Obama’s “We Suck ’09″ World Apology Tour
From HotAir.com:
The following passage from Barack Obama’s speech to Latin American leaders will be one of those Rorshach tests for political perspective. Those who hated the Bush administration enough will applaud it; those who think America is usually wrong will cheer; and the rest of us will shake our heads:
I know that promises of partnership have gone unfulfilled in the past, and that trust has to be earned over time.
While the United States has done much to promote peace and prosperity in the hemisphere, we have at times been disengaged, and at times we sought to dictate our terms. But I pledge to you that we seek an equal partnership. (Applause.)
There is no senior partner and junior partner in our relations; there is simply engagement based on mutual respect and common interests and shared values. So I’m here to launch a new chapter of engagement that will be sustained throughout my administration.
Obama’s apologizing for being dictatorial … to Hugo Chavez, Evo Morales, and the Castros. As for “dictat[ing] our terms,” we used to call that defending American interests. When negotiating, people try to get the best terms for themselves. We didn’t send gunboats to Venezuela or Bolivia during the Bush administration, and the only people seizing assets over the last eight years have been the Venezuelans under Chavez.
Once again, we have the new President embarking on the “We Suck ‘09″ tour, kicked off in Europe, where he felt the need to apologize for the last administration’s efforts to defend America’s interests on the international stage. Obama likes to call this “smart power” and tells us we’ll get more by appearing humble than by pursuing our interests in the normal fashion. So far, the rest of the world has applauded Obama’s performance — and gone on to reject our requests for economic cooperation, combat troops for Afghanistan, partnership with Russia against Iran, and North Korean continuation of the six-party nuclear disarmament talks without launching long-range missiles over Japan.
From Michelle Malkin:
Guess who’s going to hang with Saudi King Abdullah again? Will he stoop even lower than he already has? Will he follow in Saudi-coddling George W. Bush’s footsteps and go for a kiss, hand-hold, or sword dance? Anticipation is building:
US President Barack Obama will visit Riyadh next week for talks with King Abdullah on Middle East peace, Iran and terrorism, on the eve of his long-awaited address to the Muslim world in Egypt.
The visit, which will represent Obama’s first steps in the Middle East as president, will come as he attempts to forge a new approach to revive stalled regional peace talks and tries to prod Iran to the negotiating table.
“The president will meet with his majesty King Abdullah to discuss a range of important issues, including Middle East peace, Iran and terrorism,” White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said, adding that the talks would take place on the evening of June 3.
“The president believes it’s a chance to discuss a lot of important business and he thought it was a good opportunity to do that,” he said.
Gibbs however said that the decision to make the stop, did not arise out of any specific proposal discussed by Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in their high-stakes talks in Washington last week.
But senior Obama aides have hinted privately that any new US plan could involve an expansion of a 2002 Saudi-inspired peace initiative which several Arab states have been advancing.
The initiative calls for full normalization of relations between Arab states and Israel, a full withdrawal by Israel from Arab land, the creation of a Palestinian state and an “equitable” solution for Palestinian refugees.
Ahead of next week’s trip, which also includes visits to Germany and France for World War II commemorations, Obama will meet Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on Thursday at the White House.
The “We Suck ‘09″ Tour rolls on…
An email I recieved on Memorial Day:
Our European arrogance in alphabetical order…
- The American Cemetery at Aisne-Marne, France. A total of 2289 of our military dead. We Apologize.
- The American Cemetery at Ardennes, Belgium. A total of 5329 of our dead.
- The American Cemetery at Brittany, France. A total of 4410 of our military dead. Excuse us.
- Brookwood, England American Cemetery. A total of 468 of our dead.
- Cambridge, England. 3812 of our military dead.
- Epinal, France American Cemetery. A total of 5525 of our Military dead.
- Flanders Field, Belgium. A total of 368 of our military.
- Florence, Italy. A total of 4402 of our military dead.
- Henri-Chapelle, Belgium. A total of 7992 of our military dead.
- Lorraine, France. A total of 10,489 of our military dead.
- Luxembourg, Luxembourg. A total of 5076 of our military dead.
- Meuse-Argonne. A total of 14246 of our military dead.
- Netherlands, Netherlands. A total of 8301 of our military dead.
- Normandy, France. A total of 9387 of our military dead.
- Oise-Aisne, France. A total of 6012 of our military dead.
- Rhone, France. A total of 861 of our military dead.
- Sicily, Italy. A total of 7861 of our military dead.
- Somme, France. A total of 1844 of our military dead.
- St. Mihiel, France. A total of 4153 of our military dead.
- Suresnes, France. a total of 1541 of our military dead.
Apologize to no one. Remind those of our sacrifice and don’t confuse arrogance with leadership.
If I added correctly the count is 104,366 dead and we have to watch an American elected leader apologize to Europe and the Middle East and say that our country is “arrogant”!
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First!
This site sucks just like Wubya did.
I guess it is generating a paltry amount of ad revenue for someone, so it does have one redeeming quality. ****, I’ll start up an anti-Obama blog if it makes me some dough. Of course it is 10:30 am central time and I’m the first commenter so maybe no one is making money. Later, *****
Thank you for posting the American cemetaries throughout Europe. Europe should consider the possible outcome had America not shed so much blood to keep them free.
Being European, I **** on you for puting these cemetary pictures in this post. What does any of this have to do with Obama’s policies? Ofc. we’re grateful for the lives of those soldiers who came and helped defeat the nazis. But in no way does this give you any right to act like bullies in the world.
Go, ****, Yourself.
Funny how liberals can’t talk to someone they disagree with without using foul language and being extremely disrespectful. When I talk to someone I don’t agree with, I take care to be even more respectful and calm that I would with one I agree with. Liberals can’t even attempt to have an actual conversation, because if they tried, that would mean actually thinking about and considering alternate viewpoints that aren’t solely emotionally-driven and actually being *gasp* logical and reasonable! And cemeteries are honorable places filled with history we should never forget. These pictures need to be seen by all to remind them that we have nothing to apologize for. We’ve never bullied anyone; we’ve only ever liberated those under oppression and aided those fighting for their own freedom. Someone who beats up a kid on the playground who was bullying an even smaller kid isn’t a bully himself; he just protected the innocent by stopping the guilty. America is the biggest kid on the playground who looks out for the underdog and beats the crap out of the real bullies. To bad some of the snotty-nosed weaselly nerds we protect don’t even appreciated what we’ve done for them. Call us a bully… you’re welcome anyway.