"Europe Loses Trust in Obama"

[Amelia]

Europe Loses Trust in Obama - WSJ.com

Back in 2011, when the United States killed Osama bin Laden in the middle of the Pakistani night, Barack Obama said that "as a nation, there is nothing we can't do." Mr. Obama told the world that America would be "relentless in defense of our citizens and our friends and allies."

Two and a half years later, the Obama Administration doesn't seem to be relentless in defense of anything beyond its direct domestic political interests—with the exception of its undiscerning spying operations on countries that pass as extended family.

What's novel here is that in Europe, doubts about America's wisdom, strength and resolve are increasingly focused on the person of the president. Beyond the espionage, think of Mr. Obama's hesitations on Iran and turnabouts concerning Syria—or his role in lengthening the U.S. budget shutdown, or in providing America with a new but crippled national health program.

These days, and to varying degrees, the governments of France, Britain and Germany regard Mr. Obama as a problem. ....

But at least he's not Bush, right?




From further down the article, in a comment about Angela Merkel:

And she is irritated by stereotypes like "Obama, the Angel of Peace."

It is so refreshing to hear that. It's not good news, per se, but any break in the surreal stranglehold which Obamamania had on reality is a step in the right direction.

 

[skye]

Continent by continent.... the loathing towards Obama continues unabated .... everybody hates him....when is he going to realize that??????what does it take for him to know it??????

 

[Edgetho]

Continent by continent.... the loathing towards Obama continues unabated .... everybody hates him....when is he going to realize that??????what does it take for him to know it??????

He will never know it, he will never realize it.

He, like all despots, suffers from a 'Bunker Mentality' that would have made 1945 Hitler proud. Nobody's going to tell him he's hated, nobody's going to tell him he's a loser, nobody's going to tell him it's ending.

Not until it's completely over. When it's over, he'll know. But not before then.

I hope FNC has a full camera crew there when he finds out. To watch him be taken away in a Straight Jacket, screaming and flailing, hurling spittle in all directions, maybe even crapping himself.

Greatest show evah!! I'd pay to see that.

 

[racewright]

I liken Obama to the Character FORBES in the movie Olympus Has Fallen

So I now have given him a new name its Forbes he can change his name so it is only right that I can.

 

[percysunshine]

Europe was kind of stupid to trust him in the first place.

 

[Avatar4321]

Serves them right for trusting him to begin with.

 

[francoHFW]

BS, hater dupes- only you tools talk about Obama as the Messiah or the angel of peace lol- and he still has 60-70 per cent approval, while Bush and Reagan never were over 50 and hit the 20's in the end. Forbes editorials are Pubcrappe...ZZZZZZZZZZZZ

 

[RandallFlagg]

Continent by continent.... the loathing towards Obama continues unabated .... everybody hates him....when is he going to realize that??????what does it take for him to know it??????

He will never know it, he will never realize it.

He, like all despots, suffers from a 'Bunker Mentality' that would have made 1945 Hitler proud. Nobody's going to tell him he's hated, nobody's going to tell him he's a loser, nobody's going to tell him it's ending.

Not until it's completely over. When it's over, he'll know. But not before then.

I hope FNC has a full camera crew there when he finds out. To watch him be taken away in a Straight Jacket, screaming and flailing, hurling spittle in all directions, maybe even crapping himself.

Greatest show evah!! I'd pay to see that.

Amen.

This dictator wannabe actually felt (and feels) adored by his followers. He suffers from a Napoleananic complex of the highest order. Although the rest of the world has come to terms with Barry being a dangerous man, the "academic progressive pseudo-intellectuals" that put this asshole into office here in America STILL think he is "sumpin special".

Frankly, if we can get rid of this jerk off WITHOUT becoming a dictatorship, we would do well to get on our knees and thank God for dispensing with this despot as soon as his term is over.

 

[R.C. Christian]

Hail Obama, for those about to die, salute you.

 

[Amelia]

BS, hater dupes- only you tools talk about Obama as the Messiah or the angel of peace lol- and he still has 60-70 per cent approval, while Bush and Reagan never were over 50 and hit the 20's in the end. Forbes editorials are Pubcrappe...ZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Where have you been?

President Obama Job Approval
RCP Average
Approve 41.4
Disapprove 53.3
Spread -11.9


39% approval in both Pew and Quinnipiac. 40% in Gallup.

BTW, Reagan's approval rating was over 60% when he left office.



I tried to give you the benefit of the doubt that perhaps you were speaking of Obama's approval in Europe but bzzz .... he's in the drink overseas too.

Thanks for the quantitative evidence of how out of touch you are. Sometimes I wonder if there might be sense behind your rantings if I just gave them a chance. But now I know.

 

[HenryBHough]

Just read a post claiming Obama has a 70% approval rating.

Obviously the poster has a computer based on an Intel 286 chip and he's just finished downloading news. Took about 3 years for that download but there's no refuting its accuracy - at the time it was originally posted.

 

[Katzndogz]

obama will never know how people really feel about him. He is surrounded by individuals that he pays to tell them how great he is and how the stupid American people don't appreciate him.

More and more, he reminds me of Baby Jane. You're a star Baby Jane, a genius, stupid people can't recognize it, so put on your lipstick and do a little tap dance, the audience is waiting.

 

[percysunshine]

BS, hater dupes- only you tools talk about Obama as the Messiah or the angel of peace lol- and he still has 60-70 per cent approval, while Bush and Reagan never were over 50 and hit the 20's in the end. Forbes editorials are Pubcrappe...ZZZZZZZZZZZZ

That pretty much settles the issue. We have been contemplating for years the possibility that a USMB poster is really a 'matrix' style automated response software program. Now we know which one it is.

 

[Trajan]

libyas, in a not very well covered civil war....egypt, yes we're on board with mubarak, no where not, then yes we are on board with the Muslim brotherhood, then no we're not, then we back coups, then no we don't....

iraq is seeing violence run up to 2006 levels....we pulled out so fast we didn't need coptors on the embassy roof...

Afghanistan will turn right around to the same tribal taliban wreck it was before we got there.....

syria; red line we're going to take action, then no we're not....

iran gives up zip but words, lets make a deal...

Obamas FP is dedicated to winning the latest news cycle....in short; we don't have a FP, thats clear and- everyone knows it.

 

[Jackson]

Europe has lost trust in Obama as has the rest of the world. The only hold outs are the radical Democrats here in the US. Just wait until they get their letter telling them their insurance has been cancelled... they'll see the light ...

 

[Trajan]

and let it be said- Europe ( except france it appears) has the attitude Churchill spoke to- "An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last"......

 

[percysunshine]

and let it be said- Europe ( except france it appears) has the attitude Churchill spoke to- "An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last"......

It is a strange day indeed when French Socialists go cowboy and marginalize the most French US Diplomat in the history of the Union.

May you live in interesting times...

 

[hjmick]

BS, hater dupes- only you tools talk about Obama as the Messiah or the angel of peace lol- and he still has 60-70 per cent approval, while Bush and Reagan never were over 50 and hit the 20's in the end. Forbes editorials are Pubcrappe...ZZZZZZZZZZZZ

60-70 percent approval? In what dimension you moron? It's more like a 39% approval.

Get those balls off of your chin and wake the fuck up...

 

[QuickHitCurepon]

Europe was kind of stupid to trust him in the first place.

They should have gotten the clue, when during his election, he promised to negotiate and have a nice long chat with the leaders in Iran.

 

[francoHFW]

BS, hater dupes- only you tools talk about Obama as the Messiah or the angel of peace lol- and he still has 60-70 per cent approval, while Bush and Reagan never were over 50 and hit the 20's in the end. Forbes editorials are Pubcrappe...ZZZZZZZZZZZZ

60-70 percent approval? In what dimension you moron? It's more like a 39% approval.

Get those balls off of your chin and wake the fuck up...

In Europe, dingbat lol