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The Cairo Speech
Posted on June 4, 2009 by andrew- Filed Under Barack Obama, diplomacy | Leave a Comment
President Obama’s Cairo speech reminds me of nothing so much as the speech he delivered in Philadelphia one year ago on the topic of race. This is the Barack Obama I deeply admire; this is the Barack Obama I was eager and proud to vote for. This is the president who believes in the power [...]
Obama In Berlin
Posted on July 25, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 presidential election, Barack Obama, diplomacy | Leave a Comment
The speech, in case you missed it:
I thought it was quite good, although the impact would probably be greater if we could see and hear more of the crowd’s reaction.
This is the man who will return America to the position in the world we all took for granted ten years ago, and this is his [...]
Our President Officially Has Senioritis
Posted on July 10, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under G8, George W Bush, climate change, diplomacy | Leave a Comment
I’ve seen different British versions of this story linked a couple of times this afternoon, but I can’t seem to find any accounts of the incident in American media. Not that we Americans ought to be embarrassed or anything.
The American leader, who has been condemned throughout his presidency for failing to tackle climate change, ended [...]
Israel Must Stop Appeasing Evil Islamofascists
Posted on May 21, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 presidential election, Israel, John McCain, Syria, diplomacy | Leave a Comment
You’d think Israel would’ve learned something from the lessons of Nazi Germany and 9/11. Instead they’re running around Neville Chamberlaining it up with Syria. Way to give up Czechoslovakia, guys!
When John McCain is president, he can finally sit down with Israel and tell them, “Stop the bullshit.”
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Disaster Wherever He Goes
Posted on May 16, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under George W Bush, diplomacy | Leave a Comment
Kevin Drum writes:
I think this business about politics stopping at water’s edge has always been overblown, honored more in the breach than the observance. Regardless, though, I agree with Haggai: if this rule ever made sense, it doesn’t anymore. Travel is too ubiquitous, television and the internet are too global, and audiences are too sophisticated [...]
John McCain Is A Flip-Flopper And An Appeaser
Posted on May 16, 2008 by andrew- Filed Under 2008 presidential election, Hamas, John McCain, diplomacy | Leave a Comment
James Rubin tells us some important information about John McCain in a Washington Post op/ed:
But given his own position on Hamas, McCain is the last politician who should be attacking Obama. Two years ago, just after Hamas won the Palestinian parliamentary elections, I interviewed McCain for the British network Sky News’s “World News Tonight” program. [...]
