The list of foreign leaders to be personally briefed by the president on his strategy in Afghanistan has two strange additions and one unpardonable omission.
Sorry, Canada.
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Russia?By lex, on December 1st, 2009
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It is not like Canada is part of NATO er…. I mean
It is not like Canada has troops on the ground in Af err…. I mean
It isn’t like the Canadians are involved in kinetic er well…. I mean
It isn’t like the Marines are going to actually help out the Canadians… well
It isn’t like there is any such thing as unforgivable.
After all his best buddy wanted to kill a bunch of NCO’s and their families at Fort Dix.
Dithering is almost the same a deliberation…. for some.
Agree, Our good and loyal friends in the Great White North deserve much better treatment than this… and that puke Biden just adds further insult to this already sorry turn of events…as I’ve said before… another example of Obama destroying himself before our very eyes…
…on a personal note it will be interesting to see just how my red diaper brother and sister in law in Toronto respond to this slight…they were positively orgasmic when the community organizer was elected. Best
But Canada isn’t as sexy as Russia and China. They are just next door, not halfway around the world. For a president who sees himself on the world stage instead of the U.S. stage – Canada is easy to overlook.
And the patients are running the asylum.
So Biden does it, BFD.
It is a BFD I’m sure to the Canadians. Michelle are you there to share the perspective from the north?
Because Canadians have troops out there with us; the Chinese & Russians do not. Let Biden talk to them – the President owes allies who are engaged with us the courtesy of a face-to-face.
I am here…barely. I have my computer in for service and I am trying to make do on the kidsè clunker at the moment. Letès just say it has issues, one being with punctuation marks. Does anyone know if there is a cash for clunkers program for computersÉ
I read an article in yesterdayès paper about this and noticed that Canadaès name did not appear among the countries Obama was talking to, so I was a little curious. In all honesty, I think a lot of Canadians wonèt even notice. And for those that do, well, my first thought reading Lexès post was that we should be use to it by now. Letès just say that I donèt think it will be that big of a deal up here. Although some (including I) will just slip it in the category of another Obamateurism.
The Canadians should refuse to see Biden, or send him down to brief the janitor (but I apologize for demeaning janitors).
Our Canadian friends and neighbors have been doing their share of the fighting, despite misgivings from many of their misinformed citizens. (Thank you media everywhere….) They deserve better than a worthless consolation prize of VP Slow Joe bumbling through a brief he does not understand himself.
Maybe it will console our Canadian friends that U.S. citizens and the military are suffering from the same inept, incompetent and intolerable treatment from this administration, just in different forms.
It’s not like there are any useful electoral votes in Canada for The Won’s re-election in 2012. So what’s the big deal? Nothing personal here–just business.
Snake Eater … I haven’t dared to talk to my dumb-as-dirt cousin, [one of twelve still alive] about what has ensued since he voted for Obama last November. Old ladies shouldn’t swear or gloat. Besides, his wife voted Republican, along with six of the twelve. She always was smarter than he is. Me too. Just not as rich.
Marianne
MM, Alas we are forced take our relatives be they stupid or smart… by blood or by marriage, as they come…so be of good cheer…think kind thoughts…sip a glass or two of sherry…2012 is just around the corner. Best
Well at least by talking with the Russians The One has a chance of learning what not to do…