Obama’s Message to the World
EmailIn his first speech to the United Nations General Assembly, President Obama will bluntly push the international community to work together in meeting new challenges. As he pushes nations to fulfill their responsibility, the Obama administration itself is rethinking its strategy for Afghanistan.
“Some of our actions have yielded progress. Some have laid the groundwork for progress in the future. But make no mistake: this cannot be solely America’s endeavor,” the president will say, according to excerpts released by the White House.
“Those who used to chastise America for acting alone in the world cannot now stand by and wait for America to solve the world’s problems alone. We have sought — in word and deed — a new era of engagement with the world,” the president will say. “Now is the time for all of us to take our share of responsibility for a global response to global challenges.”
The war in Afghanistan is one of Obama’s greatest international challenges, both domestically and abroad. Internally, the White House is hesitant to commit more troops to the region unless there are sure signs the current strategy there is working. The top general in Afghanistan, Gen. McChrystal, is likely to request more troops to combat the growing influence of al Qaeda and the resurgence of the Taliban in the war-torn country.
The president is exploring alternatives to a major troop increase, including a plan from Vice President Joe Biden to focus more on rooting out al Qaeda and the Taliban on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, a strategy that could entail reducing troops.
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Shorter Obama: “I apologized, fer chrissakes. Now be nice.”
Posted by: mesquito | September 23, 2009, 9:07 am 9:07 am
lets hope Obama does the same thing that Bush did, because Bush’s policies worked out so well…
( eyes rolling )
Posted by: 007 | September 23, 2009, 9:10 am 9:10 am
Blah, blah, blah, blah.
And nothing is done.
Too quote the Governor of New York (a Democrat) on Obama:
“If you look at it from their perspective, they haven’t exactly been able to govern in the first year of their administration the way other administrations have, where you would theoretically have a period in which the new administration is allowed to pass some of the needed legislation.”
Lots of talk by Obama, but nothing is accomplished.
The nations of the world see Obama as weak, in retreat, unable to lead, unable to come up with new ideas.
Posted by: Edward Bington | September 23, 2009, 9:41 am 9:41 am
“lets hope Obama does the same thing that Bush did, because Bush’s policies worked out so well…”
Iraq = “Bush’s War”: Appears to be on the road towards a viable democracy. Bush made an unpopular decision to support “surge” strategy and proved to be right (even though Barack Obama (a.) claimed “surge” would not work, and (b.) cannot admit it was a success).
Afghanistan = “Obama’s (“Just”) War”: Appears Obama is ready to pull out white flag as the going gets tough.
To paraphrase a post from yesterday, we have gone from the “decider” to the “waffler”. Good job, America.
Posted by: tjp612 | September 23, 2009, 9:54 am 9:54 am
king of the world. thats our barry.now he is going to tell the world what to do.maybe he can push the world around but americans are getting tired of hearing what he wants.200 plus years and hes got all the solutions. how far will we go down before we get back on track.
Posted by: jim bradford | September 23, 2009, 9:59 am 9:59 am
Obama considered Afghanistan the Just War…..until he got elected.
Candidate Obama criticized Bush for under-resourcing the Afghan War—to the point of saying it was causing our troops to commit crimes against humanity.
“We’ve got to get the job done there and that requires us to have enough troops so that we’re not just air-raiding villages and killing civilians, which is causing enormous pressure over there.”
Now either President Obama will deny the commanders the men they need–or the Libs in Congress (like Sen. Carl Levin) will prevent him. So the “air-raiding villages and killing civilians” will continue.
Posted by: I'm Not a President, but I Play One on TV | September 23, 2009, 10:05 am 10:05 am
Palin’s speech to Hong Kong is sounding a lot more interesting than Obama’s perpetual apology tour.
Posted by: joedoe | September 23, 2009, 10:24 am 10:24 am
More scolding and me, me, me.
Someone should have paid this kid more attention. This is not going to go over well. The foreign media is already realizing Obama is a self aggrandizing Banty Rooster with no substance, just an unquenchable lust for power and control over all.
He is distrubing to watch. His groupies and groupthink religion are even more distrubing.
Posted by: JamesB | September 23, 2009, 10:42 am 10:42 am
The time has come…
This is the time…
Those days are over…
Let me clear…
I did.. I did.. I did…
Obama’s speech in a nutshell.
Posted by: ollie | September 23, 2009, 10:44 am 10:44 am
Must have been hard for Obama to concentrate without thunderous applause and standing ovations.
Maybe Obama’s honeymoon is over all over the world.
He couldn’t even do his classic– speaking over loud applause.
I was looking forward to “Fired Up–Ready to Go”.
Posted by: max | September 23, 2009, 10:47 am 10:47 am
This HAD to be his greatest speech ever!!
That’s what the Liberal Media will say.
Until tomorrow when Obama does it again and the day after that.
All of his speeches sound like lectures from a Harvard know-it-all.
Posted by: millie | September 23, 2009, 10:50 am 10:50 am
As usual Obama’s speech was mostly about him–what he has done for the world.
I loved it when he said” There’s nothing easier than blaming others, pointing fingers”.
He should know since that’s all he ever does–he blames Bush, the media, Palin,
Repubs, progressives, American citizens.
To him we’re the reason he can’t get anything done–it’s all our fault.
Posted by: kyle | September 23, 2009, 10:54 am 10:54 am
No Drama Obama.
Who writes his speeches? Oliver Stone?
Is he addressing the United Nations or trying to win an Academy Award?
Rising oceans, crashing waves, shorelines, melting ice caps..
Just give a speech without all the dramatics. Act like a president instead of a romance novelist.
Posted by: larry | September 23, 2009, 11:01 am 11:01 am
How did some in the audience keep from laughing when Obama said “I am not naive”.
I think Ahmadinejad, Chavez, Qadhafi to name a few probably disagree.
Posted by: tyler | September 23, 2009, 11:03 am 11:03 am
“How did some in the audience keep from laughing when Obama said “I am not naive”.
I think Ahmadinejad, Chavez, Qadhafi to name a few probably disagree.”
Posted by: tyler | Sep 23, 2009 11:03:59 AM
Putin was quite amused.
Posted by: Appeasement Czar | September 23, 2009, 11:13 am 11:13 am
If this presidency was a reality TV show it would have been canceled for lack of interest. The storyline is a little too bizarre for reality.
Posted by: joedoe | September 23, 2009, 11:17 am 11:17 am
Qaddafi’s speech was better than Obama’s.
At least he was animated and not robotic like Obama looking from side to side.
All of Obama’s speeches sound the same.
Whether he’s talking about race, the economy, health care, etc…they all sound the same–a lecture from the professor.
Posted by: rick | September 23, 2009, 11:18 am 11:18 am
At least he was animated and not robotic like Obama looking from side to side.
Posted by: rick | Sep 23, 2009 11:18:37 AM
That’s because he can’t talk with out the telepromter. He is looking side to side at it.
Posted by: 'Un-Amercian' | September 23, 2009, 11:22 am 11:22 am
Hitching his wagon to the James Hansen Climate Doomsday Train is a huge political gaffe. No one believes it, not even most European leaders. Yet another topic where Obama loses respect from international leaders, both friendly and hostile.
Posted by: Woody | September 23, 2009, 11:30 am 11:30 am
Obama’s speech to the world, how pompous is that? Me, me, me, look at me.
I will cure global warming, I will walk on water, I will raise the dead, I will make peace on Earth. I’m the One, hey, look at me, America’a not big enough for my ego, now I’ll make speeches to the whole world.
Would someone do us all a favour & pull the plug on his teleprompter.
Posted by: Terry | September 23, 2009, 11:47 am 11:47 am
The Day the World Fell Asleep coming to a theater near you!
Posted by: joedoe | September 23, 2009, 12:12 pm 12:12 pm
What an arrogant, self-righteous narcissist this guy is. Rather than meet with his Generals to discuss their concerns and recommendations about the war strategy in Afghanistan, he goes on talk shows all weekend and late night on Monday. He is nothing more than a mouth piece for the far left and their stale, failed ideas of the past. He cannot make decisions, is not a leader of men, and is weakening our national security and negotiating power with the rest of the world.
Posted by: Mike in Costa Mesa | September 23, 2009, 12:25 pm 12:25 pm
Obama is a wackjob. We have a pack of crazy lunatics running our country. How did the Democrat Party become the Party of Crazy?
Posted by: d | September 23, 2009, 12:29 pm 12:29 pm
Obama just never seems to get it right.
One might think that without the United Nations or Obama(Paris shopping, New York night out, Air Force 1 mock-up flight over New York, Martha’s Vineyard, yeah, that Obama) and world governance for global warming, the world could not operate. The U.S. is separate because we are separate. We are the dominant nation in the world because of our freedoms and our sacrifice and our original covenant with God.Stick that in your limosine caravans and don’t forget to get your carbon credits here! Yuck!!
Posted by: Lisa Dorn | September 23, 2009, 12:46 pm 12:46 pm
My my my..how quickly you forget who was giving our last 8 yrs of speeches to the UN? Remember Dubya? I looked up his last speech to the UN 9/08..George Bush stood unrepentant and unbowed before the 192 member countries of the UN general assembly yesterday to deliver a valedictory address devoted almost entirely to terrorism, which he described as an evil that must be defeated.
In his eighth and final address to a largely silent hall of world leaders, the US president sounded a note that has changed remarkably little since he first spoke to the general assembly in the wake of the September 11 2001 attacks on New York and Washington DC.
ATLEAST we have a President trying to get things done in a diplomatic sometimes robotic way..either way I know I feel alot better with him in our corner..unlike the last 8 yrs.
Posted by: kt shops | September 23, 2009, 12:49 pm 12:49 pm
“The president is exploring alternatives to a major troop increase, including a plan from Vice President Joe Biden to focus more on rooting out al Qaeda and the Taliban on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, a strategy that could entail reducing troops.”
Ahem. I always took a somewhat jaundiced view of the Democrat’s self-serving position that Afghanistan was the “good” war while Iraq was the “bad” war. And, in fact, once we overthrew the Taliban, pretty much viewed Afghanistan as a good place for killing lots of terrorists, and maybe keeping an eye on developments in Pakistan, and not much more.
So, I think Obama and Joe may be right on this one. Hypocritical, but right.
Posted by: Bridget | September 23, 2009, 1:03 pm 1:03 pm
America’s message to Obama:
The new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 42% would vote for their district’s Republican congressional candidate while 38% would opt for his or her Democratic opponent.
Posted by: Fructuoso | September 23, 2009, 1:08 pm 1:08 pm
This is not a president I can be proud of; in face I am completely embarrassed that our great nation voted this weak person and his idiots into office.
Posted by: Jenny | September 23, 2009, 1:15 pm 1:15 pm
Awwww.
Qaddafi keeps calling Obama his “son”.
How sweet.
They are both egotistical, power hungry, critical of America,and both give rambling speeches.
But it looks like Qaddafi writes his own speeches.
Posted by: ollie | September 23, 2009, 1:30 pm 1:30 pm
Obama might be more interesting if he starts wearing a pretty hat like Gadhafi
when he gives a speech.
Posted by: max | September 23, 2009, 1:33 pm 1:33 pm
Is Obama giving a speech or watching a tennis match.
No need for people to sit directly in front–Obama never looks there.
Posted by: glenn | September 23, 2009, 1:36 pm 1:36 pm
Looks like Qaddafi completely gave Obama “his son” a pass for continuing both wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
He hopes Obama will always be the American president–Obama probably wants that too.
Qaddafi’s endorsement.
What a nice prize for Obama.
And not a surprise.
Posted by: kyle | September 23, 2009, 1:41 pm 1:41 pm
Short text of Obamas speech; Before I was President we were a bunch of greedy blood thirsty savages intent on stripping every country on earth of their wealth and use it for ourselves.
Posted by: david | September 23, 2009, 1:46 pm 1:46 pm
Mr. Obama is still blaming Washington for all the problems, even almost a year in office.
Posted by: young_voter | September 23, 2009, 1:53 pm 1:53 pm
“Short text of Obamas speech; Before I was President we were a bunch of greedy blood thirsty savages intent on stripping every country on earth of their wealth and use it for ourselves.”
Posted by: david
Oh no, not again. Cringe. Tell me that he didn’t apologize, at least.
Posted by: Bridget | September 23, 2009, 2:13 pm 2:13 pm
Floods throughout the southeast and Obama is busy giving yet another speech.
Where is the help? Where is FEMA?
“Good job, Brownie.”
Posted by: Remember O's Seal of Approval? | September 23, 2009, 2:27 pm 2:27 pm
“Floods throughout the southeast and Obama is busy giving yet another speech.”
Prince Partisan has no interest in helping out Red States. Perhaps folks in Atlanta could get local SEIU chapter to place a phone call.
Posted by: tjp612 | September 23, 2009, 3:03 pm 3:03 pm
Qaddafi and Castro were both complimentary of Obama’s speech today*.
Mission accomplished, Barry!
(*Ahmadinejad and Chavez could not be reached for comment)
Posted by: tjp612 | September 23, 2009, 3:20 pm 3:20 pm
“We rescued the economy!”
—The jump in unemployment this August was no accident, and no fluke. The Bureau of Labor Statistics found that mass layoff events, where a single employer lays off 50 or more employees, increased 24.7% from July, by far a high for this year. Initial jobless claims also hit a high, giving an indication that the economy is far from recovery.—
Posted by: Employment Czar | September 23, 2009, 4:04 pm 4:04 pm
As a candidate for president, Barack Obama decried the financial toll that the Iraq war was taking on the economy, but Obama’s proposed spending on welfare through 2010 will eclipse Bush’s war spending by more than $260 billion. President Obama’s welfare spending will reach $888 billion in a single fiscal year–2010–more than the Bush administration spent on war in As a candidate for president, Barack Obama decried the financial toll that the Iraq war was taking on the economy, but Obama’s proposed spending on welfare through 2010 will eclipse Bush’s war spending by more than $260 billion. President Obama’s welfare spending will reach $888 billion in a single fiscal year–2010–more than the Bush administration spent on war in IraqIraq. According to the Congressional Research Service, from the initial “shock and awe” strikes until he left office, Mr. Bush spent a total of $660 billion on the Iraq war.
Posted by: Fructuoso | September 23, 2009, 4:23 pm 4:23 pm
Liza: Obama has paid his own way many times including his vacation in Martha’s Vineyard and when his children came to Paris he paid their expenses. How many other presidents paid for their families…none. He also did not take the allowance given to all presidents to redecorate the white house private rooms. He bought out of pocket any new furniture but kept much of the furniture saying it was not necessary to spend any money. Michelle also paid for the white house dishes herself….so stop being so petty when you don’t know what you are talking about. He also refused the new helicopter….he is not a person who will spend needlessly. What is being spent now is to correct the mis-management of the previous administration. Take your tea parties to the door of the previous administration. They are the reason we are so screwed up and broke.
Posted by: talmag | September 23, 2009, 4:28 pm 4:28 pm
talmag,
I think you’re outnumbered here. Change? Boy are we getting Change. At least our President is sleeping well in his $7,000 a night suite.
Posted by: nuts for obama | September 23, 2009, 4:33 pm 4:33 pm
Gallup PRINCETON, NJ — Americans are broadly satisfied with the quality of their own medical care and healthcare costs, but of the two, satisfaction with costs lags. Overall, 80% are satisfied with the quality of medical care available to them, including 39% who are very satisfied. Sixty-one percent are satisfied with the cost of their medical care, including 20% who are very satisfied.
Posted by: Fructuoso | September 23, 2009, 4:38 pm 4:38 pm
“”"”"”"He also refused the new helicopter….he is not a person who will spend needlessly. “”"”"”"
Posted by: talmag
In doing so completely wasted $4 billion in research and development. Also, his SecDef was completely behind the copters and the F-22 and then turncoated after Obama was elected. F-22′s at their original contracted price would have been $75 million, but thanks to Gates downsizing, it ballooned to double that. Surprised?
Posted by: lfrichar | September 23, 2009, 4:50 pm 4:50 pm
“”"”"”I think Obama and Joe may be right on this one. “”"”"”"
Posted by: Bridget
Obama FIRED 1 General, replaced him and asked his General to assess the needs for resources. McChrystal did a 3 month assessment and is asking for more troops. He needs to be supported 100%. Obama should move on this ASAP. That is what we pay Generals and Presidents to do. Let the General handle the military side.
Posted by: lfrichar | September 23, 2009, 4:54 pm 4:54 pm
-What is being spent now is to correct the mis-management of the previous administration.-
Good money after bad…Or greater debt to fix great debt? Yeah, that’s the ticket.
Posted by: Big Spender | September 23, 2009, 5:29 pm 5:29 pm
—The head of the U.S. Central Command, Army General David Petraeus, said on Wednesday that both he and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen had endorsed an assessment by the top commander in Afghanistan that says more troops would be needed.
“Obviously I endorsed, the chairman endorsed… Gen. (Stanley) McChrystal’s assessment and description,” Petraeus said at a counterinsurgency conference in Washington.—
When does MoveOn issue more “Betray-us” ads? Will SoS Hillary say that Petraeus’ assessment requires “a willing suspension of disbelief?”
Posted by: Libs, and the Lying Liars Who Elect Them | September 23, 2009, 5:33 pm 5:33 pm
When does MoveOn issue more “Betray-us” ads? Will SoS Hillary say that Petraeus’ assessment requires “a willing suspension of disbelief?”
He’ll get tossed under the bus soon enough.
Posted by: Van Jones | September 23, 2009, 5:37 pm 5:37 pm
Obama FIRED 1 General, replaced him and asked his General to assess the needs for resources. McChrystal did a 3 month assessment and is asking for more troops. He needs to be supported 100%. Obama should move on this ASAP. That is what we pay Generals and Presidents to do. Let the General handle the military side.
Posted by: lfrichar
I don’t disagree with you, lfrichar. If the Generals are to achieve the goals outlined 6 months ago by Obama, then he damned sure needs to give them what they say they need to do the job. If he doesn’t, they should resign.
On the other hand, if Obama changes the goals, as I think he should, (actually, he should have set forth the right goals 6 months ago, but that’s another discussion) then he needs to give them what they say they need to accomplish the new goals. If he doesn’t, they should resign.
Most of all, he needs to make up his mind what the hell he wants to accomplish in Afghanistan, because it sounds like he doesn’t have a clue. Or maybe his previous “support” for the effort in Afghanistan was not really a matter of conviction that it was the “good” war, but just a political expediency, engaged in to weaken President Bush’s effort in Iran.
Posted by: Bridget | September 23, 2009, 6:21 pm 6:21 pm
Above all, lfrichter, we are in agreement that Obama needs to avoid setting forth a lofty set of goals in Afghanistan and then fail to supply sufficient resources to do the job. That is unfortunately what the Rumsfeld strategy was prior the surge in Iraq, and it almost cost us the war.
Posted by: Bridget | September 23, 2009, 6:28 pm 6:28 pm
Obama (and his supporters) have succeeded with REMAKING AMERICA. America will never be the America it was before Obama was elected; the stimulus has put America in debt for decades, regardless, the most important issues are Health Care, Environment, and regulations – NOT helping America. If we’re going to stop socialism people must accept the FACT that many supporting government CHANGE are distorting the facts; we MUST do the research ourselves, or posts like the one below will be successful:
Service Employees International Union is e-mailing people telling them…
“tea bag protesters are making a lot of noise, but they didn’t speak for the majority of Americans, and they certainly can’t afford health care; or the millions more who are one paycheck away from losing it.
And their scare tactics didn’t work….”
People are urged to send congress back to Washington with a clear directive on health care reform.
Nothing is connecting this e-mail to SEIU, but by clicking on one of their links, SEIU is currently shown in big letters, at the top of the webpage. Some people may connect SEIU with corruption, and decide to type SEIU in the search box, which will bring links describing SEIU, but typing SEIU CORRUPTION, will bring several links connecting SEIU with corruption such as (1).
The quote above is misleading, authentic tea bag protesters are NOT using scare tactics, they are speaking the truth – Taxed Enough Already. What IS scary is that SEIU is a snake, misleading Americans by presenting themselves as though their main priority is protecting people, when their main priority seems to be POWER/CONTROL AND MONEY FOR SEIU.
People have to question someone who obviously is trying to help, as the above e-mail presents itself. Tea Parties and 9 11 started long before the health care reform issue; presently people are trying to discredit TEA parties, and 9 11, but TEA parties, and 9 11 supporters basically want to protect individual rights, as opposed to PROGRESSIVES/SOCIALISTS – (2) People can no longer expect the government to take care of them; people have to take care of the government, or WE WILL BE SLAVES/TAXED TO THE POINT WHERE THE GOVERNMENT HAS EXTREME CONTROL OF US.
Posted by: victimized | September 23, 2009, 6:52 pm 6:52 pm
Let’s check what kinds of Bills passed
Congress through cooperations by bypartisanship by leadership of Obama in USA ?
NOTHING, NONE, NADA…..
IT DOESN’T MAKE SENCE AT ALL THAT OBAMA URGE COOPERATION OF A WORLD.
Posted by: jamie | September 24, 2009, 12:33 am 12:33 am
Obama’s message?
“We’re really really REALLY sorry to be a free capitalist country, we’re totally not BFF with Israel anymore, and I’m working as hard as I can to be as socialist and 3rd world as the rest of you.
Oh, and I apologize again for being the most free, best, most charitable country in the world – won’t happen again.”
Posted by: PatF | September 24, 2009, 1:17 pm 1:17 pm