6 countries that totally ignored Obama's demands. Guess he can't sign an EO for dat!

[EL PRESIDENTE]

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politic...ountries-that-totally-ignored-obamas-demands/

It was a complete rebuff issued with blinding speed: Less than 24 hours after President Obama went on national television on Friday to warn Vladimir Putin that "there will be costs for any military intervention," Russia's military seized total control of Crimea.

It's embarrassing for a world power to see its warnings so cavalierly disregarded - and not just when it comes to Russia and Ukraine. During his second term, President Obama has repeatedly found that the sternest warnings and firmest demands from the United States have been ignored with impunity.

Consider these examples:

CHINA and RUSSIA: Snowden Slips By
RHETORIC: The Administration repeatedly warned China (where Snowden first fled) and Russia that Edward Snowden was a fugitive felon who must be turned over to the United States. On June 24, 2013, Secretary of State John Kerry bluntly warned he "would be deeply troubled" if Snowden were permitted to fly from Hong Kong to Russia "and there would be, without any question some effect and impact on the relationship and consequences." After Snowden boarded the plane in Hong Kong, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney added ominously: "This was a deliberate choice by the government to release a fugitive despite a valid arrest warrant, and that decision unquestionably has a negative impact on the U.S.-China relationship."

REACTION: China ignored U.S. demands and allowed Snowden to travel to Russia. Russia ignored demands to turn Snowden over to U.S. authorities and granted him asylum.

EGYPT: Warning the Military on Democracy
RHETORIC: First, the United States, urged the Egyptian military not to overthrow Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi. On July 3, 2013, Morsi was overthrown. Immediately afterward, President Obama said he was "deeply concerned," adding: "I now call on the Egyptian military to move quickly and responsibly to return full authority back to a democratically elected civilian government as soon as possible through an inclusive and transparent process, and to avoid any arbitrary arrests of President Morsi and his supporters."

REACTION: The arrest of President Morsi and his supporters and a sometimes bloody crackdown on the opposition led President Obama to cancel joint military exercises with Egypt a month later.

AFGHANISTAN: Extending The Exit Strategy
RHETORIC: The Administration repeatedly warned that if Afghan President Hamid Karzai did not sign the negotiated Bilateral Security Agreement (BSA), the United States would be forced to proceed with plans to withdraw all American troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2014.

REACTION: Karzai refused to sign by the end-of-year deadline and continues to refuses even as the administration has extended the deadline.

UGANDA: It's Complicated
RHETORIC: On February 16, 2014 President Obama issued a blunt warning to Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni not to enact a law imposing harsh penalties for homosexual acts. "It will be a step backward for all Ugandans and reflect poorly on Uganda's commitment to protecting the human rights of its people," the president said in a written statement. "As we have conveyed to President Museveni, enacting this legislation will complicate our valued relationship with Uganda."

REACTION: One week later, President Museveni signed the bill into law anyway.

:MARIS61:

 

[Denny Crane]

Re: 6 countries that totally ignored Obama's demands. Guess he can't sign an EO for d

I don't think Putin is in the wrong. As long as Crimea isn't annexed, what he is doing in his own hemisphere is what we did in Haiti during the Clinton years - restore a rightfully elected government.

Our foreign policy is full of gaffes (and worse). Pin Benghazi and the rest of huge chunks of the globe in flames and ruins on Hillary if she runs. Kerry has been no better.

When a president's domestic agenda is stalled by congress, he usually turns to foreign affairs. It is unbelievable how poorly conceived and executed our policies are.

 

[DaLincolnJones]

Re: 6 countries that totally ignored Obama's demands. Guess he can't sign an EO for d

huh..now even ABC..color me surprised

 

[DaLincolnJones]

Re: 6 countries that totally ignored Obama's demands. Guess he can't sign an EO for d

QT Denny

"When a president's domestic agenda is stalled by congress, he usually turns to foreign affairs. It is unbelievable how poorly conceived and executed our policies are."

he is trying to execute foreign policy like he has his domestic..what he fails to understand is that he is not the darling that the left has protected at home, and his bulling impresses no one abroad

 

[MARIS61]

Re: 6 countries that totally ignored Obama's demands. Guess he can't sign an EO for d

The entire world has not bowed down and fully adopted America's political views, religious goals, and/or personal desires under Obama's watch.

And somehow this is different than when?

 

[DaLincolnJones]

Re: 6 countries that totally ignored Obama's demands. Guess he can't sign an EO for d

The entire world has not bowed down and fully adopted America's political views, religious goals, and/or personal desires under Obama's watch.

And somehow this is different than when?

Disclaimer: The opinions expressed here are the views of MARIS61, a fictional message board character created for my amusement, and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of any real person alive or deceased.

 

[jlprk]

Re: 6 countries that totally ignored Obama's demands. Guess he can't sign an EO for d

The strategy in the Ukraine is the EU's, not Obama's. The EU wants to get Ukraine to join the EU. The US is not trying to get Ukraine to become the 51st state.

 

[MARIS61]

Re: 6 countries that totally ignored Obama's demands. Guess he can't sign an EO for d

Disclaimer: The opinions expressed here are the views of MARIS61, a fictional message board character created for my amusement, and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of any real person alive or deceased.

You like to repost my sig as if it somehow invalidates the truth of my post.

It does not.

This reflects poorly on your reading comprehension skills, such as they are.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

Re: 6 countries that totally ignored Obama's demands. Guess he can't sign an EO for d

You like to repost my sig as if it somehow invalidates the truth of my post.

It does not.

This reflects poorly on your reading comprehension skills, such as they are.

Maris, the content of your posts is plenty enough to invalidate them.