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| Is Barack Obama Secretly Swiss? | |
| 2011-02-26 | |
| By Christopher Hitchens This is not merely a matter of the synchronizing of announcements. The Obama administration also behaves as if the weight of the United States in world affairs is approximately the same as that of Switzerland. We await developments. We urge caution, even restraint. We hope for the formation of an international consensus. And, just as there is something despicable about the way in which Swiss bankers change horses, so there is something contemptible about the way in which Washington has been affecting--and perhaps helping to bring about--American impotence. Except that, whereas at least the Swiss have the excuse of cynicism, American policy manages to be both cynical and naive.
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| #11 Its simple. Obama is not a leader. He is a follower by nature (going wherever the political machine puts him), and anti-military. So the responses he gives are exactly those of the career bureaucrats/diplomats at State, which means to dither, talk, etc., but not really do anything. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2011-02-26 23:15 |
| #10 I think that holds for Hitch's estimation of any recent (or near future) president. He approved of President George W. Bush against his natural left wing inclination, KBK, because President Bush fought the War on Terror instead of dithering. The attacks of 9/11 got Mr. Hitchens' attention. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2011-02-26 21:12 |
| #9 "Hitch doesn't appear to think highly of our president's intelligence or character." Mr. Hitchins can take a number and get in line to think that. :-( |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2011-02-26 21:00 |
| #8 Hitch doesn't appear to think highly of our president's intelligence or character. I think that holds for Hitch's estimation of any recent (or near future) president. Washington might meet with his approval, though. |
| Posted by: KBK 2011-02-26 19:38 |
| #7 Team Obama knows that it is hard to "undo" doing something, and (I believe) they feel the collateral damage of civilian deaths is unfortunate, but hardly compeling. 0's response is typically professorial and sterile, giving the illusion of doing something while moon-walking through diplomacy. Activity -vs- work and all that. |
| Posted by: Bob Glomomp3702 2011-02-26 17:32 |
| #6 Is Barack Obama Secretly Swiss? Dunno, but I'll bet they don't have a birth certificate for him, either. |
| Posted by: USN,Ret 2011-02-26 17:22 |
| #5 The left are against the death penalty except for trying to remove a dictator. Or if it is "inconvenient". As in, a fetus (especially if it is handicapped in some way), some old person who rudely refuses to die so assets can be passed on, etc. |
| Posted by: Swamp Blondie 2011-02-26 16:37 |
| #4 The left are against the death penalty except for trying to remove a dictator. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2011-02-26 11:55 |
| #3 According to the comments to the article the little leftoids think that Obama is doing just great!! Wouldn't want to go all Bush now. After all it's not our business that thousands are dying. Contemptible. |
| Posted by: Alan Cramer 2011-02-26 11:38 |
| #2 Hitch doesn't appear to think highly of our president's intelligence or character I think that's unanimous here in R'bug, no? |
| Posted by: Alan Cramer 2011-02-26 11:25 |
| #1 He's confused, I tell you! Befuddled. Astonished. This wasn't the way it was supposed to happen. He had to get control of the US first, then the rest of the world. These are unsettling developments! Maybe he's consulting with Cheney? |
| Posted by: Bobby 2011-02-26 11:07 |