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Politics : President Barack Obama -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: manalagi who wrote (90858)	3/16/2011 5:46:03 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

When the most powerful person in the world made statements warning Qaddafi to step down and were ignored by the butcher of Libya, and Obama does not follow up with action, our country is viewed as a paper tiger. Now where is Obama's priority? Going to sunny South America this Friday? What is more important than attending the multi problems facing the country and the world? Is there a pressing need to go to Latin America? So you think Obama thinks better in DC than he does in South America? The problems in Japan are out of our hands. And we are not about to do anything with the problems in the ME. Why does he need to stay in DC?

To: manalagi who wrote (90858)	3/27/2011 12:39:05 PM
From: ChinuSFO	Respond to of 149317

Ii think Obama has remained quiet about Yemen. It maybe be because Yemen is a US ally and Mr. Saleh is not as brutal as Gadaffi. And things seem to moving the right direction without outside intervention. =========================================== Yemen power transition deal ‘imminent’ By Abigail Fielding-Smith in Sanaa Published: March 26 2011 15:49 \| Last updated: March 26 2011 15:49 Yemen’s foreign minister, Abubakr al Qirbi, said on Saturday that a deal for the transition of power away from the president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, could be imminent. Mr Qirbi told Reuters news agency he hoped the deal would be finalised “today, before tomorrow,” and that it would be based on a previous offer made by Mr Saleh. Under this he would stay in power until elections based on a new constitution before the end of the year. Mr Saleh has struggled to contain an increasingly assertive protest movement calling for his resignation since the downfall of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak last month. He was dealt a critical blow when one of his most senior military commanders, Ali Mohsen al Ahmar, declared his support for the protest movement last week, after around 50 protesters were shot dead at a demonstration. Mr Saleh said in a televised address on Friday that he would be willing to transfer power to “safe hands”. Constitutional reform and elections will take some time however, say analysts, and the opposition have previously said that Mr Saleh cannot be trusted to implement his promises once the crisis has passed. It is not clear what, if anything, the president’s side are offering to alleviate these concerns, or if the opposition are in fact demanding that he resign before elections. Both sides are under pressure to make a deal as the threat of violence increases, with army units loyal to both the president and General al Ahmar deployed on the streets of the capital. ft.com