Over seas he said "You're our most important ally" in at least 6 different Counties, guess he thought no one would notice.
All of them since LBJ have done that to Australia. We know we are a valued ally and it would sound to awkward to say anything but that.
Just remember, it wasnt Obama who made up a **** and bull story that involved your country in a war that has killed thousands of your best young men and women, and largely contributed to putting your country in debt to the point where all you could do was print more notes like some third world banana republic. The remainder of the reasons being due to policies that were in place for at least a generation prior to the Obama administration
OK, so I thought this was someone asking for legitimate opinions,... and in fact it was just a thinly disguised bait to start an Obama bashing thread, I should have known better.
Go for it,.. fill your boots, but next time don't ask for genuine opinions. I couldn't really give a flying fcuk,... after all, you've got to live there and you're going to have to put your hand in your pocket to pay for the mess you are in.
Enjoy,...
Its funny how the man of the moment gets held accountable for the policy shortfalls of the last half century.
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Why is American politics so intense???
Its like they actually hold ideals to be the be all and end all, dont get me wrong I am willing to die for some of them but politicians aren't and those are the (Stated) Ideals I refer to.
The American public haven't yet recognized the functionality behind politics. Politicians are people who want to have their say, change the world in some way. Whether it be economic reform, social policy or by removing local councils parking tariffs (the scale doesn't matter). For the most part what the set out to achieve will benefit the greater good(personally hate that term but you know what I mean) in some way. In order to achieve this they have to act in a certain way( the speeches the shows and appearances)[be the predictable bot the public expects] and bend to the wills of others (interest groups supporters financial and political) to achieve what they set out to achieve, the politicians rationalize this compromise by knowing without these things they wouldn't have been able to achieve their goals(and generally in democratic society only those with vaguely beneficial goals will make the cut).
Why Do Americans(generalizing I know apologies in advance) appear to be so blind to this process? Politics over there appears to be so caught up with either wacky stuff(like the fake birth certificate farce) or this sideshow of politics. Why do they fall for their own politicking?
And any attempt of serious analysis of policy is jaded by this lack of understanding of the political process.
Over here for example an American style politicing would be considered a joke although sadly this is changing.Enough of that Australian politics has its own problems (like it appears to be a comp for the most unimaginative sap gets to be our leader)......
Thus endeth the Rant...