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[Ryanator]

Barack Obama blunders again on the world stage

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.

Obama also “botched” his greeting of Burma’s new president, according
to the AP.

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.

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.

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/nilegardiner/100190254/barack-obama-blunders-again-on-the-world-stage/

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[Harold Burton]

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<cb7f4fb9-73e8-4699...@o30g2000vbu.googlegroups.com>,

Ryanator <Ryan...@lavabit.com> wrote:

> Barack Obama blunders again on the world stage
>
> 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.
>

> Obama also łbotched˛ his greeting of Burmaąs new president, according

> to the AP.
>
> In addition, as The Weekly Standard notes, Obama was quick to use the

> Burmese regimeąs preferred word łMyanmar˛, to describe Burma, which is
> not the term officially used by the US government, or by Burmaąs

> opposition activists.
>
> It is rather embarrassing, as well as sad, that the leader of the free

> world canąt even pronounce the name of the most famous human rights
> activist on the planet. Or that he is so quick to appease Burmaąs
> authoritarian regime by calling it łMyanmar˛. Barack Obamaąs 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 Obamaąs second term.


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