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Politics : The Obama - Clinton Disaster -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (11388)	4/16/2009 3:22:14 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 103300

Re: "but he accomplished none of that," (How would you... how would anyone not in the know, be aware of what had, or had not, been accomplished diplomatically?) Re: while he comes home from the G20 wearing his own "Mission Accomplished" smirk on his face... (I think you might be reading a bit much into a supposed 'smirk'. Certainly any one that did not involve a custom-made leather bomber jacket, giant banner, and aircraft carrier as political props.... :-) Arguably the two most important achievements of the entire foreign trip were 1) introduction of our new leader to Euroland leaders, and the stitching together of enough cohesion on economic policies so as to be able to avoid the dreaded 'global economies collapsing in disarray' appellation, and 2) the clever strategic implications of the Turkey trip (positioning the US stronger vs. Russia and increasing leverage on Iran while moving chess pieces to ultimately diffuse Islamic threats). However, both gambits are likely to mostly bear fruit over the longer-term....