Another world leader spits in Obama's face
The New York Times reports that Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ignored a letter he received from President Obama on Sunday that reiterated the United States' position regarding Iran's nuclear weapons program. Da Silva backed Iran's right to develop nuclear weapons earlier this week. Mr. Obama did not explicitly criticize Mr. da Silva for hosting President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran, implying instead that he hoped Mr. da Silva would use the occasion to express support for the international effort to forge a compromise on Iran’s nuclear ambitions, according to two American officials.As you can see from this video from April, Obama thinks highly of da Silva, even though he apparently has no influence over him.
In the three-page letter, Mr. Obama restated his support for a proposal by the International Atomic Energy Agency that would try to steer Iran into developing nuclear energy for peaceful, civilian purposes. The proposed accord calls for Iran to export most of its enriched uranium for additional processing into a form that could be used in a medical reactor in Tehran.
Iran has so far declined to accept the proposal. Mr. da Silva on Monday reiterated his support for Iran’s right to develop its nuclear technology for use in energy production, just as Brazil has been doing.
Let's go to the videotape (Hat Tip: Akira the Don):
What could go wrong?
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 10:32 PM
1 Comments:
The world's honeymoon with Obama is over. His enemies have contempt for him, his allies doubt him and he has no real leadership skills to speak of. Giving good speeches only gives you so much currency with world leaders. In short, Obama barks and carries a small stick.
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