What are his failures? It’s a complicated world out there, and the US isn’t in control of everything. (Nor should it be.) For instance, the situation Ukraine is a complete mess, but it’s not because of a failure in US policy. The mid-East is a mess, but not because of a failure in US policy. I’d give Obama a B for foreign policy. I’d give him a C+ for domestic policy. Better than average, but not stellar.
Because of the President, Halliburton’s bonuses to their senior executives will be moderate (for Halliburton) and there are no Americans dying in some other country’s war. And western Europe has a natural gas supply and time to do better than Russia. Does anyone seriously believe all that should be thrown away for the Ukraine?
lamented sadly: “A better place= are we respected there? Do we have influence? Can we count on them to back us up? Do they like us and agree with our policies? Do they want to be like us? Do they trust us? Are they working against us or with us?….Pick up a paper. I’m tired.”
There. there. Not to worry, it will come right in the end. Take it from me, my parents were colonials, from a country whose empire peaked 500 years ago and ended a mere 40 years ago. I was born in a former European colony, now a proud independent nation. I now live in a country which once proudly said the sun didn’t set on its empire. I’m married to another national whose country had a vast central European empire, now a distant memory.
Eventually you’ll adjust to your waning power; it comes to all empires in the end. We’ve all been through it, it’s a natural phase. So don’t stress too much about it.
lonecat almost 10 years ago
What are his failures? It’s a complicated world out there, and the US isn’t in control of everything. (Nor should it be.) For instance, the situation Ukraine is a complete mess, but it’s not because of a failure in US policy. The mid-East is a mess, but not because of a failure in US policy. I’d give Obama a B for foreign policy. I’d give him a C+ for domestic policy. Better than average, but not stellar.
louieglutz almost 10 years ago
interesting editorial: http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21601508-nagging-doubt-eating-away-world-orderand-superpower-largely-ignoring-it-what
louieglutz almost 10 years ago
i got sucked into watching that video. i thought he was supposed to be a good bball player. he is good with bricks.
Spyderred almost 10 years ago
Because of the President, Halliburton’s bonuses to their senior executives will be moderate (for Halliburton) and there are no Americans dying in some other country’s war. And western Europe has a natural gas supply and time to do better than Russia. Does anyone seriously believe all that should be thrown away for the Ukraine?
OmqR-IV.0 almost 10 years ago
lamented sadly: “A better place= are we respected there? Do we have influence? Can we count on them to back us up? Do they like us and agree with our policies? Do they want to be like us? Do they trust us? Are they working against us or with us?….Pick up a paper. I’m tired.”
There. there. Not to worry, it will come right in the end. Take it from me, my parents were colonials, from a country whose empire peaked 500 years ago and ended a mere 40 years ago. I was born in a former European colony, now a proud independent nation. I now live in a country which once proudly said the sun didn’t set on its empire. I’m married to another national whose country had a vast central European empire, now a distant memory.
Eventually you’ll adjust to your waning power; it comes to all empires in the end. We’ve all been through it, it’s a natural phase. So don’t stress too much about it.