IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: But anyway: I’m keen to know whom O thinks is America’s “number one geopolitical foe.” Flyover country. Or — if you had to press him to name a place separated from the bi-coastal areas by water — he’d probably say Britain or Israel. Obama’s shown far more testiness towards them at times over the past five years than he has towards Russia, where you can almost see him being regretful he has to bash their leader at all. jon1979 on March 25, 2014 at 3:33 PM Just an embarrassing pantload. rick_blaines_forehead on March 25, 2014 at 3:34 PM I didn’t say the word war. A war with Iran, Russia or both would result in the above except on a much higher scale. antifederalist on March 25, 2014 at 3:30 PM When did Romeny ever advocate war? Romney wanted to project strength in order to prevent war. It’s the weakness of Obama which invites war and the graphic results you say you want to avoid. tommyboy on March 25, 2014 at 3:36 PM In his speech today Obama called Russia a ‘regional power’ – he still refuses to call Russia a threat, especially to the United States. (‘Regional’ suggests ‘Europe’…’power’ versus ‘threat’ shows Obama STILL refuses to acknowlege Putin/Iran is a threat.) Of course the Great Narcisitic One could and would not admit that he was WRONG and that he just got played like a banjo by Putin. The 2nd part of the question was WHO did he think IS our biggest geo-political threat – he refused to / did not answer. Putin just invaded and seized Crimea. There is nothing to stop him from taking all of the Ukraine…and Estonia….and Latvia. Last week Putin declared the biggest tragedy in his life was the USSR being desstroyed and broken apart because of the United States and delcared he would ‘restore the glory of Russia’. And yet today, even after all this, Obama can’t bring himself to admit he was wrong, that Palin was right when she said Russia would invade the Ukraine due to Obama’s naievity and weakness and that Romney was right for calling Russia a threat. You can still hear Putin laughing, telling his troops on the Eastern Ukrainian border to ‘warm up the tanks’… easyt65 on March 25, 2014 at 3:40 PM Keep forgetting the latest progressive incantation. Is it “Lean Forward” or “Bend Over“, cuz it sure seems like a BOHICA moment is coming from Putin. in_awe on March 25, 2014 at 3:44 PM As much as I loath Obama, I am grateful that he’s president. antifederalist on March 25, 2014 at 3:07 PM Then my hope for you is that you may enjoy all the human suffering that accompanies it. Matter of fact, be grateful for it. Bmore on March 25, 2014 at 3:48 PM …the nations you think are a threat to the U.S. really aren’t, e.g., Russia is a “regional power”… LMAO! After Comrade Putin hears that Russia is a “regional power,” stand by for a series of ICFs by TU-95 against the East and West Coasts and a couple of ICBM tests. Regional power, my butt! NavyMustang on March 25, 2014 at 3:49 PM When did Romeny ever advocate war? Romney wanted to project strength in order to prevent war. It’s the weakness of Obama which invites war and the graphic results you say you want to avoid. tommyboy on March 25, 2014 at 3:36 PM “Projecting strength,” as you all define it, is direct acts if war (bombing) or will inevitably lead to war. War with Russia is not necessary. Russia is far more justified to invade Crimea, which is 60% ethnically Russia, than the US government, which has invaded or bombed Grenada, Panama, Pakistan, Libya, Iraq, and Serbia. antifederalist on March 25, 2014 at 3:50 PM “Russia is a regional power that is threatening some of its immediate neighbors, not out of strength but out of weakness,” Obama asserted. Hard to argue with President Bozo when he’s proven himself to be the expert on weakness. Preach it chipmunk. fogw on March 25, 2014 at 3:53 PM When did Romeny ever advocate war? Romney wanted to project strength in order to prevent war. It’s the weakness of Obama which invites war and the graphic results you say you want to avoid. tommyboy on March 25, 2014 at 3:36 PM Projecting strength needs to be backed up with force at some point, therefore it is better to project weakness so that no one expects you to ever actually fight. Murphy9 on March 25, 2014 at 3:55 PM Has this man ever, in his entire life, admitted he was wrong about something or that he made a mistake? (And I mean truly, without blaming someone else or as is his usual practice, saying he is “responsible” and then immediately shifting the blame to others.) What a sad, egotistical dick. LASue on March 25, 2014 at 3:59 PM He looks pretty small on that world stage… … doesn’t he? Seven Percent Solution on March 25, 2014 at 4:00 PM As scary as it is having Obama for president, is the fact that the American population would be so stupid to elect him twice, if indeed the elections were not fixed. birdwatcher on March 25, 2014 at 4:02 PM Now that I think about it, schmuck “academics” like Obama were spouting that the USSR really wasn’t a threat during the Cold War. That we in the USA were the real aggressors. NavyMustang on March 25, 2014 at 4:03 PM Projecting strength needs to be backed up with force at some point, therefore it is better to project weakness so that no one expects you to ever actually fight. Murphy9 on March 25, 2014 at 3:55 PM 70,000 nuclear warheads at the ready says your hypothesis is flawed. Nobody ever threatened to not use them during the cold war. fogw on March 25, 2014 at 4:04 PM The natural move towards irrelevance in history of tyrants is their lack of self correction. Obama rates up there with the most ignorant yet egotistical bores of recorded history. By the end of this term, he’ll rate a “Nero”. Hening on March 25, 2014 at 4:05 PM “Projecting strength,” as you all define it, is direct acts if war (bombing) or will inevitably lead to war. antifederalist on March 25, 2014 at 3:50 PM Wrongo. Projecting strength is not unilaterally abandoning East European missle defense for no reasnon at all, not letting other countries butcher you ambassadors in the street and doing nothing all about it, not talking tough and drawing red lines you have no intention of enforcing thus whimpering away when a two bit dictator of a third world hell hole calls your bluff. Stuff like that. Reagan dismantled the entire USSR by projecting strength and never had to fire a shot. tommyboy on March 25, 2014 at 4:07 PM 70,000 nuclear warheads at the ready says your hypothesis is flawed. Nobody ever threatened to not use them during the cold war. fogw on March 25, 2014 at 4:04 PM That was sarcasm. Murphy9 on March 25, 2014 at 4:08 PM I actually think Romney is wrong, but not for the same reasons Obama thinks Romney is wrong. China is the number one geopolitical threat mostly due to the fact they are a growing in power, have real naval ambitions, and threaten our sea lanes and control over the Western Pacific. No one wants to openly make that clear in many part of the U.S. government because it would upset both liberal peaceniks and big business interests alike. Also there is a strong pro-China lobby in the U.S. that seems to be loaded with academics and even some old cold warriors who still think China is some kind of an ally based purely on nostalgia. What we have in Russia today is really a return to the way they were pre-Communist Revolution. It is basically Czarist Russia reborn: Autocratic, locally aggressive, ethnocentric, a big ego, but clumsey. We need more American strategist who have studied Russia in the 19th century century, and less cold warriors from the 20th century and utopian leftist who think there is actually something called the, “international community”. One place to start would be to study the Crimean War… William Eaton on March 25, 2014 at 4:08 PM Obama does not to project strength. He is too busy dismantling the military, and firing generals. It seems like he does not want The USA to be a force for good in the world. Seems to me he is an evil person. The kind of person James Bond would would oppose. birdwatcher on March 25, 2014 at 4:11 PM That was sarcasm. Murphy9 on March 25, 2014 at 4:08 PM Sorry Murph, sounded trollish. fogw on March 25, 2014 at 4:13 PM Obama has made Jimmy Carter look like a foreign policy genius. How can a nation with intercontinental ballistic missiles be a “regional power” only? JQA on March 25, 2014 at 4:32 PM Putin doesn’t take anything Obama says seriously. I doubt he makes decisions one way or the other based on what Obama says. JQA on March 25, 2014 at 4:38 PM It didn’t seem regional when we were flying against Russian Bears along the Alaska ADIZ. Sven on March 25, 2014 at 4:39 PM Obama has made Jimmy Carter look like a foreign policy genius. How can a nation with intercontinental ballistic missiles be a “regional power” only? JQA on March 25, 2014 at 4:32 PM Obama regularly consults Composite Julia on nuclear proliferation issues Roy Rogers on March 25, 2014 at 4:42 PM Russia is far more justified to invade Crimea, which is 60% ethnically Russia, than the US government, which has invaded or bombed Grenada, Panama, Pakistan, Libya, Iraq, and Serbia. “Far more”? Care to provide us with an exact percentage by which they are “more justified”? And when you’ve done that, it’d be really helpful if you could provide the international laws that bolster your nonsense. Don’t panic…one is really expecting a substantive response from you. I would ask you how it feels for you Lefties to spend just about every waking moment having to twist logic and reason into such convoluted, twisted bullsh!t…all to avoid ever having to admit that you’re wrong about something…but I won’t waste my time. After all, if you were capable of that kind of self-reflection, you wouldn’t be a Lefty in the first place. rvastar on March 25, 2014 at 4:50 PM I am learning why liberals so vehemently despise private gun ownership – they really, honestly, completely do not know what guns are for. It seems they do not understand neither private nor public defense systems and merely resort to changing the definitions of “nation” and “aggression” and “strength” and “treaty” and “promise”… So I slightly understand better why Obammy’s first reaction is, “If you like your Crimea, you can keep your Crimea.” He literally has no frikkin’ clue how to use what he’s been given and is just changing definitions of “weakness” and “19th Century” and hoping no one notices his lack of clothing. DublOh7 on March 25, 2014 at 4:54 PM He literally has no frikkin’ clue how to use what he’s been given and is just changing definitions of “weakness” and “19th Century” and hoping no one notices his lack of clothing. DublOh7 on March 25, 2014 at 4:54 PM “There was one episode like four years ago in which I was wearing some loose jeans mainly because I was out on the pitcher’s mound, and I didn’t want to feel confined while I was pitching, and I think I’ve paid my penance for that.” Pitchers mound, girls bike, Crimea… It’s all Obama’s “look” Roy Rogers on March 25, 2014 at 4:58 PM Obama regularly consults Composite Julia on nuclear proliferation issues Roy Rogers on March 25, 2014 at 4:42 PM Hmmmm, and I thought he did that with his caddy. Or does he only consult his caddy regarding environmental and green issues? hawkeye54 on March 25, 2014 at 5:00 PM
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