Interesting piece here about the differences between French President Sarkozy's address to the UN and The Dear Leader's. Sarkozy takes a more realistic, tougher stance with the Iranians and North Koreans, basically asking the question, "how's that dialogue thing working out for you?". I think it was telling that two day's after Mr. Obama's speech, the Iranians cop to a second enrichment facility. We have an amateur at the helm of the ship of state, someone who believes his ability to schmooze some of the other criminals in the Illinois Statehouse readied him to negotiate with the pros.
H/T: Instapundit
UPDATE: In the campaign, we heard "I'll talk to them". After he became President, he sent them a letter (they ignored it for five months, then answered with a ramblingly incoherent piece of diplomatic artwork). We've listened endlessly to the self-important utterances of the guy who knew better, for whom history and experience were but obstacles to be overcome. Now that he's in the job, he finds that the world doesn't work according to Obama rules.
Obama's career path was no different than America's two most famous racial extortionists; Al Sharpton and Jessie Jackson.
ReplyDeleteI think he's finding it harder to shake down other nations than it was threatening some small business owner in Illinois with the idea of a dozen ACORN protestors out front if he didn't pay the proper "tribute".
The amateur with little or no experience or preparation will always fail when they enter the arena of the professionals despite all the encouragement of their fawning sycophants.
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