American Elephants hopes that the administration is delaying making a decision on Afghanistan until Tony Blair becomes the first President of the EU. The idea being, it’d give the White House moral reinforcement:
Now we all know Tony Blair has his head on straight about both the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and resolutely so. Is Obama then waiting for Blair’s leadership to give him the political cover to send more troops to Afghanistan?
Well… it’d be both a good idea and a personally satisfying scenario*, so I think that nobody should count on it happening. After the President’s unforced error yesterday in Copenhagen it’s no longer safe to assume that this administration’s strategic planning abilities are up to even minimum standards. It’s much more likely that the White House simply doesn’t know what to do next. Which does mean that they might seize upon enlisting Blair’s support – but if they do, it’ll probably be out of desperation. Which means that people still won’t be able to assume that any forethought went into the decision.
Just the way it goes.
Moe Lane
PS: “President” of the European Union for an unelected position may not be technically incorrect, but it’s a little eyebrow-raising. Why didn’t they just call the position “Premier?”
*Tony Blair was hated by the antiwar Left, you see. They didn’t like being reminded that their loudly-expressed support for freeing the oppressed and saving the doomed turned out to be contingent on whether a Democrat could take credit for it or not. So watching the Usual Suspects swallow their bile on this would provide many of us with many happy hours of innocent amusement.
Karma. It’s what’s for dinner.
Crossposted to Moe Lane.
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bk (Diary) Saturday, October 3rd at 8:40AM EST (link)Obama has already made us look like a bunch of pansies. As I pointed out in another thread, even France — oui, FRANCE! — is taking a stronger stand vs Iran than we are.
Well this what we expect to have when Europe
Richard Mullins (Diary) Saturday, October 3rd at 8:47AM EST (link)moves right and we move left. Funny isn’t it. What use to be weak Europe is suddenly now a little stronger in it’s tone.
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Joe Biden is like a Decrepit Park owner with a Meth lab that happens to not only be a dealer but a user.
Let’s Bankrupt the Democratic paty. Make spend all the money to defend thier candidates.
Yeah, that is amazing
Leopard1996 (Diary) Saturday, October 3rd at 9:04AM EST (link)And goes to the arrogance that we can do socialism type policies better. Mostly all the European countries tried and find themselves in untenable positions.
Wasn’t it the left that always cried about our “American Arrogance” during the Bush years.
“The accumluated filth of all their sex and murder will foam up about their waists and all the whores and politicians will look up and shout, “Save Us!”….and I’ll look down and whisper, “No”…The Watchmen
BTW, Ireland just ratified the Treaty of Lison
WarEagle01 (Diary) Saturday, October 3rd at 9:10AM EST (link)http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/1003/breaking1.htm
The new position of President of the European Council will apparently be more than just a figurehead position. It seems Blair will actually have some power.
“A wise, doughy leg with rich tingly experiences will always reach better conclusions than will a more tanned, muscular leg that hasn’t felt those thrills.” –Chris Matthews’ Leg
“The alternative to the awful extremity of abortion is the indispensable joy of introducing this flawed world to someone who might make it better.”–John Hayward (AKA Dr. Zero)
That's Lisbon
WarEagle01 (Diary) Saturday, October 3rd at 9:14AM EST (link)or Lisboa for those of you who fala Português.
“A wise, doughy leg with rich tingly experiences will always reach better conclusions than will a more tanned, muscular leg that hasn’t felt those thrills.” –Chris Matthews’ Leg
“The alternative to the awful extremity of abortion is the indispensable joy of introducing this flawed world to someone who might make it better.”–John Hayward (AKA Dr. Zero)
kind of weird...
loupgarou1317 Saturday, October 3rd at 9:54AM EST (link)that it takes a “red state” leader to win the fight…..but the libs would grab the credit any way they can…..
Pot Sweetener ?
Kenny Solomon (Diary) Saturday, October 3rd at 10:01AM EST (link)Looks like part of the updated deal is that if the Lisbon Treaty is ratified, the banks in Ireland get a bailout somewhere of 54 Billion Euros at a minimum.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/03/irish-vote-lisbon-treaty-europe
The prime minister, Brian Cowen, and opposition chiefs argued to wavering voters that the nation could not afford to be seen as anti-EU when the European Central Bank was underwriting a planned €54bn (£49.4bn) bailout of Irish banks, and US investors in Ireland were emphasizing the chill factor of a second no vote.
So all of a sudden, the first voting which was “leave us the bloody hell alone” is now projected as a damn near 75/25 “yes”.
Nah, no problem at all.
I wonder how much ICORN had to do with the ‘Aye, we can” campaign.
ICORN: Ireland Communitae Organsing for Reform Now.
Your headline says it all...
reddog53 (Diary) Saturday, October 3rd at 12:19PM EST (link)Our “post American” President is waiting for assistance from the EU and NATO????
Pretty much closes the case on the weakening of America; we’ve gone from recruiting the EU to join the fight under Bush to sitting around waiting for the phone to ring now….
Not Blair again
rossn Monday, October 5th at 10:38AM EST (link)As much as I respect Blair for some of the things he achieved in the UK he is power hungry and is clearly desperate to get this position in the EU!
However why does Obama need him in order to make decisions?
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