Hope & Change is it pertains to Iran and the "Muslim World&#34

[JB Globe]

Ok. Obama came into office with a big statement about "hostile" nations. Remember his inaugural address?

Yes, I remember . . . It was 15 months ago.

Policy changes, especially foreign policy changes, take some time to implement. And results of diplomatic efforts take even longer. But guess what? - They're worth it sometimes: just ask Reagan & Gorbachev. It's probably safe to say that many of the foreign policy changes haven't even been a year old - so judging their success or failure now is absurd.

I mean really - you probably still hold out hope that Iraq is going to turn around and Dubya's adventure there will turn out to be worth it after 7 years, so where do you get off calling Obama's efforts a failure after less than 12 months? And for the record - no one in his camp made the claim that this change would happen quickly, whereas I seem to remember a certain defence secretary saying that Iraq would take "days, weeks . . . Maybe a few months" in 2002.

It'd be a lot more productive if it were simply a critical look at his policies rather than another partisan hack-job.

You also chose to ignore some clear improvements around the world - the most important of which is now there is solid government-military cooperation in Pakistan against their homegrown insurgents and terrorists. Hell, there's even widespread public support for the campaign now - the news media there is fully on-board as well.

That right there pretty much trumps all the other "failures" because Pakistan's ability to go after insurgents and terrorists is more important to America's security than even what happens in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Of course, there's no real way to tie any of these "successes" and "failures" to Obama's policies until historians and poly-sci folks can analyze this a little further down the road.

Trying to cast judgement on this right now seems more like a desperate attempt to portray anything Obama's done as a failure before the results are in.

[Jack Weber]

your sorry duplicitous way just threw your typical hypocritical rating off scale... your lapdog fawning over agreement with the MLW administrators expressed cost vs. quality hosting rationale... your calling it a 'merit based' decision, hardly gives you wiggle room to leverage your most contradictory "wannabe" retort. Better luck next time, hey buddy

and really... you felt compelled to edit your post and add a fart reference! A fart reference? Oh, just how far has the prolific MLW posting interloper fallen?

as for the avatar, it's a purposeful choice devoid of the consideration you presume to attach... I have noted that it seems to have drawn the attention and pointed comments from some of MLW's finest climate denier crowd. Mission accomplished!(Bush™)

His shtick is just weak,is'nt it?

I'll bet even the "Freepers" at Right Wing Nutter Central down there don't want him either...

He's not an ugly American...He's just an A-Hole!!!