Obama: Irrelevant after only two years

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www.cnsnews.com/commentary/article/rising-irrelevance-barack-obama

Among the few things that may be said with certainty about the Arab revolution of 2011 is that it has revealed the rising irrelevance of President Obama in that part of the world.

With impunity, Benjamin Netanyahu defied his demand that Israel cease to build on the West Bank. The Palestinian Authority, despite Obama's pleas, then went ahead with a U.N. resolution condemning Israel.

Caught flat-footed by the uprising in Tunisia, the White House could only offer belated congratulations to the demonstrators who had deposed and driven out our longtime ally, President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.

After Tunisia, Vice President Joe Biden insisted the embattled Hosni Mubarak was not a dictator in Egypt. Obama sided with Mubarak and then said he ought to go. Then, when the Saudis and Israelis protested that we were abandoning a friend of 30 years, Obama concluded Mubarak should stay.

When the army suddenly sent Mubarak packing, the White House hailed the revolution as the harbinger of an Arab spring.

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton burbled that her 15-minute stroll through Tahrir Square was "a great reminder of the power of the human spirit and universal desire for freedom and human rights and democracy."

Some of the young demonstrators, recalling America's 30-year friendship with Mubarak and ambivalence over his ouster, refused to talk with her.

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"History according to Ed " far fetched and inaccurate as usual but it still might sell, Hollywood has had such luck with fantasy films the last few years, Harry Potter {eng } , Lord of the ringgs {New Zealand} but still Hollywood.

[privateinvestor]

I agree ED but a lot will depend on his trip to Latin America...is it a make of break event? I don't have a clue but he has to now prove what he said about the importance of the relationship between the United States and Latin America. He told Brazil, Chile and El Salvador how important they are and how their growing importance is vital to our interests....Nice words I guess but we need to see results from his trip...without any it will just add to his unpopularity..

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P.I.
Didn't some President from South America just demand Obama return his Nobel peace prize that he was awarded last year?
When South American leaders start sounding Presidential and correct, we, America are in real trouble.

[privateinvestor]

VB...don't know but read he had a falling out with the president of Brazil though...

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Might have been Bolivia?