Oh, Goody. Obama Ticks Off Brazil, Russia May Base Bombers In Cuba
The Obamateur Hour has managed to annoy yet another ally
Brazil has become a major U.S. trading partner, with cautious economic policies that have helped it weather the crisis better than almost all other major economies. With huge new offshore oil finds and abundant ethanol, Brazil could be key to helping wean the U.S. off Venezuelan crude and shift to cleaner energies.
Still, the White House made several moves interpreted as snubs by the Brazilian media.
Silva aides said the trip was pushed forward from Tuesday because of the St. Patrick’s Day holiday – making Latin America once again look like an afterthought. Then, the White House announcement misspelled his name as “Luis Ignacio” and put “Lula” – a nickname that decades ago became a legal part of the Brazilian leader’s name – in quotes. (more at CNS News)
Way to go, Obamateur administration! And while he is in the process of ticking off allies, while trying to cozy up to Iran and Syria, Russia may take advantage of his apparent foreign policy weakness
Russian strategic bombers may be based in Cuba in the future, a Russian Air Force chief told Interfax news agency on Saturday.
And our buddy Hugo Chavez has offered an island as a place to temporarily base Russian bombers. But, no worries, Obama will surely ignore this until it happens. Russia is probably just throwing it out there as a test, and when they realize Obama will not respond, they’ll move some bombers, perhaps with nukes, to the islands.
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Posted by William Teach on March 14, 2009 8:18 am
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Syndicate Me
The “MAD” cover shown above of an Obamafied Alfred E. Neuman is an insult…
…to Alfred E. Neuman.
Whatever happened to the Monroe Doctrine?Oh,I forgot!We traded those archaic belief’s for hope and change.Now appeasement rule’s the day.
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Our country’s enemies are licking their chops like a bunch of hungry wolves as they study President O’Bummer’s cluelessness. And they really tremble (with laughter–not fear) when the smartest Secretary of State eveah–Hillary Clinton–shows up.
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The world’s countries know a loser when they see one (or more). Even President John F. Kennedy was judged as a weak clown by Ninita Kruschev. He was forced to trade the Cuban People’s freedom and our Turkish missile sites for a Russian standown.
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Cuban Missile Crisis II will be coming to the new U.S.S.A. soon.
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Rocketman
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Iam waiting for our vaunted Press to write about this Diplomatic bungle of spelling and middle name usage.Our “cooland Never rattled” President, as written by many in the Fourth Estate, has once again stepped in dog [edited].Perhaps,David Brooks can join team Obama, and write his virtues to the Brazil Media.
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Real challenge to the safety of the western hemisphere.
Where will Mexico and Canada stand on the Russian use of Cuban airfields.
I hope Obama realizes that a show of weakness will bring every US hater to the plate to take another swing.
A quick swat to the totally minute USSR will calm a lot of the world.
The USSR has less GNP than the state of California. If it weren’t for their oil reserves they would be about as powerful as Canada.
Dear Mr. or Ms. “Jumbo” -
Let me get this straight — you and your National Socialist ilk want to release all the Enemy Combatants from GTMO, and then “round” up all who disagree with you and his naive Oneness and send US to Arabia? “Hypocritical Haters” is really too mild a term for your kind!
Jumbo-When harry Reid said:” the war is lost..adnauseum”, does he qualify as a member of the insane cult to be sent away?I do not want this Nation to fail.I want our 44th President to stop making mistakes and show leadership that does not harm our Nation.
Well, looks like Jumbo has been dealt with. I home he/she can calm down. I seriously worry about the health of libs like that.
With the many dumb things that Obimba keeps doing, I am not worried about my grnd kids having any money, I am worried about them hving a country.
No the grat media will never write about anything against the god he thinks he is.
Right.
And we just know how John McCain would be defusing the situation, had the outcome been different.
As in Rah-rah-ree, it’s World War Three!
Snark less; read more. And …
Get a grip.
Guess what, Obama is the President now, face it and grow up. If these are major screw-ups on the part of the Obama administration, I don’t know what to call what the Bush administration did.
The Soviet Union imploded under its own weight, now the USA is in the same boat. Russia should be an ally, not an adversary. I for one had assumed that the US has ceased its global bomber patrols after the end of the Cold War, but only the bombers changed, not the strategy. Now Russia is getting to the point where they can assert their status as a world power, and if the USA is still living in the cold war, how can we blame them for wanting to join in.
Let us all hope that Obama can finally put the Cold War behind us and focus on our real problems.
Obama’s administration is NOT cozying up to Iran – as a matter of FACT (oops, maybe a fact doesn’t belong on this blog…) the administration just extended the designation of Iran as an “extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United States” order Bush issued in 1995. If you bothered to actually gather information before you spouted off, you’d know that, but, then, you wouldn’t be able to spout off so vehemently either – makes one wonder what the true source of your hatred is?
Good. Lula is an idiot. And the people around him are amazingly corrupt. Middle class is carrying that country. An educated leader and stronger anti-corruption policy enforcement would do wonders for Brazil. Brazil’s natural resources are an interest to the world and Obama knows this. Lula is just a step away from Morales and Chavez. Really, he’s nobody, and he deserves to be put in his place from time to time.