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Kuros · Joined: 27 Apr 2004

Europe worred about Obama

Sarkozy is very critical of Obama's position on Iran.

On the other hand · Joined: 19 Apr 2003 Location: I walk along the avenue

Well, that's one endorsement the Republicans probably can't do much with.

"Wake up America!! Obama is a dangerous left-wing appeaser!! If you can't trust the president of FRANCE to tell it like it is, who can you trust??"

canuckistan · Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2008 12:46 pm Post subject:

Isn't Sarko (and his ex-wife) the one who's known for breezing in at the last moment diplomatically and 'saving the day'--much to the piss-offedness of others who'd done all the footwork (preconditions?)

I wonder what Sarko has to say about the US talking to the Taliban:

http://voanews.com/english/2008-10-28-voa47.cfm

I find the timing of this decision quite interesting.

Gopher · Joined: 04 Jun 2005

Kuros · Joined: 27 Apr 2004

mises · Joined: 05 Nov 2007 Location: retired

Gopher · Joined: 04 Jun 2005

My I-told-you-so is not directed at you but rather B. Obama's hardcore supporters. People will be turning on Obamaman, son of Jor-El, the antiwar messiah who will smooth everything over with "the rest of the world," soon after his inaugural. This piece of news comes as a tantalizing first taste.

laogaiguk · Joined: 06 Dec 2005 Location: somewhere in Korea

Gopher · Joined: 04 Jun 2005

I am not making an argument that people should vote for McCain-Palin. I am predicting that people will turn against B. Obama once elected.

Here is another one. But I suspect C. Brown is merely "establishing" that she critiques both sides...

Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee · Joined: 25 May 2003

There is nothing wrong with talking but talking w/o leverage is not going to work.

What's is Sen Obama's plan then? He doesn't have one.

Tiger Beer · Joined: 07 Feb 2003

Don't know about 'turning away' from Obama.

I think what you see is a world that is fascinated by the U.S. election and interested in Barack Obama more than they are in John McCain.

I've never met any country excited about U.S. policies or any aspect of the U.S. government in ANYTHING international whatsoever, so if you are looking for Obama to make that happen, then yeah, you WOULD BE expecting A LOT.

On the other hand · Joined: 19 Apr 2003 Location: I walk along the avenue

The people who agree with Sarkozy on this issue are likely not the same people who are currently burning American flags and making "Dubya" jokes in Europe and Canada. They are more likely the people who, while maybe not entirely enamoured of Bush himself, generally like to see Ameican power projected on the world stage.

So, no. Youre not going to see the pseudo-left anti-American crowd turning against Obama for being TOO SOFT on renegade states like Iran. I predict that most of those guys will keep mum about any unsavoury actions commited by a President Obama, if for no other reason than that most of them have a psychological block against ridiculing a black man with an African name. Furthermore, the soft-left in Europe and elsewhere tends to swoon over patrician-sounding Dmocrats.

caniff · Joined: 03 Feb 2004 Location: All over the map

According to the site, the source reporting these alleged Sarkozy comments was Israeli. Although it could very well be a factual report, I read it with some skepticism considering that many in the Israeli gov't, and many Israelis in general, apparently see this election as crucial to their own interests.