{"id":40717,"date":"2014-03-28T04:00:54","date_gmt":"2014-03-28T08:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetsave.com\/?p=39694"},"modified":"2014-03-28T04:00:54","modified_gmt":"2014-03-28T08:00:54","slug":"obama-gives-super-answers-questions-russia-romney-criticism-war-mongering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetsave.com\/articles\/obama-gives-super-answers-questions-russia-romney-criticism-war-mongering\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama Gives Super Answers To Questions About Russia, Romney Criticism, & War Mongering"},"content":{"rendered":"

Via <\/em>DailyKos<\/a><\/em>:<\/p>\n

I suppose it would be charitable to say that Jonathan Karl was simply being a reporter when he stood up during a press conference at The Hague Tuesday and asked President Barack Obama if Mitt Romney was correct during the 2012 presidential campaign when he referred to Russia as America\u2019s \u201cNumber one geopolitical foe<\/a>,\u201d a description the President contended, at the time, better suited Iran due to the Islamic republic\u2019s nuclear ambitions.<\/p>\n

The ABC News reporter\u2019s question was ironic, considering that the President had won a major victory in his efforts to secure the world\u2019s stockpile of nuclear weapons<\/a>, following Japan\u2019s announcement hours earlier that it would return to the United States more than 700 pounds of weapons grade plutonium and a supply of highly enriched uranium.<\/p>\n

The news from Japan would have been an important subject of inquiry for most other reporters assembled with the international press core, but certainly not juicy enough for Karl and other members of the US media contingent, which, In light of Russia\u2019s grabbing control of Crimea, seemed more interested in declaring Romney right and Obama wrong.<\/p>\n

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A noteworthy recapping of this event can be seen on MSNBC\u2019s The Last Word with Lawrence O\u2019Donnell, who, in describing this interchange<\/a> between Karl and an unruffled President Obama, said:<\/p>\n

At the President\u2019s press conference at The Hague today, he discovered that the Romney campaign is alive and well, at least in the hearts of some White House Correspondents.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"obama\"<\/a>Karl’s engagement with the President at times had him shaking his head in disagreement when the President exposed the merits of his argument.<\/p>\n

JONATHAN KARL: Do you think Mitt Romney had a point when he said that Russia is America\u2019s biggest geopolitical foe?<\/p>\n

PRESIDENT OBAMA: With Respect to Mr. Romney\u2019s assertion that Russia\u2019s our number one geopolitical foe. The truth of the matter is that\u2026America\u2019s got a whole lot of challenges\u2026 Russia is a regional power that is threatening some of its immediate neighbors\u2026not out of strength, but out of weakness. The fact that Russia felt compelled to go in militarily, and laid bare these violations of international law, indicates less influence not more\u2026. Russia\u2019s actions are a problem. They don\u2019t pose the number one national security check to the United States\u2026. I continue to be much more concerned, when it comes to our security, with the prospect of a nuclear weapon going off in Manhattan, which is part of the reason why the United State\u2019s showing its continued international leadership has organized a forum over the last seven years, which has been able to eliminate that threat in a consistent way.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In a seeming attempt at embarrassing the President, Karl continued through the utilization of the idiotic suggestion by Republicans that by not commencing some form of military action against Russia, the President has contributed to the \u201cdecline of America.\u201d<\/p>\n

JONATHAN KARL: In China, in Syria, in Egypt, and now in Russia, we\u2019ve seen you make strong statements\u2014issue warnings that have been ignored. Are you concerned that America\u2019s influence in the world\u2014your influence in the world is on a decline?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

President Obama\u2019s measured, concise, and logical response, not only reminded so many why they elected and reelected him President, but he stood before an international audience and thoroughly deconstructed Karl and his ridiculous Republican engendered propaganda.<\/p>\n

PRESIDENT OBAMA: Well Jonathan, I think\u2026if the premise of the question is that whenever the United States objects to an action, and other countries don\u2019t immediately do exactly what we want\u2026that that\u2019s been the norm\u2026that would pretty much erase most of twentieth century history\u2026I think that there\u2019s a distinction between us being very clear about what we think is an appropriate action, what we stand for, what principles we believe in, versus, what is, I guess, is implied in the question that we should engage in some sort of military action to prevent something.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

With this very thoughtful reply, the President not only pointed to the fact that the United States managed to maintain a dominant position in the world throughout the past century despite the fact that other nations have on occasion disobeyed it, but he also stated clearly what many on the Right have been calling for, through veiled language of \u201cnot standing up to Putin\u201d and repeated innuendo of \u201cAmerica being in decline\u201d, and that is the insane desire to have a military confrontation with Russia over its invasion of Crimea.<\/p>\n

PRESIDENT OBAMA: The truth of the matter is that the world has always been messy\u2026. And what the United States has consistently been able to do, we continue to be able to do\u2026is to mobilize the international community around a set of principles and norms\u2026. And, where our own self defense may not be involved, we may not act militarily\u2014that does not mean we don\u2019t steadily push against those forces which would violate those principles and ideas we care about. So, yes, you\u2019re right, Syria…the Syrian Civil War is not solved\u2026and yet, Syria\u2019s never been more isolated\u2026. With respect to the situation in the Ukraine\u2026we have not gone to war with Russia\u2026I think there\u2019s a significant precedent to that\u2026in the past.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As O\u2019Donnel pointed out, there has been a long line of Presidents, starting with Dwight D. Eisenhower through George W. Bush, who have not gone to war with Russia. The President continued:<\/p>\n

PRESIDENT OBAMA: The point is that\u2026there are always going to be bad things that happen around the world and the United States is the most powerful nation in the world\u2014understandably is look to for solutions to those problems\u2026. There are going to be moments where…military action is appropriate. There are going to be sometimes where that\u2019s not in the interest\u2014national security interest\u2014of the United States, or some of our partners, but that doesn’t mean we\u2019re not going to continue to make the effort or speak clearly about what we think is right and wrong and that\u2019s what we’ve done.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is the kind of individual I want leading this nation, not the individual who said this<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Mr. President, The only thing that can stop a bad guy with a nuke is a good guy with a nuke — Sarah Palin<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Honestly\u2026.<\/p>\n

Image: Obama<\/a> via ChameleonsEye<\/a> \/ Shutterstock.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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