The one in front or the one in back? lol
On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 6:23 PM, plainolamerican <[email protected]>wrote: > wrong again. > I don't really have any heroes but this guy would rank pretty high on the > scale: > > > > On Monday, March 3, 2014 5:34:43 PM UTC-6, KeithInTampa wrote: > >> Plain Ol's All Time Hero: >> >> [image: Inline image 1] >> >> >> On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 4:28 PM, plainolamerican <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> blessed are the peacemakers. >>> >>> On Monday, March 3, 2014 2:18:44 PM UTC-6, Travis wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> http://www.thecommentator.com/article/4772/the_west_is_led_b >>>> y_the_weaklings_the_left_wanted >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> The West is led by the weaklings the Left wanted >>>> >>>> *It is not clear what the Left is complaining about over items such as >>>> Ukraine and Syria. In Britain, Europe and the United States they all >>>> swooned over Barack Obama. They got the weakling they wanted. So, what's >>>> their problem?* >>>> >>>> [image: Obama_indifferent] >>>> >>>> Obama looking disengaged >>>> >>>> [image: >>>> The_commentator_logo_updated9]<http://www.thecommentator.com/author/the_commentator/475> >>>> >>>> *the commentator >>>> <http://www.thecommentator.com/author/the_commentator/475>* >>>> >>>> *On 2 March 2014 09:57 * >>>> >>>> [image: >>>> http://www.thecommentator.com/ckeditor_assets/pictures/1/original_98d68d3d58407cfb251e24870dd8d75b9e815a7b.gif]<https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=HHEHVN82WW9T4> >>>> >>>> Over in the United States, the attempt by foreign-policy enthusiasts in >>>> the Democratic Party to distance themselves from the train wreck that is >>>> the Obama administration has been gathering pace for some time now. >>>> >>>> Finally, it is starting to happen in Britain and Europe too where, >>>> after Syria, Ukraine and many other instances, the leading lights of the >>>> political Left seem to have woken up to the fact that Western leadership >>>> isn't quite what it might be these days. >>>> >>>> "One of the alarming features of the crisis on Ukraine's Crimean >>>> peninsula is the staggering confidence with which Vladimir Putin is >>>> pursuing his agenda there and in eastern Ukraine," reads the opening >>>> paragraph of the Observer's >>>> editorial<http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/02/ukraine-crimea-russia-putin-europe>on >>>> Sunday. >>>> >>>> Actually, there's nothing staggering about it all, unless you have >>>> about six years of baggage to shed over your support for Barack Obama. >>>> Putin clocked Obama for the weakling he is from day 1. All we're seeing >>>> from the Russian leader is more of what we have seen over Syria, Iran and a >>>> host of other cases, except that Ukraine is right in Putin's own back yard. >>>> >>>> "One thing is certain," the Observer says, "the current crisis presents >>>> the biggest threat to security in Europe since the Balkan wars, and western >>>> leaders, including Obama and David Cameron (who has spoken to Putin on the >>>> phone), have hardly been impressive in their response, demonstrating a weak >>>> grasp on the events unfolding. For now, Putin is ahead of the game. It is >>>> time for the international community to catch up." >>>> >>>> Quite what they're complaining about isn't clear. In Barack Obama they >>>> have precisely the "Leader of the Free World" they always wanted. He >>>> embodies all that they stand for, and all that they are. >>>> >>>> He does not believe in the primacy of Western values. Neither do they. >>>> He therefore sees no reason to show leadership around the world. Neither do >>>> they. He has downgraded and diminished the U.S. military as a consequence. >>>> The Left applauds. He shows weakness to the mullahs in Iran. The Left >>>> praises him for his diplomacy. He worships dictatorship-friendly bodies >>>> like the UN. The Left cheers him as a peacemaker. >>>> >>>> You can't have it both ways. If you want a weak-kneed, apologetic, >>>> bleeding heart Western leadership don't feign surprise when the likes of >>>> Vladimir Putin fail to take you seriously. >>>> >>>> Defenders of Obama point to his drone strikes as evidence that he's not >>>> quite the soft touch his critics make him out to be. But that's foreign and >>>> defence policy reconstituted as a video game. Even Obama can act all tough >>>> and macho when the worst thing that can happen to him is a demonstration in >>>> Peshawar after he's accidentally taken out a wedding party. >>>> >>>> Drop the virtual reality and he's wandering in traffic. >>>> >>>> Weakness is policy, and the world's dictatorships have taken note. 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