Obama doesn't like the US as a superpower?

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i'm trying to get the whole context here, but i can't get around him saying whether we like it or not, the US is a superpower

sure, he could be talking to his audience, but he says "we" not "you"...who is "we", the imperial "we"....is obama really talking about himself

bizarre comment
 
TuTu Monroe said:
The guy is incompetent Yurt.
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true, but is he really saying what it appears he is saying....whether we like it or not...

even taking his words in the best light possible, it seems he really doesn't care, the worst light, he doesn't like us to be a superpower and feels ashamed for it
 
Substance your 24/7 crying about Obama, all you can hear is tea bag. It's like the saying from white men can't jump. You listen to Obama but you can't here Obama.
 
Topspin said:
Substance your 24/7 crying about Obama, all you can hear is tea bag. It's like the saying from white men can't jump. You listen to Obama but you can't here Obama.
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once again, zero substance

what is your take on his words, or are you only capable of 5th grade insults?
 
Onceler said:
Well said, sir!
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another substance-less lib capable only of insults and not rational discussion

what is your take on what he said...i opened the thread with dialog and an open mind, yet you and your fellow close minded libs can do nothing but whine and insult

yawn
 
Yurt said:
once again, zero substance

what is your take on his words, or are you only capable of 5th grade insults?
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Jr lawyer, a lot of Americans don't get a boner on being a military superpower war hawking nation. I'm one of them. :pke:
 
Yurt said:
another substance-less lib capable only of insults and not rational discussion

what is your take on what he said...i opened the thread with dialog and an open mind, yet you and your fellow close minded libs can do nothing but whine and insult

yawn
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This is very ironic, as far as posts go.
 
Topspin said:
Jr lawyer, a lot of Americans don't get a boner on being a military superpower war hawking nation. I'm one of them. :pke:
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at least we have answer, with insults, but thats fine....

so, in your opinion, do you believe obama doesn't like the US to be a superpower? you seemingly have taken his statements to include people like you who do not want the US to be a superpower....and you didn't say one word about obama, which leads me to believe that my initial take in the OP was the correct one, despite all your worthless ad homs....
 
I just listened to Obama. And let me start of with an apology. That was an insult to Ged's. Spurt, boy George called and thinks your gay for your false outrage over the non comment.
 
Topspin said:
I just listened to Obama. And let me start of with an apology. That was an insult to Ged's. Spurt, boy George called and thinks your gay for your false outrage over the non comment.
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you're such a moron....i didn't have outrage, i posted the OP as saying i was trying to understand the full context and was clear that i had questions about what he said.

once again, you show yourself incapable of debate, incapable of explaining anything and only capable of insults...no wonder you and dumber than all y all get along so well
 
Yurt said:
you're such a moron....i didn't have outrage, i posted the OP as saying i was trying to understand the full context and was clear that i had questions about what he said.

once again, you show yourself incapable of debate, incapable of explaining anything and only capable of insults...no wonder you and dumber than all y all get along so well
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You talked about "even in the best light possible." You take it as a negative, no matter what.

You fail to see that "whether we like it or not" is a colloquial kind of expression, that people use all the time in all kinds of circumstances, and is basically meaningless. It's a "for all intents & purposes" throwaway kind of line.

You really don't like Obama (I'll refrain from calling you a hater). You tend to parse every word he says in the worst possible way. But this is definitely a tempest in a teapot. It's nothing.
 
Yurt said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEvH_f9VADA&feature=player_embedded

i'm trying to get the whole context here, but i can't get around him saying whether we like it or not, the US is a superpower

sure, he could be talking to his audience, but he says "we" not "you"...who is "we", the imperial "we"....is obama really talking about himself

bizarre comment
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Here's the entire speech at this link: http://www.america.gov/st/texttrans...413195648ihecuor8.899653e-02.html?CP.rss=true

But I'm posting the specific context of the above remark separately. The "we" refers to the participants at the conference. Obama was answering questions from reporters.

Last question, Ed Chen of Bloomberg.

Q Thank you, Mr. President. Good afternoon. Given the progress you have cited in recent days on your foreign policy agenda, to what extent do you feel like you have gained political capital with which to take further to the international stage for the rest of this year, to perhaps rejuvenate some initiatives in trouble spots such as the Middle East and elsewhere?

THE PRESIDENT: Well, I think the work that we’ve done in recent days around nuclear security and nuclear disarmament are intrinsically good. They’re good just in and of themselves. And so we’re very pleased with the progress that we’ve made. And we could not have done this without extraordinary cooperation first from President Medvedev when it came to the START treaty, and then from my colleagues who were here today when it came to this Nuclear Security Summit.

What I think it signifies is the fact that so many of the challenges that we face internationally can’t be solved by one nation alone. But I do think that America’s leadership is important in order to get issues on the international agenda and to move in concert with other countries to have an effective response.

There are a host of other issues, obviously, that have to be addressed and one of the points that was made actually during the communiqué is we’re talking here about the instruments of potential war or terrorism, but obviously there are also the reasons, the rationales, the excuses for conflict, that have to be addressed as well.

And I remain committed to being a partner with countries around the world, and in particular hot spots around the world, to see if we can reduce those tensions and ultimately resolve those conflicts. And the Middle East would be a prime example. I think that the need for peace between Israelis and Palestinians and the Arab states remains as critical as ever.

It is a very hard thing to do. And I know that even if we are applying all of our political capital to that issue, the Israeli people through their government, and the Palestinian people through the Palestinian Authority, as well as other Arab states, may say to themselves, we are not prepared to resolve this -- these issues -- no matter how much pressure the United States brings to bear.

And the truth is, in some of these conflicts the United States can’t impose solutions unless the participants in these conflicts are willing to break out of old patterns of antagonism. I think it was former Secretary of State Jim Baker who said, in the context of Middle East peace, we can’t want it more than they do.

But what we can make sure of is, is that we are constantly present, constantly engaged, and setting out very clearly to both sides our belief that not only is it in the interests of each party to resolve these conflicts but it’s also in the interest of the United States. It is a vital national security interest of the United States to reduce these conflicts because whether we like it or not, we remain a dominant military superpower, and when conflicts break out, one way or another we get pulled into them. And that ends up costing us significantly in terms of both blood and treasure.

So I’m going to keep on at it. But I think on all these issues -- nuclear disarmament, nuclear proliferation, Middle East peace -- progress is going to be measured not in days, not in weeks. It’s going to take time. And progress will be halting. And sometimes we’ll take one step forward and two steps back, and there will be frustrations. And so it’s not going to run on the typical cable news 24/7 news cycle. But if we’re persistent, and we’ve got the right approach, then over time, I think that we can make progress.

All right? Thank you very much, everybody.

END 5:11 P.M. EDT



Read more: http://www.america.gov/st/texttrans...or8.899653e-02.html?CP.rss=true#ixzz0l7kNXj1k
 
Your a dumb ass 22 yr old young republican leadership council secretary runner up. there is no questionable comment to an educated adult. Sorry go carry some more tea bag water. Maybe you can scribe at the next committte meeting.
 
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