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The world's most intelligient half breed steps on his dick on the world stage, again. (this is sooo embarassing)
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Robert Westergrom,1900 Harvey rd.,Wilmington,D.E
Nov 19, 2012, 8:41:51 PM11/19/12
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Barack Obama blunders again on the world stage
As Obama stood next to the world's most recognized democracy icon, he
mispronounced her name repeatedly.
Ever gracious, Suu Kyi did not correct her American guest for calling
her Aung YAN Suu Kyi multiple times during his statement to reporters
after their meeting.
Proper pronunciation for the Nobel laureate's name is Ahng Sahn Soo
Chee.
The meeting came after Obama met with Myanmar's reformist new
President Thein Sein – a name he also botched.
As the two addressed the media, Obama called his counterpart
"President Sein," an awkward, slightly affectionate reference that
would make most Burmese cringe.
Note to presidential advisers: For future rounds of diplomacy, the
president of Myanmar is President Thein Sein – on first and second
reference.
President Barack Obama called Burma 'Myanmar' after a bilateral
meeting with Thein Sein, the president of that country. From the pool
report:
Obama used the word "Myanmar," the preferred terminology of the former
military government and currently nominally civilian government, in a
spray following the bilat, rather than use "Burma," the former name of
the country, and the one preferred by Aung San Suu Kyi as well as the
name the U.S. uses.
"I've shared with him the fact that I recognize this is just the first
steps on what will be a long journey," Obama told reporters, with
Thein Sein at his side. "But we think a process of democratic and
economic reform here in Myanmar that has been begun by the president
is one that can lead to incredible development opportunities
Nile Gardiner
Nile Gardiner is a Washington-based foreign affairs analyst and
political commentator. A former aide to Margaret Thatcher, Gardiner
has served as a foreign policy adviser to two US presidential
campaigns. He appears frequently on American and British television,
including Fox News Channel, BBC, and Fox Business Network. Barack
Obama blunders again on the world stage
By Nile Gardiner World Last updated: November 19th, 2012
954 Comments Comment on this article
Barack Obama: hardly off to a flying start
It is only two weeks since his re-election, and his second term
remains two months away, but Barack Obama is already blundering again
on the world stage, with the kind of gaffes that would have been
plastered on the front page of The New York Times if they had been
committed by George W. Bush when he was in the White House. Obama's
first term was littered with foreign policy gaffes, and there is every
chance the second term will be more of the same.
On his trip to Asia this week, President Obama struggled to pronounce
the name of Aung San Suu Kyi, the most prominent human rights activist
in the world. As The Associated Press reports (hat tip: Drudge
Report):
As Obama stood next to the world's most recognized democracy icon, he
mispronounced her name repeatedly.
Ever gracious, Suu Kyi did not correct her American guest for calling
her Aung YAN Suu Kyi multiple times during his statement to reporters
after their meeting.
Proper pronunciation for the Nobel laureate's name is Ahng Sahn Soo
Chee.
Obama also “botched” his greeting of Burma’s new president, according
to the AP:
The meeting came after Obama met with Myanmar's reformist new
President Thein Sein – a name he also botched.
As the two addressed the media, Obama called his counterpart
"President Sein," an awkward, slightly affectionate reference that
would make most Burmese cringe.
Note to presidential advisers: For future rounds of diplomacy, the
president of Myanmar is President Thein Sein – on first and second
reference.
In addition, as The Weekly Standard notes, Obama was quick to use the
Burmese regime’s preferred word “Myanmar”, to describe Burma, which is
not the term officially used by the US government, or by Burma’s
opposition activists.
President Barack Obama called Burma 'Myanmar' after a bilateral
meeting with Thein Sein, the president of that country. From the pool
report:
Obama used the word "Myanmar," the preferred terminology of the former
military government and currently nominally civilian government, in a
spray following the bilat, rather than use "Burma," the former name of
the country, and the one preferred by Aung San Suu Kyi as well as the
name the U.S. uses.
"I've shared with him the fact that I recognize this is just the first
steps on what will be a long journey," Obama told reporters, with
Thein Sein at his side. "But we think a process of democratic and
economic reform here in Myanmar that has been begun by the president
is one that can lead to incredible development opportunities.
It is rather embarrassing, as well as sad, that the leader of the free
world can’t even pronounce the name of the most famous human rights
activist on the planet. Or that he is so quick to appease Burma’s
authoritarian regime by calling it “Myanmar”. Barack Obama’s gaffes
demonstrate not only a marked lack of attention to detail and a high
degree of amateurishness on the part of the White House, but also a
disturbing willingness to curry favour with unsavoury regimes. Hardly
a good omen for Obama’s second term.
That's OK because he is soooo COOL! He's hip! He's edgy! He's the
press' favorite little pet. The man is an asshole and he reflects
fifty percent of this country. Mindless, nasty, amoral, corrupt,
greedy, lazy and thieving.
Barack Obama blunders again on the world stage
As Obama stood next to the world's most recognized democracy icon, he
mispronounced her name repeatedly.
Ever gracious, Suu Kyi did not correct her American guest for calling
her Aung YAN Suu Kyi multiple times during his statement to reporters
after their meeting.
Proper pronunciation for the Nobel laureate's name is Ahng Sahn Soo
Chee.
The meeting came after Obama met with Myanmar's reformist new
President Thein Sein – a name he also botched.
As the two addressed the media, Obama called his counterpart
"President Sein," an awkward, slightly affectionate reference that
would make most Burmese cringe.
Note to presidential advisers: For future rounds of diplomacy, the
president of Myanmar is President Thein Sein – on first and second
reference.
President Barack Obama called Burma 'Myanmar' after a bilateral
meeting with Thein Sein, the president of that country. From the pool
report:
Obama used the word "Myanmar," the preferred terminology of the former
military government and currently nominally civilian government, in a
spray following the bilat, rather than use "Burma," the former name of
the country, and the one preferred by Aung San Suu Kyi as well as the
name the U.S. uses.
"I've shared with him the fact that I recognize this is just the first
steps on what will be a long journey," Obama told reporters, with
Thein Sein at his side. "But we think a process of democratic and
economic reform here in Myanmar that has been begun by the president
is one that can lead to incredible development opportunities
Nile Gardiner
Nile Gardiner is a Washington-based foreign affairs analyst and
political commentator. A former aide to Margaret Thatcher, Gardiner
has served as a foreign policy adviser to two US presidential
campaigns. He appears frequently on American and British television,
including Fox News Channel, BBC, and Fox Business Network. Barack
Obama blunders again on the world stage
By Nile Gardiner World Last updated: November 19th, 2012
954 Comments Comment on this article
Barack Obama: hardly off to a flying start
It is only two weeks since his re-election, and his second term
remains two months away, but Barack Obama is already blundering again
on the world stage, with the kind of gaffes that would have been
plastered on the front page of The New York Times if they had been
committed by George W. Bush when he was in the White House. Obama's
first term was littered with foreign policy gaffes, and there is every
chance the second term will be more of the same.
On his trip to Asia this week, President Obama struggled to pronounce
the name of Aung San Suu Kyi, the most prominent human rights activist
in the world. As The Associated Press reports (hat tip: Drudge
Report):
As Obama stood next to the world's most recognized democracy icon, he
mispronounced her name repeatedly.
Ever gracious, Suu Kyi did not correct her American guest for calling
her Aung YAN Suu Kyi multiple times during his statement to reporters
after their meeting.
Proper pronunciation for the Nobel laureate's name is Ahng Sahn Soo
Chee.
Obama also “botched” his greeting of Burma’s new president, according
to the AP:
The meeting came after Obama met with Myanmar's reformist new
President Thein Sein – a name he also botched.
As the two addressed the media, Obama called his counterpart
"President Sein," an awkward, slightly affectionate reference that
would make most Burmese cringe.
Note to presidential advisers: For future rounds of diplomacy, the
president of Myanmar is President Thein Sein – on first and second
reference.
In addition, as The Weekly Standard notes, Obama was quick to use the
Burmese regime’s preferred word “Myanmar”, to describe Burma, which is
not the term officially used by the US government, or by Burma’s
opposition activists.
President Barack Obama called Burma 'Myanmar' after a bilateral
meeting with Thein Sein, the president of that country. From the pool
report:
Obama used the word "Myanmar," the preferred terminology of the former
military government and currently nominally civilian government, in a
spray following the bilat, rather than use "Burma," the former name of
the country, and the one preferred by Aung San Suu Kyi as well as the
name the U.S. uses.
"I've shared with him the fact that I recognize this is just the first
steps on what will be a long journey," Obama told reporters, with
Thein Sein at his side. "But we think a process of democratic and
economic reform here in Myanmar that has been begun by the president
is one that can lead to incredible development opportunities.
It is rather embarrassing, as well as sad, that the leader of the free
world can’t even pronounce the name of the most famous human rights
activist on the planet. Or that he is so quick to appease Burma’s
authoritarian regime by calling it “Myanmar”. Barack Obama’s gaffes
demonstrate not only a marked lack of attention to detail and a high
degree of amateurishness on the part of the White House, but also a
disturbing willingness to curry favour with unsavoury regimes. Hardly
a good omen for Obama’s second term.
That's OK because he is soooo COOL! He's hip! He's edgy! He's the
press' favorite little pet. The man is an asshole and he reflects
fifty percent of this country. Mindless, nasty, amoral, corrupt,
greedy, lazy and thieving.
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