towermonkey wrote: Seems to me it took a lot of balls to approve some of the military missions over the last couple of years. On the other hand, there is definitely an appearance of pansiness when he attempts to be "humble" such as bowing to foreign leaders.
You know..When you want a relationship with people or you are gonna negotiate with them..You gotta show them respect..You have to play that game if you want to get anything done..I'm always shocked that you birdbrains don't understand basic human interactions..I've negotiated with people I hate, weasels I have no respect for but ya build them up, you give them all the power and then they just give you what you want, usually without asking..Thats how it works..When I first became a shop steward in the early 80's and was called in to represent people who were being displined I used to flip tables, toss chairs, yell and scream, stick my finger in managment faces and call them every derogatory name in the book but I almost always lost..They'd just dig in deeper...I quickly learned that there's a better way and so has Obama
You have to empathize with your enemy..These foreign leaders have inferiority complexes when it comes to America and to have a picture of a sitting President "bowing down" to you is a big deal to them and really helps them stay in power in thier own countries..Thats what they want, thats all the want, so you give them a "bow" and we get cooperation, we get to put an oil pipeline through thier country, or we get to put a military base there, or we get just about anything else we want outta them...A "bow" is a lot cheaper than a 3 trillion dollar invasion and occupation..Obama's playin those guys and you morons are callin him out on it?
Martin Ent Inc wrote: Naw too much ME and blah blah blah.
I was a union steward in the Iron Workers, we settled things with fists and spuds no knives allowed.
Yeah sure you did..and I'm going out with queen Elizebeth tonight..... btw