#185807 - 04/18/10 05:36 AM
We Are A Dominant Superpower
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ævory
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Updated April 15, 2010
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/04/15/obama-america-superpower-like/
Obama: America a Superpower 'Whether We Like It or Not'
FOXNews.com
In a little-noticed remark at the close of the two-day nuclear security summit in Washington, D.C., this week, President Obama suggested the United States was somehow burdened by its military might.
President Obama speaks at the conclusion of the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington April 13.
Being a superpower ain't all that, at least according to President Obama.
In a little-noticed remark at the close of the two-day nuclear security summit in Washington, D.C., this week, President Obama suggested the United States is somehow burdened by its military might -- a comment that drew a stern rebuke from his former rival in the presidential campaign.
Obama was responding to a question Tuesday about how the summit would play into peace-making efforts in the Middle East when he addressed the downsides of -- by virtue of America's world stature -- being obligated to intervene in international conflicts.
"It is a vital national security interest of the United States to reduce these conflicts because whether we like it or not, we remain a dominant military superpower, and when conflicts break out, one way or another we get pulled into them," Obama said. "And that ends up costing us significantly in terms of both blood and treasure."
The remark got little attention in mainstream coverage of the summit, but was picked up on several conservative blogs, which panned the president for suggesting Americans had grown weary of superpower status.
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., slammed the leader of the free world Thursday, calling the remark a "direct contradiction to everything America believes in."
"That's one of the more incredible statements I've ever heard a president of the United States make in modern times," McCain, a Vietnam veteran and former prisoner of war, told Fox News. "We are the dominant superpower, and we're the greatest force for good in the history of this country, and I thank God every day that we are a dominant superpower.
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#185811 - 04/18/10 07:43 AM
Re: We Are A Dominant Superpower
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Greg
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"It is a vital national security interest of the United States to reduce these conflicts because whether we like it or not, we remain a dominant military superpower, and when conflicts break out, one way or another we get pulled into them," Obama said. "And that ends up costing us significantly in terms of both blood and treasure."
The problems come not from being "dominant" it comes from being "dominating" and the misuse of such, the unjustifiable invasion and occupation of Iraq is a prime example of this.
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#185815 - 04/18/10 11:54 AM
Re: We Are A Dominant Superpower
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this american would like to think that the USA could do better in international affairs than: 'you want us to open a can of whoop ass?'
there are other ways to be powerful...there are other ways to lead...
anyone following 'us,' where military might is concerned, is heading in the wrong direction for humanity.
like hospitals who have turned into collection agencies, we will never be part of the solution by playing war, we will remain part of the world's problem.
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#185817 - 04/18/10 12:04 PM
Re: We Are A Dominant Superpower
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ævory
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Here, here! Great post, kan5a5.
So greg, don't you think that had Obama been pres (considering he has taken Bush's lead on more than just one military decision) during Bush's time... he would not have been perceived exactly as Bush for his 'same' actions...by the left. I'm talking about the lefts' perception.
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#185818 - 04/18/10 12:07 PM
Re: We Are A Dominant Superpower
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ævory
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And you wonder why I refrain from posting...ya'll hate my posts and ridicule them as being unreadable (nonsensical...I almost wrote nonsexical) and so I cannot win. i post...riducule...I don't post: the same, ridicule.
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#185820 - 04/18/10 12:15 PM
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this isn't a vending machine...it's a message board. why would you assume that anyone is withholding posts?
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#185830 - 04/18/10 03:05 PM
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And you wonder why I refrain from posting...ya'll hate my posts and ridicule them as being unreadable (nonsensical...I almost wrote nonsexical) and so I cannot win. i post...riducule...I don't post: the same, ridicule.
I honestly don't see any ridicule on this thread. Did something get deleted?
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#185836 - 04/18/10 04:24 PM
Re: We Are A Dominant Superpower
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Greg
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So greg, don't you think that had Obama been pres (considering he has taken Bush's lead on more than just one military decision) during Bush's time... he would not have been perceived exactly as Bush for his 'same' actions...by the left. I'm talking about the lefts' perception.
By the lefties, probably yes, some people are just anti-war, no matter if there was an invading army parked just outside of NYC. But use of force is not where Bush failed, Afghanistan was a supported campaign by "most" Americans and many other countries. The selling of the Iraq campaign and the unitlateral decisions by Bush combined with Gitmo, Abu Grabe, "legalizing" torture just kept building the case of abuse of the US's dominant position in the world. With power and dominance comes responsability, this I think is what Obama was saying.
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#185852 - 04/19/10 05:44 AM
Re: We Are A Dominant Superpower
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ævory
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Thank you, greg. I aprreciate your answer.
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#185875 - 04/19/10 03:25 PM
Re: We Are A Dominant Superpower
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It is an enormous responsibility to be the Leader of the Free World, and President Obama acknowledged it.
Big whoop.
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#185876 - 04/19/10 03:41 PM
Re: We Are A Dominant Superpower
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ævory
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It is an enormous responsibility to be the Leader of the Free World, and President Obama acknowledged it.
Big whoop.
With what?..."Like it or not, we're a superpower." ??
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