"It's a Nightmare" - Obama to Inherit International Mess

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"It's a Nightmare" - Obama to Inherit International Mess | NBC Philadelphia

When Barack Obama raises his hand and takes the oath of office next Jan. 20, he will inherit arguably the worst international mess ever passed on to an incoming president.

The United States is fighting two wars half a world away in the midst of a global economic meltdown. Efforts to contain the nuclear programs of two long-time enemies, Iran and North Korea, are faltering. Relations with a belligerent and resurgent Russia are terrible and getting worse. Afghanistan is an emerging narco-state. And seven years after the Sept. 11 attacks, Osama bin Laden—a motivated enemy with a proven track record—continues to elude capture.

"It is a nightmare," said Jessica T. Mathews, president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. "The inbox is bigger than it's ever been, and no president can succeed who doesn't establish some priorities, and some pretty stringent ones."

Setting aside the individual brush fires, Obama faces two overarching and interrelated challenges: restoring America's reputation abroad and repairing frayed relations with allies.

Bush got into trouble for both style and substance. US allies—not just the leaders, but their citizens—were turned off by his administration's willingness to go-it-alone, disdain for multi-national organizations, ideological rigidity and refusal to tolerate dissent. The criticisms became more pointed when no weapons of mass destruction were found in Iraq, and the Justice Department reinterpreted the Geneva Convention to let the administration off the hook for torturing prisoners. The sense grew abroad that the Unites States had lost its bearings.........
 
"It's a Nightmare" - Obama to Inherit International Mess | NBC Philadelphia

When Barack Obama raises his hand and takes the oath of office next Jan. 20, he will inherit arguably the worst international mess ever passed on to an incoming president.

The United States is fighting two wars half a world away in the midst of a global economic meltdown. Efforts to contain the nuclear programs of two long-time enemies, Iran and North Korea, are faltering. Relations with a belligerent and resurgent Russia are terrible and getting worse. Afghanistan is an emerging narco-state. And seven years after the Sept. 11 attacks, Osama bin Laden—a motivated enemy with a proven track record—continues to elude capture.

"It is a nightmare," said Jessica T. Mathews, president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. "The inbox is bigger than it's ever been, and no president can succeed who doesn't establish some priorities, and some pretty stringent ones."

Setting aside the individual brush fires, Obama faces two overarching and interrelated challenges: restoring America's reputation abroad and repairing frayed relations with allies.

Bush got into trouble for both style and substance. US allies—not just the leaders, but their citizens—were turned off by his administration's willingness to go-it-alone, disdain for multi-national organizations, ideological rigidity and refusal to tolerate dissent. The criticisms became more pointed when no weapons of mass destruction were found in Iraq, and the Justice Department reinterpreted the Geneva Convention to let the administration off the hook for torturing prisoners. The sense grew abroad that the Unites States had lost its bearings.........

Obama is the Messiah. He'll fix it.
 
and here it comes

laying the ground work for "its worse than we thought it would be"

Democrats are always having to clean up the mess that conservative Republitards create yet take the blame for everything, its nothing new.
 
and here it comes laying the ground work for "its worse than we thought it would be"
"I had no idea it was this bad" Obama will say. "I'll have to postpone the tax cut for while too. Everybody must sacrifice" while he signs tax increase legislation.
 
Democrats are always having to clean up the mess that conservative Republitards create yet take the blame for everything, its nothing new.

Tards like Reagan and Bush Sr and Bush Jr. Carter was stuck with Ford's garbage and took the blame, just like all Democratic presidents have.

Oh look ... Obama wins and suddenly Charles is all for him and a staunch Democrat. Odd, I don't recall much of anything from you prior to the election but homophobia and racism.

Now that the votes are in, you know who you voted for, huh?:lol:
 
Ah good! I know it means dodging that ball, the little bastard fits right in your eye socket if you're not careful! (Well, when I played it, that was some time ago).

It's always fun until someone loses an eye!

(Sometimes after that, it's downright hilarious). :eusa_shifty:
 
Oh look ... Obama wins and suddenly Charles is all for him and a staunch Democrat. Odd, I don't recall much of anything from you prior to the election but homophobia and racism.

Now that the votes are in, you know who you voted for, huh?:lol:

Another lie, Mr Bass is *NOT* a staunch Democrat, neither is he a closet liberal nor closet Democrat like you're suggesting but the lunacy of those on the right has been exposed during the campaign for how extremely biased and prejudiced they really are and their tactic of trying to use fear to win has backfired.
 
In other news....water is still wet!

Anyone who didn't understand the current issues and voted on empty rhetoric such as hope and change deserve what they got.

Not saying that McCain was the answer either. However, I think the media did a great disservice by not delving into the issues, but instead having a self-masturbatory fete in praise of one candidate. Blindness indeed.
 
"It's a Nightmare" - Obama to Inherit International Mess | NBC Philadelphia

When Barack Obama raises his hand and takes the oath of office next Jan. 20, he will inherit arguably the worst international mess ever passed on to an incoming president.

The United States is fighting two wars half a world away in the midst of a global economic meltdown. Efforts to contain the nuclear programs of two long-time enemies, Iran and North Korea, are faltering. Relations with a belligerent and resurgent Russia are terrible and getting worse. Afghanistan is an emerging narco-state. And seven years after the Sept. 11 attacks, Osama bin Laden—a motivated enemy with a proven track record—continues to elude capture.

"It is a nightmare," said Jessica T. Mathews, president of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. "The inbox is bigger than it's ever been, and no president can succeed who doesn't establish some priorities, and some pretty stringent ones."

Setting aside the individual brush fires, Obama faces two overarching and interrelated challenges: restoring America's reputation abroad and repairing frayed relations with allies.

Bush got into trouble for both style and substance. US allies—not just the leaders, but their citizens—were turned off by his administration's willingness to go-it-alone, disdain for multi-national organizations, ideological rigidity and refusal to tolerate dissent. The criticisms became more pointed when no weapons of mass destruction were found in Iraq, and the Justice Department reinterpreted the Geneva Convention to let the administration off the hook for torturing prisoners. The sense grew abroad that the Unites States had lost its bearings.........

And yet people on this board want to start another war because Russia's tanks aren't what they used to be. Jesus. The thirst for blood is disgusting.
 
As Americans (and our national government ) become increasingly poorer, our role in the world will diminish.

If Obama can extricate us from those two land wars in Asia without leaving a mess behind, he'll have done a fine job regards foreign policy.

I am concerned about the apparent saber rattling on the Polish border, but it's time for EUROPE to take care of itself.

We've been carrying Europe (by defending it from the Soviets) for fifty years and we''re broke.
 
In other news....water is still wet!

Anyone who didn't understand the current issues and voted on empty rhetoric such as hope and change deserve what they got.

Not saying that McCain was the answer either. However, I think the media did a great disservice by not delving into the issues, but instead having a self-masturbatory fete in praise of one candidate. Blindness indeed.

Come on now, this is a lie, the media was more interested in sensationalising ever negative piece of "breaking news" about first Obama and then Palin. Obama focused mainly on the issues, McCain focused more a running a negative campaign to avert the obvious.
 

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