China is no refuge from Obama’s woes

[LibCampFireClub 635]

As the chickens come home to roost for 0bola and his regime an ever-increasing in size target appears on his yellow spine.

China is no refuge from Obama’s woes

Edward LuceEdward Luce

Beijing sees the US president as a weak leader in the autumn of his presidency

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Second-term US presidents traditionally seek solace on the global stage. Barack Obama is no exception. Following last week’s drubbing in the US midterm elections, he lands in China on Monday for a summit with Xi Jinping. He is unlikely to find Beijing more pliable than Washington DC. As time goes on, it becomes ever harder to separate his domestic weakness from his global standing. Even the tone is spreading. “US society has grown tired of [Obama’s] banality,” China’s semi-official Global Times said last week.

Mr Xi is too polite to put it like that. Yet there is no mistaking which of the two is on the way up. In his first year in office, Mr Obama offered Beijing a “G2” partnership to tackle the world’s big problems. China spurned him. Mr Obama then unveiled his “pivot to Asia”. China saw it as US containment and reacted accordingly. Its defence spending today is almost double in real terms what it was when Mr Obama first visited China in 2009. Over the same period, the US military budget has barely kept pace with inflation.

Will a weakened Mr Obama have better luck with China? The answer is not necessarily “no”.

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Edited November 10, 2014 by ExExpat

[SamuelLarf 0]

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[eieio 1,594]

He should spend his time golfing.

Maybe an occasional visit to Ferguson to rally the base

[Póg mo 1,749]

To be fair to Obama, his predecessor kind of undermined America's influence e.g. he choice to undertake his Iraq and Afghanistan adventures showed the world the limits of US military might. I know, we are not supposed to talk about Bush the younger legacy, resident right wingers don't like it, and gets in the way of their narrative that Obama is the worstest president ever.

[eieio 1,594]

I like to say" Obama is the best black President we have ever had"

[LibCampFireClub 635]

What a wuss. Another apology tour in China. 0bowma 0bola, the Chinese tunic wearing kid.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

But in an earlier post we were told the world was overjoyed because we elected a black President and that every country would love to have him as a leader

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

What a wuss. Another apology tour in China. 0bowma 0bola, the Chinese tunic wearing kid.

Maybe he simply wanted to emulate the manly man that the American right wingers worship.

[LibCampFireClub 635]

We are also told Asians mock weak gum-chewing 0bola because they are racist.

[JohnR! 5,495]

Only if you cringe at the notion of discussing scatology.

To be fair to Obama, his predecessor kind of undermined America's influence e.g. he choice to undertake his Iraq and Afghanistan adventures showed the world the limits of US military might. I know, we are not supposed to talk about Bush the younger legacy, resident right wingers don't like it, and gets in the way of their narrative that Obama is the worstest president ever.

[lostinblue 1,989]

He should spend his time golfing.

Maybe an occasional visit to Ferguson to rally the base

Holder has that covered as we speak.

[LibCampFireClub 635]

So, he bows, kowtows and apologizes, but take the gum out of his mouth? Not a chance.

[lostinblue 1,989]

So, he bows, kowtows and apologizes, but take the gum out of his mouth? Not a chance.

He travels the world seeing who he can offend the most.....

[GandD 5,966]

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[LibCampFireClub 635]

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Beijing sees the US president as a weak leader in the autumn of his presidency

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Beijing sees the US president as a weak leader in the autumn of his presidency

Edward LuceEdward Luce

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Second-term US presidents traditionally seek solace on the global stage. Barack Obama is no exception. Following last week’s drubbing in the US midterm elections, he lands in China on Monday for a summit with Xi Jinping. He is unlikely to find Beijing more pliable than Washington DC. As time goes on, it becomes ever harder to separate his domestic weakness from his global standing. Even the tone is spreading. “US society has grown tired of [Obama’s] banality,” China’s semi-official Global Times said last week.

Mr Xi is too polite to put it like that. Yet there is no mistaking which of the two is on the way up. In his first year in office, Mr Obama offered Beijing a “G2” partnership to tackle the world’s big problems. China spurned him. Mr Obama then unveiled his “pivot to Asia”. China saw it as US containment and reacted accordingly. Its defence spending today is almost double in real terms what it was when Mr Obama first visited China in 2009. Over the same period, the US military budget has barely kept pace with inflation.

Will a weakened Mr Obama have better luck with China? The answer is not necessarily “no”.

http://www.ft.com/cm...l#axzz3IhfRx5C2

Edited November 11, 2014 by ExExpat