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While President Barack Obama continues to blame Bush for the ills the United States is experiencing, he is beginning to sound like the cartoon character that used to complain, "The devil made me do it." Obama first 100 days have been completed and now he can no longer hide behind Bush and the problems created under that administration.
The timing of North Korea's illegal missile test was a reply to Obama's promise of bilateral negotiations and offer of incentives for good behavior. It also expelled U.N. inspectors and announced that it was continuing plutonium production.
Obama sent a conciliatory public message to Iranians, and the U.S. joined in the multilateral proposal for new negotiations on its nuclear program. The answer was an announcement of the enhancement of its uranium enrichment facility and convicting an American journalist of espionage.
When Obama told Iraqis that he would use troop withdrawals to pressure government to take over the responsibility for the country, violence in the country has increased.
And then it is Russia, which continues to thumb its nose at the Obama administration after he offered the Kremlin a new arms control agreement and that it would put missile defense and NATO expansion on a back burner. Russia's answer was to deploy thousands of more troops on the borders of Georgia and Ukraine and also sending tanks and warplanes to the area. This could mean that there will be another Russian attack on Georgia.
In the next 100 days, Obama will be tested again and again because he is seen as a weak leader who thinks he can use oration to win over adversaries. For some, his constant pontificating is becoming tiresome. It is time he took responsibility for his own actions and stopped hiding behind the past administration. He now owns the foreign policy of the U.S.
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It is difficult to imagine that Obamuh could actually be THIS stupid. He is perhaps weaker than even Jimmy Carter, a real accomplishment.
Then, Obamuh says toodles to his friend Chavez, saying "Adios, mi amigo", link provided.
www.noticias24.com/actualidad/noticia/38602/imagenes-del-ultimo-encuentro-entre-chavez-y-obama/
For the first time in my adult life, I am ashamed of an American president.
I heard the Norks refer to Obama as Obabo.
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