and an open supporter of armed rebel fighters, felt betrayed when the United States backed away from military action against Damascus in September.
If Erdogan is so committed to the rebel cause, he should use Turkey's considerable military might instead of sitting back and wanting someone else to fight his battles for him.
When you go back through History you see most Presidents have at least one or two other world leaders at the time which they maintained close relations and counsel.
Using your "logic", people, including democrats that say we were better off with Saddam then if we went in are supporting and approving of gassing Kurds and all of the other Saddam atrocities?
Or is it possible to say that Obama shouldn't be ticking off world leaders of allied countries by saying one thing and doing another without supporting that world leader's actions?
Sorry--but I fail to see anything logical at all with that analogy. Just because a dictator exists does not mean the US must invade. Should we invade Cuba also, and if not, are you supporting Castro?
Your point was that we should be upset because some Islamist dictator posing as a secular, democratic leader won't talk to Obama? My point is--who cares? Let him talk to Biden.
If Cameron stops talking to Obama I'll be concerned, but not some pro-Islamist who compares Israel to Hitler because he wants us to support the Palestinians.
I have to LOL. All of the EU is holding back from harsh sanctions against Russia.
The US is pressuring them all but they trade with Russia. The US is not going to win this one.
France is going ahead with their deal with Russia to build warships for them.
Like it or not the US is slowly losing their power.
Personally--I like it--we should get out of the world policing business.
We should not be isolationists, but being 'powerful' and imperialistic is not that important to many of us.
Interesting that right wing extremists respect so very much the words of a pro-Islamist dictator in favor of spreading Sharia law. You guys really ought to make up your minds who you support. Oh wait--I get it--anyone that goes negative on Obama. Sometimes Putin is a "statesman" and now Erdogan--who is pissed off that the US is supporting Israel and not the Palestinians?
Sorry--but I fail to see anything logical at all with that analogy. Just because a dictator exists does not mean the US must invade. Should we invade Cuba also, and if not, are you supporting Castro?
Your point was that we should be upset because some Islamist dictator posing as a secular, democratic leader won't talk to Obama? My point is--who cares? Let him talk to Biden.
If Cameron stops talking to Obama I'll be concerned, but not some pro-Islamist who compares Israel to Hitler because he wants us to support the Palestinians.
You used poor logic.
Saying that Obama shouldn't use duplicitous talk to other world leaders that upsets allies is not "support" for that other leader. Nor is it endorsing the extreme positions in your link. Just like opposing the Iraq War was not necessarily an endorsement of support or respect for Saddam and his extreme actions.
It is merely saying that Obama promised to correct our world standing, Turkey is an important ally in that region and ticking off their leader with duplicitous talk is not wise and not correcting our world standing.
It is not just the leader of Turkey that is upset with a disingenuous Obama.
One can want our president to be genuine and not tick off leaders of allied countries without endorsing or supporting the integrity of other leaders. If you can't see this you are either blinded by affection from Obama or you need to learn better thinking skills.
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Gobama!
