Thursday, March 28, AD 2024 12:20pm

Obama is Charlie Brown to Putin’s Lucy

 

Well that didn’t take long.  Putin makes Obama look completely like a clown by reeling back the lifeline he tossed to him on Syria:

 

 

 

Russia is not keen at this stage for a binding U.N. Security Council resolution that would provide a framework to control Syria’s chemical weapons’ stocks, France’s foreign minister said after talks with his Russian counterpart on Tuesday.

“As I understood, the Russians at this stage were not necessarily enthusiastic, and I’m using euphemism, to put all that into the framework of a U.N. binding resolution,” Laurent Fabius told French lawmakers after a telephone conversation with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

 

Go here to PJ Tatler to read the rest.  I doubt if there has ever been an American president as inept at foreign policy as our Nobel Peace Prize laureate.   He is even worse than Carter, and I never expected to write those words about any American president.

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Art Deco
Tuesday, September 10, AD 2013 3:34pm

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Wednesday, September 11, AD 2013 12:03am

[…] Pro-life Passion – B. Jones Parable of Vineyard Workers: Divine Mercy in Action – G. Garnica, CS Obama is Charlie Brown to Putin’s Lucy – Donald R. McClarey JD, TAC Family-Friendly Populism – God and Caesar Science Can’t Hug […]

WK Aiken
WK Aiken
Wednesday, September 11, AD 2013 6:50am

OK, so if the Bumbler in Chief is Charlie Brown, and Comrade Putin is Lucy . . . who’s going to be the big fat guy and where do we get one?

Elisa
Elisa
Wednesday, September 11, AD 2013 9:56am

Here’s a commentary on last night’s speech from “National Review” online:
http://nationalreview.com/corner/358176/weak-late-jim-talent
Posted on the “Corner” blog.

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Wednesday, September 11, AD 2013 12:47pm

[…] American Catholic got it just right. […]

Qualis Rex
Qualis Rex
Wednesday, September 11, AD 2013 7:08pm

Honestly, this is pretty petty. I’m no Obama supporter, but I can’t understand WHY anyone/everyone even CARES about Syria. Syria was never a US ally, nor was it any threat to major US interests in the region. It has a VERY notable, sizeable and historically important Christian minority which is the ONLY thing ANY Catholic (i.e. true Christian) should be concerned about. Frankly, I hope Obama does keep on “bumblng” if it means inaction in a conflict that the US should absolutely keep out of (save providing humanitarian aid to our Christian brethren) and NOT by ANY means helping the Mohammedan terrorists there!

Qualis Rex
Qualis Rex
Wednesday, September 11, AD 2013 9:19pm

How can we do that effectively so long as the civil war grinds on and the body count mounts?

We do what we always do: we work through Catholic charities (of which there are MANY operating in the region; including Syria). I would recommend Aid to the Church in Need. Although they do not have it currently listed, I can assure you they do have a mission in Syria which has been instrumental here.

And I guess my comment about the post being petty stands: if you are not for intervention, wouldn’t it be a better idea to take on this topic from a different angle, rather than poking a dog? It’s like saying, “Well, he’s a wimp. I don’t want him to do anything anyway, but he’s still a wimp.” What possible charitable good can come from such a tact?

As an orthodox/Traditional Catholic, I’m alarmed at several of like-minded websites taking this tone not only with Obama, but with the Jesuits as well. Yes, they didn’t speak out against Obama’s pro-abortion stance.

Qualis Rex
Qualis Rex
Wednesday, September 11, AD 2013 9:24pm

(CONT…sorry, my son sat on my lap/hit submit before I could finish the thought)

But still, when the Jesuits finally DID speak out against Obama’s recent proposals on military intervention in Syria (which will HARM the Christian communities further, as it did in Iraq) the traditional communities thumbed their noses at the Jesuits and said “yeah, yeah! where were you when we needed you!? too little/too late”. I personally never side with the heretic, nor with the Mohammedan; regardless of the cause or convenience as a justification. However, on this issue, where there are many MANY human CHRISTIAN lives at stake, I think it’s best to underscore and reassure those in power when they are making the correct decision/course of action, rather than take an opportunity to snipe.

That’s all.

Michael Paterson-Seymour
Michael Paterson-Seymour
Thursday, September 12, AD 2013 2:58am

Cardinal Richelieu, speaking of the Thirty Year’s War, said that the wars of religion in Europe would only end when those who were willing to die for the cause had been given every opportunity to do so.

War is a great evil, but it can bring lasting peace, when it ends in a crushing victory or mutual exhaustion. Outside intervention, as often as not, fails to address the underlying causes, arrests the process and allows each side to regroup and rearm.

Michael Paterson-Seymour
Michael Paterson-Seymour
Thursday, September 12, AD 2013 8:59am

Donald R McClarey

We can only hope that the Cardinal profited from the guidance of his spiritual director (and founder of the French Intelligence Service) the Capuchin, Përe Joseph du Tremblay. Tremblay’s “Introduction to the spiritual life by an easy method of prayer” is an adaptation of St Igantius Loyola’s Spiritual Exercises to the Franciscan spirituality. Published in 1616, the « Introduction à la vie spirituelle par une facile méthode d’oraison » has never been out of print.

Qualis Rex
Qualis Rex
Thursday, September 12, AD 2013 11:27am

“Which is almost totally ineffective in the midst of a civil war of this magnitude”

Do you have any proof AT ALL here? No? Moving on…

“Christ took a much broader view than you do”

LOL, I have found very little “Christ-like” in your posts, so I’m not really receptive on your opinion on my view vis-a-vis the teachings of Our Lord and Savior. I never said all men aren’t brothers. However, Our Lord was very specific on to whom His mission was based. He performed miracles to gentiles and Samaritans as an exception…not the rule. My number 1 concern is the Christians in need. Your agenda is clearly secular in nature.

Michael Paterson-Seymour
Michael Paterson-Seymour
Thursday, September 12, AD 2013 11:49am

Qualis Rex

But St Paul, the Apostle of the Gentiles, says, “Therefore, whilst we have time, let us work good to all men, but especially to those who are of the household of the faith. ” (Gal 6:10)

Paul D.
Paul D.
Thursday, September 12, AD 2013 4:02pm

I feel like we are missing the resident Russophile’s take on this. Paging Bonchamps…

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