(2/5) Is Obama's Foreign Policy Working?

September 22, 2010. Elebash Recital Hall, New York.
Christopher Hitchens, Peter Beinart, George Packer.
The panel discusses America's position in, and relationship to, the rest of the world under Obama and whether or not his foreign policy has been effective.
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[AtheistdotEDU]

That guy's water bottle is ridiculously loud. I was waiting for him to pull out a bag of Sunchips.

[statewithinastateuk]

The biggest threat to the US, the UK and Europe is the false beliief in 'the Moderate Muslim' which Obama and the European one party progressive-liberal-communitar­ian- states are prosletising at the moment. It ignores the collective belief as dictated in the Koran of the religious duty of all Muslims to conquer the world for Islam; either overtly or covertly, either through the force of the sword or the force of liberal guilt and appeasement.

[macgeek2004]

@majesticalps

Pres. Obama's just trying to take credit for it to help him win more approval from his Liberal/Progressive base.

[macgeek2004]

@majesticalps

If you believe that, sir, then you will believe anything. Obama's speech was simply spin. We aren't LEAVING ON OUR OWN ACCORD, are you *nuts*?! No, we're being THEOWN out of Iraq!

Pres. *Bush* actually signed an agreement w/the Iraqi government that we HAD be out by Jan. 2012 if they did not request that we stay. They did not request that we stay.

Hence, according to the agreement NEGOTIATED AND SIGNED BY BUSH-43, they are *kicking* us out, and we have to obey. Pres. Obama's ju

[greventlv]

@statewithinastateuk Please watch this video from Dr. Pape, he discusses the reasons for suicide bombings and please open your heart to the facts: /watch?v=X4HnIyClHEM

[ExtremeBogom]

@statewithinastateuk

Nice name there lol

[Vahtacen]

@statewithinastateuk In a way I agree. But it's not limited to Muslims. It's Christianity, Islam and Judaism. They are all fundamentally evil. They are all, at no matter level they are believed, a contributing factor to societal dysfunction.

[elfred1980]

@majesticalps Nonsense. What are we supposed to do? Keep our withdrawl a secret? Not have a withdraw at all? Some people will use any kind of logic to attack this president it seems.

[majesticalps]

If Bush's invasion of Iraq was a stupid move, then so was Obama's announcement of a withdrawal date. The enemy now knows its just about waiting it out. How stupid was that, Mr. President? Obama is downright amateurish, and the world is in danger as long as this egotistic fool holds so much authority. God save us.

[majesticalps]

@statewithinastateuk spot on.

[youngflungdung]

1 month later Stuxnet did to the Iranian centrifuges what a driver shifting into reverse and stomping the gas does to a vehicle traveling at 100 mph. In the menu of ways to disrupt Iran's nuclear ambitions, Stuxnet led to an optimal scenario, and was for all intents and purposes an act of war. Assuming that we (USA) were responsible for this action and that Obama approved this action as president, can we really allege that he is unwilling to take decisive action against antagonists? I think not.