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Kaitlin
United States2958 Posts
On August 30 2012 11:20 xDaunt wrote: Can we at least send him to the UN? I really, really want to see him tell other countries to suck our balls in a way that only he is capable. How about Sarah Palin as Ambassador to the U.N. ? Let them know how seriously we take them. Also, she would be able to see Russia from her seat ... | ||
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TotalBalanceSC2
Canada475 Posts
On August 30 2012 11:22 Kaitlin wrote: How about Sarah Palin as Ambassador to the U.N. ? Let them know how seriously we take them. Also, she would be able to see Russia from her seat ... LOL, that would be pure gold. Someone needs to start a petition on whitehouse.gov to make this happen. | ||
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{CC}StealthBlue
United States41117 Posts
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xDaunt
United States17988 Posts
On August 30 2012 11:22 Kaitlin wrote: How about Sarah Palin as Ambassador to the U.N. ? Let them know how seriously we take them. Also, she would be able to see Russia from her seat ... Deal. | ||
Falling
Canada11581 Posts
On August 30 2012 11:20 xDaunt wrote: Can we at least send him to the UN? I really, really want to see him tell other countries to suck our balls in a way that only he is capable. Which is why a lot countries have an issue with American foreign policy. And why Obama was/is much more popular amongst the international community. And why Canada has often tried to position themselves as a mediator between America's 'splendid isolation' and the rest. | ||
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DeepElemBlues
United States5079 Posts
On August 30 2012 11:25 {CC}StealthBlue wrote: Take note that women have been the only audience movers at this convention. Almost every speech has been bland and boring, I don't remember the DNC in 2008 or the RNC in 2004 putting out so many uninteresting words. Which is why a lot countries have an issue with American foreign policy. Maybe for the sliver of the world that is Western Europe, but the 'attitude' of country X has almost nothing to do with whether it is liked in the rest of the world. Policy and competing interests and propaganda, and results have a much bigger impact. And why Obama was/is much more popular amongst the international community. Nope, Obama enacting a foreign policy more amenable in its goals and methods to the sensibilities of Western Europe is why. Those policies haven't been any different from any other American president post-WW2, so that popularity in the rest of the world outside Western Europe has disappeared. | ||
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Danglars
United States12133 Posts
How about Sarah Palin as Ambassador to the U.N. ? Let them know how seriously we take them. Also, she would be able to see Russia from her seat ... If she'd take the position, for sure. Heck she stepped down from an EZPZ Alaska governorship re-election to apparently just help campaign for tea party candidates. Just the pick of Ryan gives me hope that, if elected, Romney would fill the cabinet positions with some capable people and not just pretty faces. | ||
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Kaitlin
United States2958 Posts
On August 30 2012 11:27 Falling wrote: Which is why a lot countries have an issue with American foreign policy. And why Obama was/is much more popular amongst the international community. And why Canada has often tried to position themselves as a mediator between America's 'splendid isolation' and the rest. Well, the rest of the world is welcome to have him. In November, we're going to be done with him. | ||
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Defacer
Canada5052 Posts
He comes off as ... robotic ... | ||
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Defacer
Canada5052 Posts
On August 30 2012 11:28 Danglars wrote: If she'd take the position, for sure. Heck she stepped down from an EZPZ Alaska governorship re-election to apparently just help campaign for tea party candidates. Just the pick of Ryan gives me hope that, if elected, Romney would fill the cabinet positions with some capable people and not just pretty faces. Oh yeah, the cabinet is way too hot right now. | ||
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xDaunt
United States17988 Posts
On August 30 2012 11:27 Falling wrote: Which is why a lot countries have an issue with American foreign policy. And why Obama was/is much more popular amongst the international community. And why Canada has often tried to position themselves as a mediator between America's 'splendid isolation' and the rest. Can we at least agree that we can never tell the Russians to suck our balls too many times? On a more serious note, I really don't want a foreign policy whose end is to get other countries to like us. I want them to respect, and in some cases, fear us. Above all, I want the unapologetic pursuit of American interests just like how every other country pursues their interests. | ||
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woody60707
United States1863 Posts
Right now, 23 million people are saying: Why didn't Romney chose Condi for V.P.? I don't know who this guy was, but this seems pretty true. | ||
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Falling
Canada11581 Posts
On August 30 2012 11:32 xDaunt wrote: Can we at least agree that we can never tell the Russians to suck our balls to many times? I'll give you that. For 20 years, Russia's veto on the Security Council has made it pretty hard to get things done. It's taken an additional 40 years for US to get even 2/3 as many vetoes. On August 30 2012 11:20 xDaunt wrote: On a more serious note, I really don't want a foreign policy whose end is to get other countries to like us. I want them to respect, and in some cases, fear us. Above all, I want the unapologetic pursuit of American interests just like how every other country pursues their interests. Do you really think no fear is actually an issue? Being that US's defence spending equals the rest of the world? I don't mind America pursuing American interests (within reason), but there's no harms spending a little time building a tiny bit of consensus. As annoying as the UN can be to the US, there is something to be said with gaining an element of legitimacy beyond "f you, we'll do what we want." | ||
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DeepElemBlues
United States5079 Posts
On August 30 2012 11:32 Defacer wrote: Oh yeah, the cabinet is way too hot right now. Lisa Jackson and Kathleen Sebelius are just too alluring! And don't get me started on that minx Hilary... | ||
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Defacer
Canada5052 Posts
On August 30 2012 11:36 woody60707 wrote: I don't know who this guy was, but this seems pretty true. Condi would have been a game-changer. But the extreme right would have revolted. | ||
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BlueBird.
United States3890 Posts
On August 30 2012 11:32 xDaunt wrote: Can we at least agree that we can never tell the Russians to suck our balls too many times? On a more serious note, I really don't want a foreign policy whose end is to get other countries to like us. I want them to respect, and in some cases, fear us. Above all, I want the unapologetic pursuit of American interests just like how every other country pursues their interests. The fact you just posted about making people "fear" us, as if it's no big deal, makes me question everything that America stands for. We need to make the world a better place for everyone, and being assholes and bullies is not the way to do it. I want other countries to like us, not because we are trying to make them like us, but because our actions as a nation should just be likable by doing things that don't come off as selfish, condescending, and arrogant. Making people fear us, should never ever be on our priority list, ever. | ||
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xDaunt
United States17988 Posts
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Defacer
Canada5052 Posts
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Defacer
Canada5052 Posts
On August 30 2012 11:39 xDaunt wrote: This is a great speech by Ryan. It's a gigantic kick to the balls for democrats. This a terrible speech that doesn't stand-up to scrutiny. But it will galvanize Romney's base. | ||
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Bigtony
United States1606 Posts
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