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By placing sanctions on Russia did Obama admit a major foreign policy failure?

Posted by richrobinson 8 years, 3 months ago to Politics
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In 2009 incoming President Barack Obama said that he and his Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, would hit the "reset" button with Russia. Obama claimed that the Bush administration had strained Russian relations and he wanted to reach out to Vladimir Putin as a friend and ally. Now, in 2016, President Obama is leveling serious diplomatic sanctions on Russia claiming their cyber attacks affected the recent Presidential election. Is he admitting one of his major foreign policy goals was a miserable failure?

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  • Posted by freedomforall 8 years, 3 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Its amazing all the unsavory, unethical, and illegal events (and improbable deaths) with connections to the Clintons that are "explained" as unlikely coincidence. I am only surprised that it has taken so long for them to start blaming Russia.
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  • Posted by Temlakos 8 years, 3 months ago
    He did admit failure. But you know what? His worst failure was thinking Vladimir Putin thought and acted as he did. When Putin proved himself not to be a communist, Obama soured on him.

    I don't know whether Putin will ever show the world why he feared that Hillary Clinton, did she become President, would go to war with him. But that such a fear would be at all reasonable speaks volumes.

    That was Obama's failure--totally misreading Putin.
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  • Posted by khalling 8 years, 3 months ago
    Pure and simple. WikiLeaks completely denies \Russian involvement. says inside job. shortly after the leaks come out, close Clinton campaign aide dies mysteriously. but RUSSIA!
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  • Posted by richrobinson 8 years, 3 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Hi Dino. I think that open mic incident showed how pathetic Obama is. A slime willing to change every time the winds shift.
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  • Posted by richrobinson 8 years, 3 months ago in reply to this comment.
    True but he is delusional. I see only 2 possibilities. 1-Obama is lying and just trying to fire up the Democrats. 2-Obama and Hillary are so totally disrespected on the world stage that Putin felt compelled to act and keep her from being President.
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  • Posted by richrobinson 8 years, 3 months ago in reply to this comment.
    He did weaken the USA but he was caught on an open mic in 2012 telling Medvedev at the UN that he would have more flexibility to deal with Putin after the election. What happened? If Russia did interfere they did so to keep his chosen successor from becoming President. Putin clearly has no respect for Obama. The media should be asking why.
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  • Posted by Seer 8 years, 3 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Putin had nothing to do with the weakening of the US. The Liberals did it.

    Who is Garry, and what is the PRC?
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  • Posted by mminnick 8 years, 3 months ago
    It is not a failure in Obama's eyes. He did what he wanted and Putin did what he wanted,/. I.e the reduction of the USA to a point where Russia could emerge again as a world power without fear of contradiction by the US.
    Garry's foreign policy did exactly what it was designed to do. Weaken the US in the eyes of the world and more importantly, Weaken the US in real world terms. Look at the expansion of the PRC in influence and military power over the last 8 years. Look at the resurgence of the Russian Federation .Look at the weakening of the NATO block. All according to the plan of Barry Obama and the progressives.
    So His Foreign Policy was not mistaken, it did exactly what the President wanted.
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  • Posted by $ allosaur 8 years, 3 months ago
    Well, something really went south for our radical lefty Bungler-In-Chief, starting with getting caught on a hot mic in the first place.
    Oh, my! Lookit that kissy kiss-upping with that Russian PM! Pat his hand, Comrade Barry!. Pat his hand!
    Of course, the watchdog--ha! ha! just kidding! ha-ha!--of course, the lapdog media played this incident down~
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYGsa...
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