Editor's Note: Be sure to tune in at 10a.m. and 1p.m. EST for more from Fareed Zakaria on his interview with President Obama.
By Fareed Zakaria, CNN
I spent the last few weeks working on an essay for TIME Magazine on Barack Obama's foreign policy and, in association with that piece, I interviewed the president on Wednesday in the Oval Office.
Let me give you a few of my thoughts and impressions.
Obama seemed relaxed, calm and confident.
I asked him about Mitt Romney's attacks on him as "indecisive, timid, and nuanced." (I don't quite know why being nuanced is a bad thing, but that's what Romney said.)
Obama responded, “Romney and the rest of the Republican field are going to be playing to their base until the primary season is over.”
After that, he said, “I look forward to having a foreign policy debate. Overall, I think it's going to be pretty hard to argue that we have not executed a strategy over the last three years that has put America in a stronger position than it was than when I came into office."
I think Obama has good reason to be confident on this front. He entered the Oval Office with the United States deeply unpopular around the world, with vast commitments in Iraq and Afghanistan, with difficult relations with many countries and a large part of the world feeling that it had been ignored by an America obsessed by the “War on Terror.”
Obama was determined to pare down America's commitments and its military footprint and to regain goodwill and trust abroad.
For the most part, he has done so. There were 140,000 troops in Iraq when he came into office. There are zero now. He added troops in Afghanistan but there too a drawdown has begun. He has scaled back the nation-building aspect of American interventions but ferociously embraced the counterterrorism angle - fighting al Qaeda and other terrorist groups.
Obama ordered more drone attacks in the first two years of his presidency than George W. Bush did in his entire two terms. The results have been noteworthy: Most of al Qaeda's senior leadership has been destroyed. The strategy's crowning success was, of course, the killing of Osama bin Laden.
If the war against al Qaeda is the most visible and dramatic success story, the most significant long-term success might be in Asia, where Obama has pivoted. Asia is the new arena of global wealth, power, and power politics, and Obama decided to expand American presence in the region with a flurry of diplomatic moves over the last six months.
He did so carefully and skillfully so that Asia countries saw it as a response to their requests rather than an unilateral assertion of American power. When historians write about an Obama Doctrine, they might point to his new Asian strategy - his declaration that America is a “Pacific Power” that is here to stay.
All in all, it's a pretty strong record. Which is why you actually don't hear Republicans talking much about foreign policy on the campaign trail.
For more on this, you can read my cover story in this week's TIME Magazine and read my full interview with President Obama. Also, be sure to tune in at 10a.m. and 1p.m. EST for more from Fareed Zakaria on his interview with President Obama.
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Was this an interview or an opinion piece? A majority of what Fareed said was not backed up by facts. But that is what your standard journalist do today throughout opinions and make the reader go find the facts for themselves.
Fareed is never right about ANYTHING PERIOD! he is a paid stooge of Obama and his gangs. The Republicans
should continue to do just that to expose Obama's spineless cowardic behaviour to everyone to see!
Thank you Archie, I couldn't agree more. Besides, we don't need Fareed Zakaria to tell us how successful Obama's foreign policies are. The number of people needlessly slaughtered in both Afghanistan and Pakistan says it all!
Irwin – You're absolutely right. Hey – why don't you become a reporter and do tell us the facts! I'll be quite interested in hearing what you have to say.
Archie – 1. How about some facts that this 'stooge' is paid off by Obama and 2. Please do elaborate on 'Obama's spineless cowardic behaviour'. Are you even American? I think not especially by the way you spelled 'behaviour' – so what concern is of it to you? Just curious if you're so fired up by this..
News flash, he wasn't the one that sent us to war morons.
Archie, are you a Pakistani ? I too note the spelling of behaviour. Is your real target some ignorant Americans to get them stirred up over this?
Idiot.
onesmallvoice....so obama sent us over to iraq and afghanistan? Wth was he supposed to do after bush started wars all over the globe? I really wish you had to take an IQ test before you are allowed to post – because you'd be excluded.
Oh, I guess you think we should invade Iran, too? Now THAT would be brilliant.
Archie, you're not well read. Mr. Zakaria is a brilliant man. Reread this article. President Obama has a STRONG foreign policy. I suggest you read books, as well.
Archie...if you and the rest of your Republican friends can't open your eyes and just see the facts, please sir, just shut up!
Thank you President Obama, for what you have been able to do so far.
Proud American!
Sick, Derk, Tom, Southernquilts, Ernest – I am glad to see smart folks like you blast back at the bigoted, inane, incoherent folks like Irwin and Archie. I agree w you 100%.
Archie,
I think you need to read more of Fareed's comments and writings about Obama. When he thought Obama's economic policy was not working, he said it out loud. When the governement took a few days to make a stand on the Cairo revolt, he went out and bluntly said Obama should openly ask Mubarak to step down.
Labeling -some- press people the way you do is just plain simplistic. Just becauseyou favor one party over the other does not make people wrong when they make a statement you may disagree with. I am not a media and press advocate and, in fact, think that most are less than trustworthy. I just happen to believe that Fareed is from another league of a few who make a difference in the press and media world.
I suggest you listen to him and try to better understand where he is comming from instead of blindly and emotionally dismiss his words.
hey Fareed, Are you gonna claim unemployment when O loses? You are absolutely on his team. So much for objective reporters!!
Congress voted for us to go to war.
Betcha Archie believes the Great Recession began on Obama's watch, too. Conservatives' memory spans are so SHORT -
So Bin Laden is killed under Obama and now Fox News is starting to build the case the President should be prosecuted.....hahaha thats comical. The "conservatives" have become completely dillusional and lost their way. Getting thier marching orders from Fox News. Going to be funny when they get on a stage with the President and have to actually back up the nonsense they spew. The only true conservative running for President is Ron Paul. You are kidding yourself if you think otherwise. He's the only one that is truly a conservative.
At least this President is walking the walk unlike the republicans talking their bs talk . I would vote for Ron Paul before I would vote for the other red neck back stabbing lying cheating Hypocrites .
Obama has ruined the Middle East and gave it to the muslim brotherhood on a Silver Platter. Obama is a complete bafoon on foreign policy angering our closest allies and endearing our worst enemies he has weakend us tremendously worldwide! This reporter is a joke with no allegiance to America and a puppet of Oblaba. Sick of him! Even my close friends who did vote for Obama on the first go round and saying what a mistake they made they wont repeat and I never had to say anything to them!
Great point Archie! When W had a shot at Bin Laden (Dec 2001, Tora Bora) he sent a team of Afghani hayseeds. What happended? Bin Laden and his team of killers escaped.
When Obama had a 50-50 chance at Bin Laden he sent elite US Seals. The results speak for themselves.
Successful foreign policy is NOT bowing to other countries kings and apologizing for being American. Nor is it successful foreign policy to apoligize to our enemies who are constanly trying to kill innocent Americans. Zakaria is not reporting news, but giving us his opinion. Obama has done more to harm our country's foreign policy than any previous president. He is collaborating with the enemy, not providing any foreign policy.
Damn! I always forget that the GOP members are the only ones that speak or know the truth. Everyone that doesn't agree with the GOP is just bias or a stupid liberal. IN REALITY, I think a good number of people writing negatively about Obama just plain know the facts or only know the facts according to the GOP. I am not saying that Obama or the Dems are always right, but instead I'm saying we don't follow blindly. Fareed was stating his opinion that's why it's listed under Opinions. Duh! Just as the GOP says, Fareed is the right to state his opinion.
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I did 3 tours in Iraq and a total of 5 in the Middle East since the War On Terror Started in '01. I am proud to serve under a President who took down a scourge in the Middle East (Libya) with minimal US involvement and the loss of "ZERO" US/Coaltion lives (Obama), than the President who invaded a country(Iraq) over bad intel at the cost of over 500 coalition & 100K civilians lives plus total instability (Bush). Do the math Archie!
What do yo expect? CNN is not a legitimate source for journalism or opinion. They are cheerleaders for any liberal and every Democrat.
Fareed is delusional. If Panetta hadn't pushed for the killing of Osama – he would still be alive today. This man has NO leadership capabilities – unless leading this country down a "bridal path" to discussion is your objective. Obama wouldn't know a threat to this country if it bit him in the posterior. He's not a leader, he's not a saviour, he's not a saint and he sure as hell doesn't walk on water – like he would like us to believe. He had his chance – he failed miserably, now the needs to get the hell out of the way and let a real leader do the job – if we can find one among our incompetent politicians.
This is a pathetic article and interview that never really states what any of Obama true triumphs in foriegn policy really are! Of the few so called accomplishments most of them are predicated on former Bush's policies! In reality, Obama never ended the wars when he said he would and in fact statrted several new ones without congressional approval. Also the euro's are still pi$$ed over Clinton's Fanni & Freddi housing bubbles toxic assets that we dumped on their financial markets and like wise claim that we ripped BP (U.K investors) off on gulf oil spill damages.These arguments are being scheduled for the world courts later on this year. Further more, Syria is still murdering people in their civil conflict, Egypt is being handed over to the Muslim brotherhood, Christians are being murdereduniversally throughout Islam, Iran is a bigger threat now thanit was before and N .Korea is still considered a enemy combatant even with Kim Jong Ill's demise! ...bottom line here is america is more despised now than before and Obungles has little if any foriegn policy successes!
I totally agree with you, Archie. Frankly, I was not aware that Obama HAD any foreign policies....other than to Bow, Cowtow, and Appease. He does, however, love to stick his pinocchio nose into Israel's Affairs. How dare he make demands of a Soverign Country!! Israel would do well to pay no heed to Obama and take note of the mess that he has made in America.
It was an opinion piece. That should be obvious and there are plenty of facts throughout the article. Just read them. (nummber of drone strikes, troop levels, etc) however the fact you weren't sure this was an OpEd shows me you didn't understand it.
Spoken like a true Obummer drone.
You guys have to be joking...honestly...wish people knew more about geopolitics and war and such. History in particular. Obama wraps up wars in months while the right continues to fumble with the simple idea of modern conflict. In fact they are so dumb all you hear over and over is how we kicked the "Vietnam syndrome" just to watch them make the same mistakes the next year. Give me a break, stay in school kids
I disagree. Obama did not deviate at all from the original plan for troop drawdowns in Iraq. If anything he was the author of the surge in Afganistan. There is no mention all about regarding the impending implosion of Pakistan or Yemen, much less Iran.
@Steve there was NEVER A PLAN FOR TROOP DRAW DOWNS under Bush. This was a point he made and criticized Obama for doing so. His (Bush) point was if you tell people when you are going to leave they will just wait you out. Obama did author the surge for the purposes of finishing what Bush started however he ended the war in Iraq, a war under a republican president we would still very much be engaged in.
Are you that ignorant. Wars wrapped up in months. Stupidliberal. The SOF agreement was negotiated and signed by Bush, the withdrawal deadline was agreed upon before odumbo ever even started running for office. Wrapped up in months hahaha, afghanistan at 36 months and counting under obama and no end in sight. LIBERALS ARE BRAIN DEAD.
that was a Bush deal for ending the war. Obama took the credit. Obama will take the credit for the civil war that follows. Our troops died for nothing like Vietnam.
Hold on I am a complete Obama supporter, I don't like it when the right makes up isht, and I have to make a correction, the draw down for Iraq was outlined by Bush, and was to be completed by year end 2011. Obama stuck to the time table. That's a fact. I reiterate I'm not one of these overzealous I hate Obama folks who just spout off the mouth non-sense, but this is fact the draw down was initiated by Bush. Also, other facts, the economy has greatly improved under Obama. Obama has not significantly increased our debt and our deficit not at all, the majority of all the spending under him was already in place before he took office. Obama supports cuts as well as revenues. The facts Obama has been a dayum good president, especially as of late. On the draw down in Iraq the fact though is that was Bush plan.
Yet, if John McCain had won the election and not Obama, we'd still have at least 50,000 troops in Iraq. Is there anyone here who doubts that after McCain's statements on the Iraq withdrawl?
Bob, you're the one who's the lightweight here. Bush did not negotiate or sign the SOF agreement. Give credit where it is due. Obama is not a war-mongerer like Cheney, Bush and Co. That's why we see, under this administration, a sense of purpose and a sense that movement/closure on issues matters not simply motion.
Obama wrapped up the Iraq war in months because the Iraqi gov't wouldn't give our troops special immunity so it was in our troops best interest to leave. He didn't wrap up the war because he said he would and if you disagree, look at these two facts:
He was in office for 2 years before anything was really done to get the troops out, talked a big game but not much else
Talks with Iraqi leaders were trying to keep troops in Iraq for a while longer to continue helping stabilize the country
And finally, the Iraq front was winding down anyway, the natural evolution of conflict, as things became more stable but there are still leaders and factions that don't want democracy and peace in the Middle East so we will probably end up back there, if we ever really leave.
LOL....yeah, you're really understand the geopolitics of the situation. "Obama wraps up wars in months..." Really? You mean the dirty work that 97% of congress and damn near every American citizen begged the Bush administration to do after 9/11? You mean the wars that gave the Arab world a thorough object lesson on the insanity and price of attacking America on her soil? You mean the wars that have resulted in NO further attacks on American soil by foreign interests even though every intelligence agency in the world predicted there would be many, many more? You mean the wars that removed the Taliban from power and gave the Iraqi people a chance at some sort of self direction (a much tougher task now that Obama has pulled the plug on them?) Are those are the wars he, "wraps up in months" after all the dirty work has been done and the political prices paid? LMFAO! That's like saying Harry Truman "wrapped up WWII "in months" after Roosevelt forced us to stay in it for years. Do you have any idea how silly and delusional those type of comments sound?
George Bush did the dirty work that his congress and his country asked him to do (and the world needed him to do) and paid a huge political price for that. Barack Obama has gambled on wasting the sacrifice of all those lives with posturing and a risky political ploy. I am a student of military history. You need to put down the kool-aid and pick up your history books before vomiting up that kind of nonsense again...
I don't remember the American people asking Bush to attack Iraq. I remember the American people being very confused about why we were attacking Iraq, and so the Bush administration gave us a half-dozen reasons for it, all proving to be incorrect.
My, My, Derka Derka, you're a brilliant one aren't you? Obama is historically on record saying that he would end both the Afghan and Iraq wars immediately and by the way Vietnam was a Democrat war that lasted almost nine years resulting in well over 60,000 deaths that the Republicans (Richard M. Nixon) ended up stopping! How can you explain the fact that Obozo spent more money and lives in Afghanistan than Bush ever dreamed of or the two new wars that he started in Libya and Pakistan without congressional approval? ...thanks for the revisionist history lesson you publicly educated idiot! ...LOL
Irwin – I find your post HIGHLY ironic, asking if the piece was factual or opinion, when all you did, was leave your opinion. I find that... funny.
Now, why don't you try actually refuting what Zakarias put into his piece with some facts of your own? Do some research (assuming you know how), and try to come up with something that puts Zakarias' assertions into question or even doubt. Is he wrong in ANY of the accomplishments he credits Obama for? If so, what is it you know, and how do you substantiate it? Please come to this forum with more than your empty emotions and labeling. If you can't, I would suggest going back to school. An education will serve you well.
You ask too much!!!! my head hurts
what lol
Lol but Xman conservatives dont give a damn about education right? Stupid people wanting to stupid more people
Another silly, small minded, I live in my own world so I make crap up Tea Partier response. Where pray tell what is inaccurate?
you are small minded why post !!!
Nice, well thought out answer. Pretty good for a TP'er.
Isn't that a move straight out of the DNC playbook? You people invented lying I am beginning to think...
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Not True; not true at all.
He unilaterally assassinated Osama bin Laden without permission or apparent knowledge of Pakistan.
Whereas Bush/Republicans were all over the place, wasting billions of dollars & lives with little to show for it.
America has lost its mandate to be the "World's Leader" long ago.
We need to embrace the 21st Century and drop the 20th Century 'John Wayne' paradigm.
The Progressives have already done a national introspection; and it's time to adjust our priorities and
focus on domestic affairs. Even Republican/Libertarian Ron Paul concurs.
Ric your simply just an idiot. For one, when Osama organized the 9/11 attacks did he notify us? You need to understand that notifying Pakistan could of jeopardized the whole mission since there's a very corrupt regime in that country if you haven't noticed. Secondly, do you know that his presence alone in that country is arguably an act of war because someone, a high ranking official perhaps, protected him. Thirdly, to hell with their sovereignty! Many Americans died that day for no reason. And if you trulely think of it as an "attack on their sovereignty then you too can go to hell. P.S. I'm a conservative too.
Ric; When Osama Bin Laden blew up the world trade center the first time he did make threats to our intelligence and Clinton. Historically, Clinton did nothing in response and simply dumped the whole ordeal in Bush's lap! Bush had no notification from Bin Laden or or Clinton'sthen still appointed intelligence agencies before 911! ...if you want to blame someone for the trillions in costs, deaths and damages, you have your boy ...Clinton who is a Democrat!
Some people will never be satisfied with whatever President Obama does successfully.
You are right about that. But then, most of those people are a little slow. By the end of Obama's second term, maybe they will have figured it out.
Exactly! And notice how they don't use a logical, sound argument based on facts. It is all name calling. If voters are persuaded by this, we are all doomed.
When evaluating something , someone it best to list pros and cons, you liberals fail to see that the cons far out weigh
pros so far with your anointed one. This president dose not do the will of the american people , but does the will of
cloward-piven handbook . lets make a one party system , pull out another teat uncle sam , im thirsty.
You people are such hypocrites, you never gave Bush or any other republican credit for anything, and you were pros at shouting out names disparaging him and anyone who dares vote against you people. Stop your wussy crying, you pathetic, YOU are the reason this country has so many Nancy boys in it now.
If Obama is ever successful at anything, we may give him credit.
Are you serious, where are the facts? Where have you been the last 22 months?
Not backed up by facts? If not, what are the facts you would cite to disprove the article, or as some put it, the "Opinion"?
Many of us are looking foreward to your statement of the "facts" which will correct the piece. Please list them in the same order if you don't mind.
Ah, the usual right wiong denial of reality. President Obama has done a fantistic job restoring America's respect in the world after the YEE-HAW moron Bush.
Yeah, Iran and Pakistan really respect us...haha...
Did Iran and Pakistan EVER like us? No. But go ahead and try to make that Obama's fault, as well.
It's called "opinion". Obama didn't start those wars, but he's ending our involvement. To those who say we should've kept a heavy military presence in Iraq, the decision to pull out by a certain date was made by BUSH, and if Obama had renegged on Bush's promise, it would've been even uglier over there.
We have no business policing the world, based only on our whims, and Obama has more or less cornered our allies into sharing the job.
and your facts would be?
Uhmmm .. yes it was backed up by facts, be specific, what in the piece is not backed up by facts?
Truth hurts, doesn't it. He succeeded in foreign policy, live with it.
Fareed is always backed up by facts. I watch his show every week, as it's every enlightening.
Please provide your facts, then.
Hey Zakaria, you got some cream filling dripping from your lip...oh...that's not filling.
I AGREE WITH ZAKARIIA, PRESIDENT OBAMA CAUGHT BIN LADEN IN JUST THREE YEARS, SOMETHING BUSH WAS UNABLE TO DO IN DURING HIS REGIME. iT SEEMS HE WAS TOO BUSY CUTTING TAXES MAINLY FOR THE RICH
PLUS PRRESIDENT OBAMA SAVED OUR ECONOMY FROM TOTAL COLLAPSE. PLUS HE ENDED THE WAR WITH IRAQ AND BROUGHT OUR SOLDIERS HOME. PLUS THOUSANDS OF JOBS HAVE BEEN CREATED; IF IT WERE NOT FOR THE REPUKES OPPOSITION, FAR MORE JOBS WOULD HAVE BEEN CREATED AND HIGHER PACE OF AN ECONOMIC RECOVERY. THE CANADIAN PIPE PRESENTED GRAVE RISKS. I READ THAT NOT ENOUGH SAFETY GUARANTEES WERE GIVEN DUE TO SUPPOSED SHORT DEADLINES. PLUS TERRORISTS COULD HAVE EASYLY BOMBED THEM AND KILLED MILLIONS OF TOWN DWELLERS. tHE PIPE COULD HAVE BEEN USED TO SPREAD CONTAMINATION ALL ACROSS AMERICA 
SO THE PRESIDENT'S CAUTION WAS JUSTIFIED AND VERY WISE. PLUS WAS CANADA CHARGING MORE THAN WE CAN AFFORD? THE REPUKES COMPLAINTS ARE LIES, HOW COME PRESIDENT NIXON STARTED THE OIL PIPE PROJECT?
Very true. Let the facts speak for themselves.
Not backed by facts??? Is Osama still alive! Are there still 140,000 troops in Iraq? Give it a rest troll.
nice, Steve!
The forces that stayed there were mainly to advise Iranian troops. But thousands returned in November, 2011l, according to ABC nEWS.
Not backed by facts? Is Osama still alive! Are there still 140,000 troops in Iraq? Give it a rest troll.
Not backed by facts?? Is Osama still alive! Are there still 140,000 troops in Iraq? Give it a rest troll.
Fareed, this is crap. I smell a brown noser. His opinions suck. Oh and by the way besides killing Osama, only thing Obama has done is created a generation of government leaches. Also, Obama will be known as the president with the biggest spending. we were 10 trillion in debt before he took office now we are over 15 trillion. Bush, in his 8 years only had 3 trillion.
Kasey, overpopulation and economic crisis in Europe have slowed down our recovery. Why did walker bush caused our depression and unemployment by letting our jobs and factories go to asia and latin america? His famous Patriot War cost us billions, his tax cuts, mostly for 1:% elite, led to recession
wALKER BUSH TOOK OUR NECESSION TO severe crisis.
President Obama saved us from the grave mistakes chenney and walker bush made.
fareed is basically democratic party mouth piece. He already has unlimited access to Obama so why this un-necessary drama.
If Fareeid was repuke, and praised a repuke candidate, would you agree with him?...I bet you would, hahahahahahahhaha
"Fareed has a different opinion than I do, and because that threatens me so much, I'll ignore him." If your beliefs are so weak that they can't stand up to a differing opinion, maybe you should reevaluate them.
hmmm...the author prefaces the article by saying he is giving some of his "thoughts and impressions"...hmmm – after in depth analysis I am going to go out on a limb and say opinion.
Yea, they're Fareed's opinions, but they're opinions he bases on fact. You should give it a try.
Right on Irwin!!! CNN's lips seem permantly glued to the presidents butt. No wonder they are myopic in their perspective. I am not a republican or democrat, but I do respect impartial journalism. They are so obvious. I wonder who's pocket they are in? That would be a great news story!!! But since they are part of the problem, don't count on it.
You claim one extreme but seem to want another extreme. Is CNN not allowed to report a positive story about the president of our country, or the positive effects he's had? I think what you're wanting is very un-American. There's plenty of room for both sides of a discussion; it's just a matter of being willing to have that discussion. But most folks in the GOP refuse to discuss, choosing instead to label and ignore. And then they wonder why people call them ignorant.
Debbie ,
You are nothing more than a pathetic internet troll. Thanks for the great example troll message.
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The interview was up yesterday, or at least the portion CNN bought. It's a TIME piece.
From the begining Fareed said "Let me give you a few of my thoughts and impressions".You stupidly ask a question that has been answered simply because u dont like the idea of a black man in the white house.How many times do u remember questioning and criticizing a whiteman in the white house?Can u compare GWB's 8 years accomplishments with Obama's 4 years?Try to reason and learn to appreciate good people and good things.
It's a commentary based on an interview. That's what Zakaria does. He is a commentator, not a reporter.
I read these quotes and I get scared. People are so blind to reality. Who can say life in America overall is better than it was 5 years ago? I make twice as much and my lifestyle is the same thanks to the devaluing of the dollar, artifical rise in commodity costs (for you green people that is gas and oil) and the increasing chunk Obama takes from me to give to someone who doesn't deserve it. I am not rich! I have 3 degrees and work 80 hours a week. I earn every penny. I refuse to support a leader who thinks that working for what you get is a bad thing! The fact is he is a socialist who has never earned a penny on his own in his life. What he knows about business and adding value came from a textbook. If you were smart with your money, lived within your means and supported your charity of choice, you are punished. People who smoke dope, barely work, get houses that are way beyond their means deserve to be bailed out?!? My life long democrat wife will be voting for anyone but Obama in November. That is how sucessful he has been! And foreign policy ... we are close to war with Pakistan and Iran. North Korea is a powder keg. And in Obama's first year he bowed to a Saudi King. And he is increasingly turning his back on Israel. Way to go Supreme Leader ... I mean Commander and Chief!
You make twice as much and have the same standard of living because of the devaluation of the dollar? Oh Ron Paul supporters, you guys are such a bunch of yahoos...
Mike – Which world do you live in? And where do you go buy your stuff – Zimbabwe? I have been tracking my budget for over 6 years and just looked (these numbers are indicative which means they are rough averages and not figments of my imagination):
1. gas bills – cost up roughly 40% a gallon but total cost up about 15-20% (note – bought a fuel efficient honda civic and got my fuel costs under control)
2. utilities – about 5-6%
3. food – seems like no increase at all (bananas at costo in 2006 were 41c, they are between 44 and 48 cents depending on the time of year, milk – exactly the same, apples – same, bread – same, eggs – same, my favorite pecan pie at HEB – cheaper by 50c though it was expensive for a short time in 2011 Well you get the point!)
4. clothes – I am thrifty so always look out for sales. I used to be able to keep cost of clothes to less than $100 per item, I can still do it, and I am talking Nordstrom, Macy's, Banana etc etc – decent places for average America.
5. technology – upgraded a 3 year old laptop. Had paid $1,200 in 2008, paid $1,100 this time (ok, found a good coupon online so that got me a $200 discount).
6. travel – about 30% increase in flight costs but it could also be because I am now more willing to pay extra for the extra legroom seats. No increase in car rental costs, 10-20c increase in BART fare from SFO to SF downtown, some increase in cab costs in a few cities I travel to.
7. cable bill – about the same
8. cell phone bill – about $100 more for data plans for husband and me
9. telephone bill – $5 increase
Sorry but I just don't find anything, read again anything, that nearly doubled from 5 years ago. What are you smoking?
P.S.:making 100% more than what you made 5 years ago? You must be leaching at the recession hit......even i-bankers didn't see that kind of increase.
Rabble rabble rabble.
You make twice as much and you still hate Obama? LOL If he walks on water your mad cause he steped on fish.
If he cures cancer he is guilty of putting Doctors out of Work. He gets Bin Landin and people cry about the lack of due process for bin laden. You can't make this stuff up, unreal.
Second sentence into the article: "Let me give you a few of my thoughts and impressions." What does that signify to you fellow readers? Please Irwin, keep your thoughts and impressions (also known as: your opinions) to yourself. Seriously, did you just read the headline?
Heres my opinion, there are only 2 types of people who post comments: Group 1 mostly contains morons who will say anything as long as there aren't any tangible consequences (besides a million angry replies), and Group 2 are the ones who never post, but can occasionally get so worked up by the ignorance of Group 1 that not posting a reply becomes nearly criminal.
Zakaria must be the real Mrs. Ted Turner.
There can be no other explanation for someone this ignorant to be employed by CNN.
Loose the partisanship and open your eyes.
We are still in Afghanistan fighting a narco-war while Osama Bin Laden is dead. Is that Obama's foreign policy at work?
One should not expect a simply display of facts in Fareed's articles. His articles are mostly meant to be opinions. In this piece, his 'opinion' is fairly on target.
Thank you Mr. President Obama for getting us out of Iraq, NOT going to war in Libya but still ousting Kadafi, for getting Bin Laden, and for acting with a cool, level head in all things, and NOT acting like a cowboy. We don't need or want that... at least those of us with a brain, and children to worry about.
So what points are you refuting? At least make an effort! Laughable.
It's an opinion piece. He's a columnist. Columnists write opinion pieces. Sheesh.
Great Success! In Borat Style… Kenyan Borat!
Al Qaida flag flying in the capitol of Libya, Tripoli, Muslim Brotherhood and Liberal in Egypt got to power, Iran arming itself with nukes…
Our President bowing to Mu$lim Kings…
Great Success!
Now Iran is sending a model of our drone to the White House. What a slap in the face.
Great Success!
The only causes significantly advanced under this Administration are Islam and Marxism (at home and abroad).
Great Success!
Obama/Clinton and this fiasco Administration are by far more dangerous and inflicted by far more damage on our Great Country than Osama Bin-Laden ever could.
Osama would be proud of Obama!
Vote this treasonous “Foodstamp Imam” and his treasonous Administration out in 2012, before is too late.
It is always about Fareed's opinion – almost NO journalism today is anything but "tabloid" junk – pick up a National Enquirer from 20 years ago and it is better than Fox/CNN is today – pathetic.
Zakaria's not a "reporter," he's a top foreign policy expert, Harvard PhD, and accomplished foreign policy author and lecturer.
two Muslims together, I used to like CNN but now its too radical to the left, they cannot give an honest opinion on anything, they even sland the weather!!
Fascinating that another article on CNN just now is a Human Rights origination talking about Iraq getting worse....is that one of his successes?
I agree. there was no journalism in that piece whatsoever – no connection drawn between cause and effect. Just one liberal moonbat sniffing another ones jock strap.
Because Mr. Zakaria would be highly embarrassed if the facts were actually presented given his piece is just tripe.
You need to do the research and stop criticizing. The article stands on its own and provides information and if you question its validity well then look up the contradicting info. I'm a conservative and will be voting for Obama . You have to give credit were credit is due and he has accomplished what the article states, like it or not.
Yor're right, Fareed, the Reuplicans shouldn't talk much about foreign policy. The less bellicose rhetorics the world hears from their candidates the better the chances would be for the U.Sl to deal with Iran and China.
When historians write about the "Obama doctrine" in foreign policy, they should mention his "leading from behind" strategy as well.
He is not leading from behind. He got tired of the US pulling our allies weight and instead is pushing them forward.
As long as them remember to include all the successes Bush never had.
Well, if "leading from behind" means you accomplish everything you set out to do, then perhaps those who make that assertion of "leading from behind" should just crawl up someone's behind and just go away? The GOP'ers will cease to exist if they have no enemies/anyone to hate.
Seemed to work pretty well, save a lot of lives, and National treasure, to say the least.
Nice RW talking point, but completely meaningless. I know you know how to repeat the gibberish, but would you like to take a shot at explaining it to us? What do you think "leading from behind" even means?
Historians certainly will mention his leading-from-behind-the-scenes strategy that rid Libya of Qadafi with no American lives lost, 0.1% of the cost of Iraq, and the Libyans in charge of building their own government, thanks to US help.
1/1000 the cost of Iraq and Afghanistan, no American lives lost, Qaddafi ousted just the same. Please... lets have more of this so called 'leadership from behind.' To me, it just looks like solid leadership.
Eisenhower led from behind, so did Patton, Bradly, Schwartzkopf, and most other military commanders...
Custer led from the front.... Look what happened to him....
@Bert in UT–
Except more lives have been lost due to the Drones. And taking out Qaddafi was a bad idea anyway.
Leading is leading regardless of location. Letting the French or British go first is about time.
The Obama doctrine is convince the rest of the world that our enemies are their enemies too. That way, we don't run unilateral wars and foot the bill ourselves.
We're already running Newt's plan in Iran. Spy games and assassinations. Do you really want to use more bombs than we already are? Civilians die that way, which means their relatives become terrorists that come here to kill us.
Let their arrogance ruin then repukes
FAREED ZAKARIA IS ONE OF HUSSEIN OBAMA'S LAPDOGS..
JUST AS ZAKARIA PROMOTES HUSSEIN OBAMA, THE POLL NOS KEEP THEREDROPPING, DROPPING, DROPPING. THERE IS NO WAY OPEN TO ZAKARIA TO PROMOTE HUSSEIN OBAMA AS A TOUGH GUY, WHEN HIS RECORDS SHOW HIM TO BE A HARDLINE ANTI-USA LEFTIE.
FOR SURE, HE IS NO JACK KENNEDYA, A GENUINE WAR HERO AND BRILLIANT BEYOND THIS INDONESIAN IMPORT'S DREAMS.
Like you JERRY BORIS, I don't like the way Fareed Zakaria defends this Killer Obama either. Obama obviously has no compuctions against killing people as evidenced in both Afghanistan and Pakistan by the use of those godless drones. Also like you said above, Obama is no JFK. At least JFK had human feelings and coined the phrase "life is not fair" which it isn't.
Life's not fair Onesmall voice. One day you're plotting terroristic attacks, the next a predator missle is being crammed down your throats. Sucks but life's not fair.
So how is the use of "godless" drones any worse than sending in 100,000 US troops? Quite honestly, if we are going to be involved in a war I would much rather our troops use as many drones as possible. A drone is no more "unmanned" (or for that matter "godless") than a bomb, missile, grenade or bullet.
You must be from SC... do you around at night with a pointy hat?
wow, learn how to construct a sentence.
You too.
Teabag much?
And don't forget Obama's big push for new legislation stating," I will not rest until morons on the internet learn to use their caps lock keys properly!"
NO, I WORKED FOR THE WORLD BANK, INDIA WAS A FRIEND ALLY NATION OF THE UNITED STATES. Critical but in good terms. Was Indira Ghandi our enemy? nope...was Mother Theresa our enemy? Nope
Are you a christian now condemning a hindu reporter only because he points at valid points? You and your gop and tea parties need psychotherapy,urgently 
Fareed isn't Hindu, as I understand it. He's not a religious person at all.
He will be remembered as the President who united the world, who successfully brought down tyranny. Next on his mercy mission is North Korea, now that Myanmar is freed. I think he can do it because China and South Korea have great respect for President Obama. US needs China's support to help the North Koreans become a free nation. Fortunately for the world, Pres Obamae is not the typical aggressive and arrogant American.
Wow, that's pretty naive....what tyranny has Obama gotten rid of? Myanmar? Okay, I'll give you that one, even if it's not even accurate. What else?
Obama helped topple Qadhafi, but tyranny isn't gone. Obama remained noncommittee with Egypt, tyranny isn't gone. Obama has left Iraq, and that will likely boil up to a civil war...leading to a dictatorship...
Obama's foreign policy can be summed up as an "apology tour" which has only given our enemies a leg up...our enemies being China, Russia, Iran, Venezuela, and Cuba.
Wrong, CM. The U.S. today has no true enemies. On the other hand, the U.S. is quite hostile to the countries you mentioned above and that's due to the people who run things in Washington D.C. To them, going to war is just big business and an oppotunity to make a great deal of money!
Onesmallvoice,
Simply saying the U.S. does not have any enemies doesn't make it so. There's the rosey-tinted view of the world that you see, and then there's the facts-driven view of the world that I see.
Self-proclaimed enemies of the U.S. include Iran, Venezuela, North Korea, and Cuba. Two-faced names that claim not to be enemies but work against us at every turn include China and Russia.
simply saying that Obama's foreign policy is an 'apology tour' doesn't make it so either.
Like he pitted blacks against whites, rich versus poor, liberals versus non-liberals, Muslims versus non-Muslims. I can see how he united the world. That's why he will be sent those drone toys, that's why people in Pakistan burn his effigy.
He has created more Saddam Hussain kind of regime by siding those right wing fundamentalists in Lybia, Syria, Egypt.
Maybe Pakistan burns his pictures because he exposed them as idiots in harboring Bin Laden.
please step away from your kool aid stand, come back down to earth with the rest of us hard working americans .
he is the enemy from with in, who the hell else would sue a state for tring to inforce the the laws he cant , o i forgot
ne actually has illegal relitives in this counrty . guess that would not appease them to well now would it, because thats what its about with this guy , where they money coming from, i should hold off pipelines till after elections , no lets hold off pipa ect. this guy cant make the right decsion at the right time , becuase its not beneficial for him ! not whats good for jobs and or the ecomony,
I consider you the enemy. Unbalanced and unwise. You actually believe lies and accuse those who state facts as being liars. You are the enemy, you must be stopped.
Please post again using legible English. Thank you. On second thought, don't. You don't have anything to say anyway.
Well Jeff and Dan, why else would your boy put the brakes on the pipeline , has had plenty of time to review it,
.other than pandering to tree huggers now, but wait , lets postpone it , i need to see the reaction of the american people
then what i will do is have the state dept. come outwith a different route , and that will be acceptable, to the almighty
one and his campaign donators. its whats good for him not the people of this great nation . lets but oil from out enemys .
The reason to put the brakes on the pipeline is because the extraction process alone is the single most polluting process known to man. It adds about 5% to the world's carbon footprint genius. That's why tar sands are a bad idea.
ROFL. Talk about Kool aid. if you want to know what the conservatives are... look at what they accuse everyone else of being.
Hear, hear!
So ordering drone attacks against Pakistan is a foreign policy success? This is something that all the fools in charge still don't get...you can knock off AQ leader after AQ leader and you won't change a thing. So long as the ideology of AQ appeals to Muslims, AQ will exist. No one in our government has taken any action to combat the ideology...fools.
What exactly is the "Obama Doctrine" for the Pacific? Has this even been spread out for us to examine?
It doesn't have to be, CM. The Obama doctrine is just a continuation of the U.S. domination of the Pacific which has been our policy ever since WW2 being set back only by our failure in Vietnam in the 1970's.
So its not the "Obama" Doctrine then, is it? And it hardly qualifies as an "Obama foreign policy success" if all he is doing is maintaining the status quo, which is debatable.
I think that president Obama is a coward, because he is much better president for the rest of the world, and totally not for the USA. He made the USA much weaker than it was before, because we now produce only 23 % of the global nominal GDP and only 10 years ago we produces 35% of the global GDP. We all know very well that China is the largest enemy of the USA because they are planning to surpass us, much larger even than the Soviet Union was 30 years ago, and that Iran is now. USA doesn't need to be liked be the rest of the world, we must protect our national interests, spread our power all over the world , because we are who we are, the largest superpower in the history of the world, and we will continue to be, and confront every nation that undermines our economy, our power and our supremacy. They say that everything comes to an end, but we won't, we will continue to lead, just we need a republican president. Fareed Zakaria knows this, but he supports the rise of the developing countries, the entire Asia, even when he knows that they are a counterbalance of the USA and Europe. We need a unipolar world led by the USA, and not a multipolar world, supported by Obama, and in future led with China if we don't take any measures to stop their economic growth and rising power.
These numbers are all a result of Nafta, free trade and other republican lead domestic policy ideas. Sorry, Obama has only tried to create jobs domestically unlike Bush and the right which ships them to India for 1/10th the cost.
So, I'm dying to know – how has Obama created jobs nationally? Let's see .... hmmmm killed the oil pipeline from Canada...killed deep-sea drilling....lied about "shovel-ready jobs" (that he now has admitted don't exist)... and extended welfare and unemployment benefits so no one receiving them fell the need to get off the couch and work !! Yeah, he's helped domestically, hasn't he ?
Gee, Kacie, 2m private sector jobs since June 2009...more than 8 years of Bush combined.
Bill Clinton drafted the final NAFTA and signed it into law in 1993. That wasnt GWB.
How does any administration create or send jobs overseas when it comes to capitalism? There are no laws that prohibit a company from manufacturing their goods in another country. What sends these jobs overseas is regulations on large businesses and high taxes. All businesses (domestic) are taxed 35% for every dollar of profit made. If you look at Singapore, Tawain and Hong Kong all three that are thriving and hardly affected by the global recession due to lack of regulations. These countries do have some regulations but it isnt over-regulated and their taxes on profits isnt even 25%. This is the main reason companies elect to go over seas. And we all know how to change it in America, but won't happen due to too main simple minded people who just dont get when it comes to macro-economics.
I would advise you to read about the military overstretch theory.
Hey Peter..
Have you ever read the about the Nixon trip to China? you know the republican president Nixon..!!
he is the one you must thank for all the jobs gone to China..!!!
seriously? this is what you got?" what was our GDP 3 yrs ago? What power should we spread around the world ?
Peter B, I get so depressed reading comments like yours (we're a super power and need to control the rest of the world). Maybe you should go down to your nearest recruiting office and get into a uniform and learn about what war really means to people. Our President has done a fine job keeping America safe and keeping our economy on an even keel with slow, steady growth – we could hope for more but I don't think we could expect more. If you want to be partisan and refuse to see any good in Obama, well not too much anyone can do about that. But please, fact check before you spread lies and realize that the opposing party has not done anything positive for our country in a long, long time. They are IMHO toxic and venomous.
Everytime I think of Sarah Palin, I think of teabaggers. Everytime I think of teabaggers, I think of nascar. Everytime I think of nascar, I think of assault rifles. Everytime I think of assault rifles, I think of trailer trash. Everytime I think of trailer trash, I think of Sarah Palin. Every time I think of Sarah Palin, I think of......
Extemely Funny..!!
even funnier is Gingrich paling 2012... lmao
Every time I will think of a brainless, illogical person, I will think of you.
like !
So you are a divisive bigot racist who is probably dark skinned?
You know black people in ghettos and gangs also own plenty of assault rifles and other guns (it helps them deal crack).
Does that hit a little close to home there Paulie?
Leading from behind is a success! This is just one of the first of these stories by the liberal media to hide how bad of a President Obama really is. This entire story is pure dribble! When the POTUS bows to forgien rules the success is only in successfully weaking the country.
Guess its better to hold hands in the garden?
Actually if is one of many and Zakaria has made his support of Obama his number one agenda with his many articles and CNN TV shows to promote Obama and his EuroSocialist agenda.
To DAN: You are RIGHT ON THE MARK. Zakaria is the #1 OBAMA shill in a long list of political writers who sputter a CONSTANT stream of anti-Republican and anti-Conservative Propaganda. Meanwhile, they simultaneously write article after article about "What Obama Should Be Doing" to boost his popularity. Go elect him America and enjoy an additional 4 years of wandering in the wilderness and increasing poverty. This is the FIRST PREZ who had millions of people who initially wept at his rhetoric wind up quickly realizing just how suckered they got. They are STILL kicking themselves. As for those nasty Republicans/Conservatives, I would remind the public that two of Obama's MAJOR campaign DONORS were Goldman Sachs and BP oil! What a joke in emotional manipulation!
And guess who is mad at Obama for getting all those regulations for derivatives passed? Goldman and every other Wall Street bank. I guess they didn't get their monies worth....
Juan – our President showed respect to a leader in the customary way of their culture. I wonder how you felt when GWB kissed the Saudi prince and held hands with him as they are such great friends. Almost all of the 9/11 terrorists were Saudis. So stop with the stupid, retorts that you hear on stupid Fox news and from your stupid candidates.
I only wish there was someone running on the right that was as intelligent and decent as Obama, except that they would still want to dismantle our social safety nets and continue to deplete the treasury with tax cuts for the wealthy.
"When historians write about an Obama Doctrine, they might point to his new Asian strategy – his declaration that America is a “Pacific Power” that is here to stay. All in all, it's a pretty strong record.
So, Obama took America from being a world "Superpower" to being just a "Pacific Power" and somehow, that's supposed to be a good thing? Liberal media, of which Fareed is part, have ABSOLUTELY lost their minds!
I'm just curious...what exactly is liberal media? From what I see and hear and read liberal media is any media that doesn't come from Fox. That is one of the most overused phrases of the past 15 yrs..The liberal media? I would really like an intelligent response to this.
We are a world power and that is self evident Dude.Obama is asserting American power in the Pacific to let China know that we are there.The countries in that region welcomed that because they fear China power in the the region.The GOP knows nothing,I guess they don't read very much.I guess thats why they are the poorest states in the nation and still fighting the civil war
Once again one of Obama's hacks in the media hides his Obama 2012 Pin while attempting to act like a journalist. The only thing I'm wondering is if this most recent fluff article for Obama was given to him on his most recent trip to the White House.
So are you disputing the facts or not?
Short answer, no.
Some of you folk need to keep quiet and study a little history, RECENT history.
President Obama promised to get us out of Iraq, and he did. SUCCESS! – This war was bleeding us of resources, people and money. Obama didn't put us there, but he sure got us out. Again SUCCESS!
I don't think Bush 43 was as bad as some people would like us to think, however, in the 7 years after 9/11 President Bush was not successful in doing any major damage to al Queda. But, he did get Saddam, which led to the quagmire Iraq became and also created some of the issues we have with Iran.
Obama has done major damage to al Queda, SUCCESS!
Iran is almost contained and if not for China and Russia Iran's isolation would be complete. Mostly a SUCCESS for Obama.
When Reagan brought the US to a point of global respect the right thought it was good. Now this POTUS has people on notice and we have you morons thinking he's weak and has made America weak. Ask Pakistan if the US is weak. Ask China if thier military buildup is because their neighbor across the Pacific is weak.
History will view Obama's first term as mostly successful and strong on foreign policy.
Obama's second term will be viewed as a mostly successful attempt at fixing our economic situation at home.
Evidently you don't recall recent history either since Obama pulled out of Iraq in accordance with President Bush's schedule. It was not a plan initiated by Obama other than his lack of leadership resulted in an exit without leaving behind any assistance for Iraq.
Dan G.
And is that a bad thing? So Obama should have waited until February 2012 to bring the troops home so he could stick it to Bush? Obama pulled all the troops out of Iraq because that government would not grant US troops immunity. So they need no 'assistance' from us.
In accordance with Bush's schedule.
Iraq is not an Obama success, it is a Bush success. Obama voted against the surge not for it. Once he got into office he simply continued the course that was laid out. Any other conclusion is simply dishonesty... and NO I am not a Bush supporter. Facts are facts. Expanding drone attacks was a success... applying more troops to Afghanistan is yet to be determined if that is successful or not.
Truman ended WWII successfully, right?
To say Obama did not successfull end the Iraq war is kinda crazy...
Stop splitting hairs.
When a harbor pilot successfully leads a ship through a channel to the open water and then turns the ship over to the captain of the ship, the captain cannot then say that he successfully navigated the harbor and channel, can he?
When Iraq implodes, will Obama still be taking credit or will he go back to blaming Bush?
If a tree falls in the woods and no-one hears it, did it really fall? Deflection and silly story telling is the hallmark of a Tea Partier.
Lest we forget Truman was the one who got us into Korea ... We're still there over 60 years later.
Funny you didn't mention the fact Nixon (a Republican) ended a war (Vietnam) started by JFK (a Democrat). Of the six wars in which the United States faught in the 20th Century 4 were started by Democrats. Yet Republicans are "warmongers"
Iraq a Bush success? Just exactly why is that a success..oh yes..my fault..we did destroy all the WMD's we went there for..Just exactly what was successful about the Iraq war? we did get saddam but then made the wonderfully intelligent decision to dismantle the army guaranteeing civil war.Our EIT interrogation techniques provided sooooo much useful information .NOT. What was our goal and how was it a Bush success?
Bush was the failed presidency. He came into office with a healthy economy, no wars – he ignored intelligence that AQ was determined to attack the US and after they did he totally mismanaged two wars with incompetent people. He decimated the treasury (no accident), and deregulated, and presided over the greatest financial collapse since the Great Depression. And you have the gall to complain about President Obama? What nerve conservatives have, and they totally believe their own BS.
It's amazing how many of the Liberal foreign born/raised journalist love to tell Americans what America is like and what America should be doing. Maybe I'm wrong but I don't feel that those born and raised outside of America necessarily have the same beliefs and ideas of those raised in this country and I think Zakaria is a perfect example of that not to mention our President who grew up during his informative years around those more in tune with a Euro Socialist society.
Dan G. get a grip, your xenophobia is downright embarrassing. Of course, what are you, 11 years old? Just what do you fear from foreign born / raised journalist? Ideas, different points of view or is it that they don't quite look or sound like you? Yes I know, all should fear those evil Euro-Socialist ideas like Universal Health Care the likes of which is practiced by virtually every modern industrial democracy.
You need to be reminded that the United States of America, in addition to its indigenous peoples, was in large part populated by immigrants. Amerigo Vespucci, an Italian Cartographer / Navigator is where America's name is derived. And citing Obama as an example, well you need to go sit in the corner and wear that pointed cap; no no, not THAT pointed cap, the conical one that has the letters D U N C E on the front.
Many American "conservatives" were not born in this country, like last GOP candidate McCain – it is unenlightened to fall for the claptrap labels like "liberals" – there really is no such thing.
Dan G. people like you make me think that we are hopelessly destined to be infighting forever – stupid, stupid, stupid.
Didn't Obama say that Gitmo caused more damage to foriegn opinion than anything else? Well if that is wwhat he truly believed then by his own benchmark he has failed. Hope he has that peace prize in a safe location...
Yes but apparently attacking countries like Libya without provocation is not.
NATO.. enough said.
Gitmo closing was blocked by Congress.
Obama did "Not" decide on troop withdrawal from Iraq. The Iraqi's told the American's to get out. It is unbelievable to hear Zakaria claim Obama was the one who did this. Zakaria should know better. I like both Obama and Zakaria...but let's see better and more accurate reporting. How else can we trust the rest of what Zakaria claims in this article?
He followed the timeline agreed upon by the US and Iraq. The GOP then immediately got after him for it. That's the truth of the situation.
Congratulations Mr.Zakaria for this round-up on your interview with President Obama.
It's interesting to see how you are trying to reinforce your position as a Muslim moderate by carefully avoiding your favorite topics, viz.
a) Whipping up US support for the Arab Spring (knowing fully well that America was betting the wrong horse by trading long time trusted allies with hardline Islamic regimes)
b) Your efforts at delighitamizing the Arab-Israel peace deal (by shamelessly calling the Egypt-Israel peace deal an agreement between two regimes and NOT two peoples)
c) Urging greater US aid to Muslim world by already hard hit Americans (knowing fully well that we have failed at winning the hearts & minds of Muslims anywhere incl. those of who are supposedly our staunch allies -Turkey, Egypt, Pakistan)
d) Wining a Palestinian homeland with indefensible 1947 borders with right of return to Palestinian Muslims into Israel(knowing fully well that is the begining of the destruction of the Jewish state)
e) Embracing Islamic Turkey in the EU (Knowing fully well that is ONLY a prelude for greater Islamization of Europe)
f) War on terror (trying to dilute the focus on Islamic radicals by smearing Christians, Hindus, Jews and others with the same brush and get the FBI off the back of Muslim communities....Remember your articles on the Norwegian atheist terrorist Breivik!
On the whole...a job well done Mr. Zakaria to reinforce your credentials may be with the hopes of being the next US Sec.of State, as it curiously happened in 2003, when a web site appeared out of nowhere urging the US president to appoint you as the next US Sec.of State a fact that you yourself paid credence to in your interview with the New York magazine when you said “My friends all say I'm going to be secretary of state. But I don't see how that would be much different from the job I have now.'!
Those of you know who do not know what I am talking about here’s the link:
http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/politics/national/features/n_8621/
Amit-Atlanta-USA
Amit-Atlanta-USA, (or Amit-Mumbai-India or where ever you come from), stop spreading your hateful anti-Muslim propaganda post-after post; Obama did the right thing by trying to reach out to the Muslim world, instead of fueling the confrontation. With many successes, he could not resolve all problems we are facing today, and unfortunately he yielded to the pressure from Israel and the AIPAC to bring the Palestinian state issue to a successful resolution as he promised. But it seems he is trying to be an honest player here, rather than manipulating people, he is straightforward with what is going on in the world. In conclusion, yes, Muslims live everywhere, including here in America, if you are that upset and angry with that fact, I guess, the only option that is left for you – move to Antarctica…
Lets talk Pakistan and what they think about Obamas administration.....Under the Obama administration, "we have been getting mixed signals from State, the Pentagon and the CIA,” the official said. “None are on the same page. They do not know how to deal with us, which makes it difficult for us to deal with America."
"We would prefer it if there was a Republican government again,” he said. “Pakistan has always done well with the Republicans. Historically, over the decades, we have always had difficulty doing business with the Democrats."
That's strange huh??????? hahahahahaha
Yup, apparantly Pakistan does not like being embarrassed by having the most wanted person on the planet living next to their military hq.
@Laura(?):
You said " yes, Muslims live everywhere, including here in America, if you are that upset and angry with that fact, I guess, the only option that is left for you – move to Antarctica…
Yes, you sure can speak like that if you happen to be a Muslim and living anywhere in the west, Israel, India or even Russia (with the sole exception of China in the non-Muslim world!). Do you think you could have said the same thing had you been a hapless minority Christian, Hindu, Jew, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain ....... living in any of the 50 odd Muslim countries?
The irony is even as Muslims (from TRULY Secular countries) like Fareed Zakaria are busy TRASHING their own own adopted homeland (in his case America), also their original homeland (again in his case India) by misusing the enormous religious & other freedoms these great nations offer (at a higher proportion to their PRIVILAGED minorities than the majority Christians, Hindus themselves!), these people barely take notice when non-Muslims are butchered on a daily basis in Muslim lands.
Unfortunately most Americans, Indians, Europeans are so naive that they can't even see through the designs of these RELIGIOUSLY MOTIVATED OPPORTUNISTS!
@Laura(?):
You said " Obama did the right thing by trying to reach out to the Muslim world"
I agree with you 100%. Based on a strategy by his external advisors such as Fareed Zakaria, Rashad Hass, Imam Rauf etc. Obama did reeach out to the Muslim world. Quite frankly there was nothing wrong with that, except when he made some audacious comments (e.g. America is one of the largest Muslim countries, or the Azaan was the sweetest sound he had ever heard etc.!!).
Having said that fortunately for Americans Obama did realize soon enough that he was led down a rosy path with no real possibility of building bridges between the west & the Muslim world.
No wonder, under Obama we see much bigger escalation of the war on terror (even though for political correctness he does not call it so), much stronger response to Iran, reversal of his original decison to close GITMO, continued survillence by the FBI of certain Mosques & Muslim communities etc.
We will very likely see some dramatic action on handling the Pakistani Jihad machine also.
To Leave a Reply to Amit-Atlanta-USA: I will keep it short. Simply a SUPERB Post by you. I second the emotion.
Thanks, I am glad more & more Americans, Indians, Europeans are able to see through this facade!
Islamaphobic rants nonetheless, but better stated than the locally grown NASCAR-Palin-assult rifle thought loop referenced above – you do resemble your remarks ya know
You are such a sucker for being so for this man. You really believe your media business. Its a crock.
I dont recall Al-Qaeda, the Tailban or anyone else surrendering (other than Gaddafi and OBL is dead so thats really not a surrender of his forces though) so how is any of Obama's foreign policy considered a success? When Libya was toppled Gaddafi's palace was over-run by thugs and Al-Qaeda and all the arms within it went to god knows what terrorist organizations. Why are we still in Afghanistan anyway? Osama Bin Laden is dead. Its like saying if Obama was dead that the USA lost the war on terror. Those countries militant forces bent on controlling innocent people and suicide bombings still exist.
The Taliban just set up shop in Yemen. They are branching out. Not defeated. The fall of Libya's dictator will likely lead to an expansion there as well.
Obama decided to expand American presence in the region with a flurry of diplomatic moves over the last six months.
He did so carefully and skillfully so that Asia countries saw it as a response to their requests rather than an unilateral assertion of American power.
Would you care to present a factual supporting statement here of EXPANDED PRESENCE and DIPLOMATIC MOVES MADE.
I haven,t read anything anywhere else in the last 6 months having to do with IMPROVED ASIAN RELATIONSHIPS.
Your writing FAIRY TALES.
Go to Wikipedia and look up: Myanmar, Vietnam, Indonesia, Philippines. Then Google US relations with (enter country). Perhaps then you will see find some of the facts you are looking for.
The problem with the rightwing conservatives in this country is they look at President Obama as first a black President who is succeeding in moving our country forward and restoring our image and trust abroad. Then that success breeds envy, jealousy and hate because ewhere they expected or hoped for President Obama to stumble and fail, he has proved the nay sayers wrong as he continues to excell and succeed.
Secondly, the other problem with the rightwing conservatives is they don't look at President Obama as their President but rather as a liberal President who is against them. When GWB was in office, I never once looked at him as a conservative President or as a Republican that was against me or what I stood for simply because we're all Americans. And I was always proud to call GWB my President as I've with all the former President of my time. However, like many Americans, my dislike for GWB came when he abandoned the Afghan war to start the illegitimate Iraqi war. But even when he got re-elected, I never once held any grudge or dislike for him because I knew the election was over and what was more important was that we stood behind him if we're to endure and move on as a nation. But of course things got even worse with his re-election as we were afflicted with not only two costly and deadly wars from his first term but with the worst economic crisis in America since the Great Depression.
But unless the rightwing conservatives and the Tea Party is able to contain their bigotry and hate, we will continue to be divided as a nation. And unfortunately that is why for three straight years they have looked at succes by the Obama administration as failure. But the reality is you can't change people's opinions if they're not willing to change. It is sad how our country is divided by bigotry and racism over a black man calling the shots in the White House but hey, maybe some of them will have a change of heart down the road. After all, if the conservative South didn't eventually have a change of heart during the Jim Crow era, perhaps President Obama wouldn't be President today. I thank God at least some of them had a change of heart!
Have you been smoking something lately, it may have been too strong for you.
I highly doubt that you looked at Bush with such admiration. Even if you did, there are plenty on the left who did not. That's how politics works here. There have been few times in the last thirty years when the two sides were joined. The last I remember was on 9/12/01.
Plus, I oppose Obama, not because he's half-black, but because he is trying to "fundamentally change this country" (his own words) and I don't like the direction he's going....big government socialism has never worked and it infringes on my personal freedoms.
I want a reduced federal government and we haven't had a President who's done that in quite some time.
How is he fundamentally changing this country....details please.
four more years? hahahahaha the jobless rate in crazy high.....remember Obama telling us that the stimulas would bring it back down below 8%? cash for clunkers.....that helped! lol this guy is sooo far over his head its funny. He's sad really......
No, you are.
oooo rose colored glasses – the conservative south did not have any change of heart – Obama was elected despite them and they ain't gonna get over that any time soon
Pure racist baiting BS!
Well that was a short article.
Can't believe he left the success we had in Libya and against the dictator Gadadfi.
CNN is totally owned by a Democratic Party supporting corporation.
They always give Obama credit for things that are untrue, totally biased, and dishonest.
CNN has no credibility, because of their ownership, their obvious bias in their reporting, and their obvious attacks on the opposition.
All Obama has done, in foreign policy, is demonstrated that he is a fool, because he is bankrupting America. The Europeans, despite their own problems, dubbed Obama "Jimmy Jr.", within 3 mos. of his taking office (referring to Carter), which clearly demonstrates what they think of him.
sure.. sure.. that's why most of Europe respects us more because of our amazing President! I have never been prouder of a president like this in my life! It was destiny when he won in 2008 and we will continue the agenda til 2017! LETS GO! OBAMA 2012!
Really? Who in Europe respects us? Not England, not France.
CNN is totally owned by a Democratic Party supporting corporation.
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Really? I thought it was owned by Time Warner.
I am quite pleased with Obama's foriegn policy record. Of course Republicans are going to bash it. That's their job. If any Republcan gave Obama credit for anything good I would be totally shocked. What they say is meaningless to me. Take this article. Republicans will loath it because it said something nice about Obama and any article that doesn't bash Obama is a biased left wing liberal article. Any article that slings mud at Obama is a well written conservative piece... or should I say "fair and balanced".
Replace Obama with Bush, conservative with liberal in your post and you've got CNN, MSNBC, ABC/CBS, New York Times, etc.
There is no such thing as "unbiased media."
I don't believe President Obama has to worry about getting credit for anything accomplished at home or abroad because regardless of what the the racist repugteabags say, he has earned it all. Even the damn Nobel Peace Prize! Greatest US President ever? You bet!
Apparently you are not very good in History if this inexperienced dunce is your favorite President. Tell us all why you feel this way with all the misgiving that this President has put upon this country. The Debt is the greatest amount in the history of this country and what does he want now? more debt so he can spend a lot in this election year. He can't even keep his advisers for more than a year or two. I'm sorry I just don't see the greatness that you see.
ummm, you do realize that most of the debt (almost 14t) was inherited, don't you?
I agree – objectively, and historically, he is so far on a par with FDR on performance and achievement, without regard to race. As the first non-white US president he is of course an historic president and I never would have imagined seeing that in my lifetime.
Agreed. President Obama will go down as one of the greatest Presidents in our history. A moderate by any measure if you are willing to be open minded and actually look at his policies. Congress on the other hand...
Obama has simply continued the Bush policy in the Far East, which is to contain the expansion of Chinese dominance. In the Middle East, Obama's "New Approach to the Muslim World" has hit a snag. Obama wants to make the Muslim World happy, and the only thing that will make the Muslim World happy is the destruction of Israel. But, Obama needs Jewish contributions and votes, so Muslim happiness will have to wait until after the elections. Arab Gulf countries are terrified over the potential Iranian nuclear capability, and would have been happy if the US or Israel launched a preemptive attack on Iran to destroy that capability. Obama not only has not done that, he has exercized very heavy-handed diplomacy to prevent Israel's unilateral action. Accordingly, Saudi Arabia and the other Gulf countries are now looking to China for nuclear technology, to develop their own deterrent. Interesting that Obama's Middle East policy has driven American "Allies" into the arms of the Chinese, who Obama seeks to contain. And you call that a successful foreign policy?
I guarantee you President Obama is goanna win all 50 states. Landslide baby!
nope.. rednecks states like Texas, Alabama, and the entire upper midwest will prevent that.. but we can easily capture 270+ electorals! OBAMA 2012!
As long as Obama campaigns in all the 57 states he went to last time.
So what's your definition of a successful foreign policy when you inherit two deadly and costly wars and a world divided with increasing anti-American sentments over actions of the previous administration? Especially when you calm the storms in under three years in the midst of constant and ever present roadblocks by the rightwing?
Obama may have made problems at home but he did clean up all the mess that was made.
He has never really gotten anything to work on. His main job is fixing. Which is why America is scaling back from the world, making friends and compromising, so that home can be easier to fix.
Problem with the economy is that there is no way of increasing jobs if there is no demand for products. Lowering taxes will not help, until there is a boom and a new economy is born where america can successfully employ most people in. Obama trying to inject cash and money into banks and getting money to lower the cost for those bankrupt is the only way to keep them in the market.
There is no solution to this economic problem that can be a fast fix, it will take at least a decade of debt and bailouts for america to come out of this recession.
I agree – that is why only lame-o's are running for the GOPTEA, no one in the GOP who has a political future in theory wants to risk that future on the next 4 yrs
Perhaps the reason why the Repugteabag House hasn't created one single job is because they don't have a clue. After all, who expected them to create jobs? Hey, they created the economic crisis after all! And if the GOPbags had real answers to growing our economy and creating jobs, we wouldn't have been in an economic crisis in the first place. You can call them the Party of No or simply Clueless!
I didn't know we had a foreign policy. I thought that everything was predicated on re-election politics. Delaying sanctions against Iran is a perfect example
ummm, we've been adding sanctions against Iran for the last several years, and just as recently as June.
You're an idiot! What delayed sanctions? The Obama administration has imposed the toughest sanctions that Iran has ever seen. And that's why the Iranians have been threatening to shuf off the Gulf as retaliation. You should read the news before you post senseless comments.
Look Obama may have planned his plans for an 8 year presidency. This may be why he is desperate. It takes time to get all your policies working, and let him try to get his job done. Once he has done his job in peace and not have to be attacked for being anti-american we can see what the results are
OBAMA IS A MORON CANT WAIT FOR NOVEMBER
I see that your trailer park manager is letting you play with his computer again today.
yeah November.. 2016!
must be in between the NASCAR commercial and the Palin-in-a-bikini with an ack-ack poster
The basic flaws in our economy are still there, and will blow it up again. We were not (are not) in a recession. It is a Depression. Big business controls all state and national level politicians and nothing will change. Capitalism is a great system, if it has some regulations to require morality, ethics and honesty. All we have now is criminal capitalism once you get behind the family-owned businesses. If a few more CEOs, stockbrokers and bankers went to jail for criminal acts, including employing illegal aliens, we would all be better off. For now, we and our friends have a fall back position that calls for us to cooperatively produce all the food and fuel we need on one of our farms, and we have enough firepower to hold the rest of you off.
And where do you fit in the class of morons?
Public Service Request to CNN: Please stop these "Comment" sections - they are generally unproductive.
Fareed needs to wipe his chin next time he leaves the white house.
Better hurry back to your double-wide. Nascars on.
the whole thing is true.. truth hurts for teabaggers and repubtards i guess..
As an independent I consider obama's foreign policy to be the worst. Failure in Lybia (radicals now in control with 10,000 SAM"s), failure in Afghanistan (Al Queda poised to take power back). The removal of troops from Iraq negotiated by Bush before obama was elected. Bin Laden ki ll ed due to policies put forth by bush and voted AGAINST TWICE by obama. OBAMA IS A COMPLETE AND ABJECT FAILURE.
Gaddafi gone, and the total number of American lives lost is zero in the campaign. Take that!
that's right!
And Lybia now under the controll of extremist with 10,000 surface to air missiles. Another failure by "obama leading from behind"./
Bob, You're right! Obama should have lied about the whole affair, and invaded Libya G.W. Bush style. So what if we would have killed and wounded hundreds of thousands of people (including our own brave military) as we have in Iraq and Afghanistan, THE OIL GODS ARE FAR MORE IMPORTANT! Need some fan-fare and a GWB Tebow here!
Obama didn't kill Gaddafi... Lybians did!
gee, it was our missile that hit the caravan.
Gerber, Bush didn't kill Saddam, the Afghanis did. Buy the way Bubba, my kids used to love your baby food! Stick to baby food!
And what will we see in Ghadafi's place? The flowering of a modern western-style democracy, complete with equal rights for all? Or will the trend of fundamentalist victories in elections in North Africa continue? So far, almost a year later, the Arab Spring is starting to look more like the Islamic Spring. If you think that is success, well, who's side are you on?
You can turn it around and say that Obama's record at home is weak. You won't hear Obama talking about National policy (i.e. the Economy) in the campaign trail. All in all a pretty weak record.
weak on both.......
What a joke, the removal of forces from Iraq was negotiated and signed by Bush before Obama was elected. The ki lli ng of Bin Laden was possible due to the policies put in place by Bush while obama voted against those polices TWICE while in the Senate. In Libya, the moslem brotherhood now has about 10,000 surface to air missles due to obama "leading from behind". Obama is gutting our military, so that makes us stronger hahahah. Iran is about to get the "bomb" and Afghanistan is about to fall to Al Queda again. This is the biggest loser we have ever had in the WH.
YEP!!!!!!!
You mean the bush policy that Bin laden didn't need to be caught? (2005)
I guess you must've missed the article on the BBC a few months ago that stated King Obama is not very well liked.
Lets talk Pakistan and what they think about Obamas administration.....Under the Obama administration, "we have been getting mixed signals from State, the Pentagon and the CIA,” the official said. “None are on the same page. They do not know how to deal with us, which makes it difficult for us to deal with America."
"We would prefer it if there was a Republican government again,” he said. “Pakistan has always done well with the Republicans. Historically, over the decades, we have always had difficulty doing business with the Democrats."
That's strange huh??????? hahahahahaha
Obama didn't kill Gaddafi... Lybians did!!
Heck, Obama didnt even talk about Gaddafi until 10 days after the Lybian revolution started.
1. Gaddafi wasn't a threat to the US prior to the start of the revolution
2. US and NATO air cover allowed rebel forces to overtake the regime and force Gaddafi's ouster
Anything else you care to add?
That still mean Libyans killed Gadaffi and since we are part of NATO, it was NATO forces.
The only way for the economy to become better and this is the worst way is to start back at zero. Nothing is going to work, you can not fix it with in a year or so. The only way you can fix it is over decades and decades of patching.
Zakaria and CNN are in full Reelect Obama mode. Please notice almost no stories about Solyndra and the story on the anti-jobs, anti-prosperity, anti-American Keystone Pipeline rejection only stayed up a few hours.
For those who don't know, the troop withdrawals in Iraq were scheduled BEFORE Obama came to office. Also, he tried to EXTEND them, but the Iraqi government refused. Mr. Zakaria should stop letting his Democrat bias get in the way of his reporting. It makes him appear foolish.
So why does the GOP criticize Obama for removal of US troops from Iraq, genius?
I believe they call that OWNED...
It completely escapes me why the Right hates Obama so much. He's done alot against in the "War on Terror", including alliances and cooperation, something the US didn't have under Bush. Most importantly, he killed the guy that Bush couldn't. The one who started it all. Face it: Obama's been pretty bad azz. And given the Right's penchant to like things that are bad azz, I can only assume their dislike for Obama is racially motivated.
You need to become educated on the issues.
Okay Mr General Statement, educate us all. Let me guess, Bin Laden isn't dead. And US forces are still fighting in Iraq. And Al Qaida hasn't been severely crippled over the past two years. And we've actually suffered terrorist attacks since 9/11.
Fact: the success of Obama's foreign policy is solely based on the results during his Presidency. What I cannot understand is that these are successes for OUR COUNTRY, yet there are some that just cannot accept it.
Naw dawg, he meant edjicated on the ISSUES, like Obama's birth certificate, and him being a secret muslim, and a secret Amerika-hater, and his race and how that is not really the ISSUE
Correction. Obama has been an azz.
This op-ed piece is incredible. Obama's minions are out now. Bush had already negotiated the removal of US troops from Iraq, which he ended up winning based on the Surge which Obama voted against. The Obama administration caught Osama bin laden after a decade of all political persuasions working diligently on his capture or elimination. This is a failed President, who is looking more inept daily!
Sorry Bill, but you're an imbecile. The surge only protected the timeline for the Iraqis to get their act together, namely training security forces who can keep the peace long enough. Obama voted against the surge because he didn't want troops in there to begin with, dummy. He also ran on a campaign that also had an end date for US forces in Iraq, something everyone in the GOP was against. So now he takes US troops out of Iraq, yet it was Bush's plan and his success?
There's a reason why folks think the Obama haters are racist, because there is no other rationale behind it. Surely isn't based on facts.
There was no "winning" in Iraq – and never would have been, and Bush's "mission accomplished" photo op shoot is gonna' outlast any thing Obama might ever do in the history of idiocy in office
Zakaria the poster child of liberal suck up's always lies like the Indian dog he is...get out of this country shoe shine boy!
Yep, another liberal lapdog... Down BOY, down!!! Poor DA doesn't know come here from sick'em!!! OBAMANOS!!!
Bigots..
If Bush shut down NASA, then he stopped the Iraq war also. Bush signed the papers for both. You can't have it both ways.
foreign policy success?? EGYPT? TURMOIL, SYRIA? ON THE BRINK, LIBYA IS LIKE DOGS FIGHTING OVER A BONE? IRAQ IS IMPLODING WITH BOMBINGS DAILY.. IRAN IS COSTING US IN OIL PRICES?? wow, what a muslim stooge, that barks when bark obozo wooFs. then we have USA success, solyndra, fast and furious and $16 triilion in debt.
way to go fareed, why doesnt cnn have a fact check on your scaly rear as all you have done is try to prop up a failed presidency and nothing can prop up this goofus. HE WILL BE GONE IN 2012 SO GET USE TO IT! joe bite me biden is 1000 times smarter than obozo so do you get my drift.............................
umm, I guess invading a sovereign nation under false pretenses is better?
He is a one term president. His only legacy will be that of sending the seals after OBL. He's sunk our economy, added to our deficit, called American citizens "lazy" and that is about the extent of his "foreign policy" unless you want to call it bending over and rubbing his nose in sweaty middle eastern ass crack. Ya there's some foreign policy for you.
You are extremely welcome to have a vigorous debate about Obama's foreign policy changes and achievements.
When you fail to give credit to a successful policy, the only one gets hurt is yourself because you loss credibility in the minds of voters.
So, welcome to denounce Obama's foreign policy. That's a perfect way to make a fool of yourself.
To call him successful is a joke. When have we ever seen the conversion of the "Middle class" to the "Working poor" <- Obama, who coined the term "Class warfare" <-- Obama, yet you lefties want to defend him because you're too blind to see past your democratic party lines. Lean forward, not left or right.
ok, how about the mess that is libya, egypt, iraq, and iran? not to mention getting out of iraq too soon... man the left is SO dfumbed down!!! OBAMANOS!!!
ok, FN dumbed down!!!;)))
You're really going to act like there were no issues in those countries prior to Obama's Presidency? Really, can you be that dumb? I truly think the people who back the GOP feel it's cool to act uneducated and ignorant. I guess the world does need ditch diggers and people to pump my gas and clean my toilet.
Brian
In right wing world, everything was perfect on Jan 20, 2009. The economy was humming along, there was no unemployment, the stock market was high and going higher, there was no deficit, everyone around the world loved us and Iraq and Afganistan were going superbly.
Again, in right wing world only...
do you actually think that voters are more interested in foreign policy than whats going on in the USA??? LMAO
. looks like it shows your ignorance to keep proping up this community organgrinder, oops community organizer.
bush killed osama and loaned bark obama the frozen stiff to say he got him. too bad the american people never saw photos and then he deep sixes the body?? says it was too graphic, yet they paraded kaddafy duck around like a wind up toy. HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Well, I'm not an expert on foreign policy, but, to be fair, in my mind, comparing Bush and Obama, this is the way I see it:
– Bush: got us into a war with Iraq that killed over 4,000 of our military, cost us dearly, and at this point has left their country in a state of uncertainty. Didn't make progress with North Korea, or Iran. Seemed to alienate even our European allies. Seemed to have good relationship with Putin. Kept the lid on in Pakistan. Got treated as dirt by Hugo Chavez without any notable response. No progress with Israel dilemma.
– Obama: ordered the hit on Osama bin Laden despite risk of alienating Pakistan; hasn't been successful with either North Korea or Iran. Assisted Libyan rebels oust Kadafi. Gained better respect for US with allies and others. No progress with Israel dilemma. Relations with Pakistan have deteriorated. More use of drones, thus better using our resources to attack Al Qaeda.
Conclusion: I'd give the edge to Obama, even though I'll probably vote Republican.
I look forward to NOBAMA 2012
I look forward to your relocation out of MY US of A when he wins re-election. Maybe the haters can all move to Florida and we can somehow send you afloat to wither in your own self loathing and christian hatred towards anything that's different than you.
IIf you keep this up I will make a citizen's arrest for treason against you. Educate yourself and see the light.
So you want to go back to invading other countries and alienating our enemies and brining down our economy...makes sense.
Fred, at least you are staying true to your beliefs. I respect your honesty.
"Culture follows power" he said... follow the power and it reveals all..
Bush got Qaddafi to stop his nuclear weapons program and store the materials allowing UN inspections.
Obama gave Libya and those stored materials from the nuclear weapons program to Islamic fundamentalists and that ended the UN inspections.
The media never told you about that foreign policy success by Bush, just as they will never tell you about the reasons Libya was a foreign policy failure by Obama.
It seems to me that Obama's foreign policy consists of Apologies and Assassinations.
Draw them close and then kill... ruthless ! I like !
Mr Zakaria, Put the Hopium Pipe DOWN! Denial ain't just a river in Eygpt.
Does borrowing Trillions of Dollars from China count as Foreign Policy?
Under the Bush foreign policy we tortured, killed innocent civilians, eroded our civil liberties. I get anal probe everytime I want to travel. The economic woes this country faces is because of Bushes policies or lack thereof. It will take Obama
two terms to take us out of this mess.
You really have ingested the toxic drink. Bush is long gone. Stop blaming him for the worlds woes. Obama arrogantly stated that he could fix the problems in one term. He could at least keep that one promise he made and be a one term president.
Bush isn't long gone. His party, The GOP, is lurking and slithering in the dark. The evil is just around the corner. The past iis what makes the present. To deal with present you have to discuss the past. Live with it evil one.
Ask Bush.
When was the last time the President went to Afghanistan?
The president need to stay in the USA to take care of business. No need to go this part of the world.
He just sends our children and grandchildren to fight a fight he wouldn't. What a GREAT guy he is.
IIt beats standing in the corner selling crack. so what ?
Bush got Qaddafi to stop his nuclear weapons program and store the materials allowing UN inspections. Qaddafi also stopped funding international terrorism and reduced the oppression of his own populous.
Obama demonstrated the liberal response to any dictator that moderates his actions. Compromise indicates weakness and means the dictator can be killed. Only uncompromising evil dictators are left in power.
Do you think that lesson is missed by all the dictators in the world that are even worse than Qaddafi was (before Bush got him to tone it way down).
Are liberals really that stupid to not understand the consequences of their actions? Or do they actually want all the remaining dictators to be forced to take a hard line?
Re-writing history doesn't work anymore. This use to be the case when the Brit's were running the world.
Reagan bombed him and he blew up a plane over Lockerbie. I guess that GOP strategy really worked.
This is the kind of intellectually dishonest journalism I've come to expect from Fareed Zakaria and CNN. This is nothing but a pro Obama fluff. The truth is that Iraq and Afghanistan are a mess and Obama's foreign policy has done nothing to change that. Moreover, he's now staging troops in Kuwait and Israel in preparation for an attack on Iran.
Fareed also praises Obama for his drone strikes against alleged AlQaeda operatives. He neglects to add that at least two of those alleged terrorists were American citizens and were summarily executed on the order of Obama without any due process of law. Is this our new foreign policy: we can kill anybody we want anywhere, whenever we want and we don't have to provide a shred of evidence of the person's guilt? If that's the Obama doctrine then he should give back his Nobel Peace prize.
Well the GOP doesn't want terrorist tried on American soil. So we have 2 options send them to Guantanamo forever at tax payer expense or terminate them on foreign soil.
Yep, insulting the Israeli Prime Minister to Sarkozy is great diplomacy.
It's about the time the freeloader needs to be told how the world works. Don't be afraid, Obama will take care of business.
Your comment is exactly what another poster said. Making up things. Sarkozy made the insult and Obama said I have to work with him often. Funny how when Netanyahu insulted our POTUS the GOP called that great. When you favor a foreign leader over our President you are a traitor.
I could not agree more with Farid Z's take on this.
OMG Fareed.. You fail so horribly.. Your article is not at all true. It's like you took all of CNN's opinions and rammed them into a self appreciating topic.. There are 0 troops in Afgan now? lol.. Are you deusional? Most of what you say is just blatant lies.. Wow.. I'll never listen to another word you say..
Historical facts speak for themselves; if your source of news is Fox News, Huntington News or the radio shows of Rush Limbaugh, you are listening to fantasy dogmas and very inaccurate propaganda. No wonder Fox News is considered among reporters as very low quality news. Limbaugh is an obssessive traitor to America. I read some years ago in abc or here that he had said he did not mind if our economy collapsed, as long as President Obama fell from power.! Does a patriot say things like that? OF COURSE NOT. LIMBAUGH is one more violator of free speech. He should go to jail.
Best president ever. Obama has a lot of credibility around the world, its too bad the white racist don't see that.
You dropped your race card.
iI don't speak in Codes.... I will way it like it is.
Perhaps you are right
I consider President Obama to Abraham Lincoln, Roosevelt and Truman. Although he tries and tries to compromise, the others were more aggressive. Whatever, my husband and I admire President Obama and his wife 
See you at the polls 
II will see you there. 2nd term, no more comprimise We shell over come.
What I would really like to know Fareek is did the President give you a big sloppy kiss after this love fest? And did he offer you a job in his administration.....perhaps centerfielder on the White House softball team?
Just the way you maliciously interpret a positive and realistic article, shows your inability to trust anyone who interprets accurately what our President Obama has accomplished. Luckily folks like you end up self-destroying professionally, hahahahaha
Hold on I am a complete Obama supporter, I don't like it when the right makes up isht, and I have to make a correction, the draw down for Iraq was outlined by Bush, and was to be completed by year end 2011. Obama stuck to the time table. That's a fact. I reiterate I'm not one of these overzealous I hate Obama folks who just spout off the mouth non-sense, but this is fact the draw down was initiated by Bush. Also, other facts, the economy has greatly improved under Obama, no person in their right mind can say otherwise all the numbers, jobs, the dow, economic growth have all sharply increased since Obama took office. Obama has not significantly increased our debt and our deficit not at all, the majority of all the spending under him was already in place before he took office. Obama supports cuts as well as revenues. The facts Obama has been a dayum good president, especially as of late. On the draw down in Iraq the fact though is that was Bush plan. And that's objective opinion here. NO spin.
Well put, and accurate.
People are more or less biased, so those who don’t like President Obama will continue to dislike him regardless of his successes or failures during his administration. I think Obama is a damned good President compared to his predecessor. You can disagree with me but who cares. War is terrible, that’s why we should never ever start a war unless we are attacked. Did Iraq attack us? Did Obama start the war in Iraq and in Afghanistan? Who dropped 5000 lb bunker busters in Iraq and who created shock and awe in the first place? Whose fault is it that the United States is broke; the President, the government, the congress, the previous administration or we, the people? May be, it’s the union or greedy corporations, doctors, lawyers, or you, yourself because you took too much credit on things you can’t afford. God helps those who help themselves, so stop whining and stop blaming President Obama. No, I mean, go ahead and blame as much as you want on Obama. Who cares? You think Mitt Romney who has a quarter billion dollars and who pays less than 15% income tax will save us? By the way, why do people keep referring to Obama only as black? Isn’t he half white? Who cares? After all, we are descendant of African people. Have you done DNA mapping of your genes recently?
Obama had his chance to fix things. He said himself if the economy mess wasn't turned around in 3 years he would be a one term president. Now he's whining that it's going to take more time. He is arrogant and pompous. Do you honestly believe that his life is like yours or any average Americans? That's the funny thing. You are right. He's half black and half white, but the black American communities voted for him because they thought he was like them, but they can't be further from the truth. He and Romney are not much different. Neither is an average American, so if that's what your looking for, you need to look elsewhere.
So for the last 50 years the African American voters pulled the lever for Democrats because they though the white men running for the White House was like them? The argument that black people voted for Obama simply because he was black is an absolute lie based on historical data. The choice between Obama vs. McCain/Palin was very simple the smart guy over the angry guy and the idiot was clear. As a black guy Obama is like me and many African Americans educated, hard working, driven and successful. Less than 10% of us are poor or live in the ghetto. Not the other way around.
Well said!!!
Obama has out GOP'd the GOP on Foreign Policy and they cannot poke holes in his wins.
Fareed is one of the more balanced, inciteful people on TV these days. You political bent may keep you from liking what he says, but attacking him is irrational.
Obama did things republican have been talking about for years. He has a lot on his plate, he walked in as president when it was a mess. He clean up better then anyone else could of. I disagree with some things he has done. But he is better then any of the Republicans. The question is who is best for the job.
Hey Zakaria, what's that white stuff dripping from your lip? Looks like you're sucking the cream out of an eclair.
oh...that's not eclair filling.
"I don't know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don't care. It's not that important, It's not our priority." George W. Bush, 3/13/2002, Washington, D.C.
"I know what I believe. I will continue to articulate what I believe, and what I believe...Ibelieve what I believe is right!"
George W. Bush, 7/22/2001, Rome, Italy.
Another day, another gushing valentine to Obama from the ever daft Fareed Zakaria. Yawn. I'm continually amazed that anyone would take this clown seriously as a journalist or analyst. As anyone who can be bothered to read a daily newspaper knows, the Iraqi troop draw down was negotiated by Bush and likely would have happened in some form had Obama never been born. (Actually, Obama tried to negotiate a continued U.S. presence in Iraq but failed.) According to Zogby and Pew, Obama is less popular than Bush in the Middle East. And let's not forget Obama's priceless early forays in Europe: Jetting off grandly to secure Olympic hosting privileges for Chicago, only to be unceremoniously rebuffed, and being snubbed by climate negotiators. Obama deserves credit fro the drone attacks and Bin Laden, but he's merely exploiting the infrastructure put in place by Bush!
If Obama had a good record, he would not need to be on the campaign trail as the sitting President.Obviously he does not and he is. People that see through his charade will not be persuaded by the bs ads. So he raises money to pull in the voters that have not educated themselves to what he has not done in the 3 years since he took office. You think the republicans are down and dirty in this campaign....wait til you see what that sleazey Axlerod and his Chicago machine come up with when its game time! And the libs and liberal media will soak it up. I hope the voters wake up to this fraud of a President.
Well, at least he is not whacking himself in some Texas ranch.
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The Repubs just can't accept that Obama, Biden, Gates, and Clinton are 1000 times better than Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, and Rice. Once a person realizes how incompetent the last administration was, the hatred of Obama begins to subside.
If Obama touched it, it failed. Obama is the biggest failure of all time. Even below Jimmy Carter.
Are you "the Joe" Joe the plumber?
If you do further research, Obama has great foreign policy credit. For instance, South America is considered a not surprisingly left winged continent. The Brazilian President, leader or what have you tried to pay his debt to the US when Bush was in office but didnt want to accept it for political reasons..... After he paid his debt, he ended up in a surplus of over 300 billion dollars. The main focus of this story is to inform you that you will not hear what the government doesnt want you to hear which will deter your perception at times. So do your homework because alot of countries hated us due to Bush's policies and procedures but Obama has done excellant on his foreign policy duties. Would you be content to have another Bush in the White House and our troops still in Iraq? You would probably say yes based on your comments
Now we need to listen to his foreign policy accomplishments, too? It's funny that no other president had "accomplishment" lists needed before election time. You can spin these stories any way you would like, which is what Zakaria is doing. The only anti war candidate that we have running is Ron Paul. If you care about your children and grand children, you should elect him and no one else.
The fault is with you, you can't comprehend. I feel sorry for you. Go to vegas and play the penny machine till you die.
Is Zakaria on the official Obama campaign team or pretending he's a journalist? Pick one.
Fareed is a Journalist and a good one. End of story.
Bea Arthur, go get some oxygen. You aren't making any sense!!
Agood dose of electro-shock therapy could not begin to pull you back to reality....You need 24 hour supervision.
And Mark, the troops came out of Iraq on Bush's timeline, not Obama's. Do your homework.
Nonetheless, Obama made it happen. He is the greatest president ever. God bless him and his family.
Zakaria! YOU ARE A TOTAL SIMP AND I'M A BIT DUMBER FOR READING YOUR IDIOTIC ARTICLE..
GO HOME.... IT'S ALL A LIE
Gertrude was born in 1930's, she has no teeth and hard of hearing. Poor thing ...
Fareed, the generals told Obama to use more drone attacks.Obama is just a community organizer.
And Regan was an Actor with his side kick monkey name bunjo.
Breaking news:
Obama just closed embassy in Syria. Another good move by a very effective president.
Zakaria strikes me as being very intelligent and fair-minded. He seeks out information on many topics, recommends books on his program, and draws his own conclusions.
shame on you to keep mentionning , not american , or american, we are all human been , focus on knowledge and not from where zakaria is coming, i did not hear one who is answering by facts , and beleive me i am in favor of zakaria or against him !!!
Fareed – Can you please explain why when Iranian protesters were demonstrating against the president stealing the election, Obama chose to stay mainly silent while they were jailed and killed but when a similar thing was taking place in Egypt he moved quickly to demand that the president step down immediately? Also, can you help me understand why Obama chose to support the decision to intervene in Libya out of concern for civilian deaths, but now he stands idly by while every day innocent civilians are getting killed in Syria? It seems hypocritical, and given that Iran and Syria are far more anti-American than either Egypt or Libya, these actions seem contrary to American interests. Is there something that I am missing, or is the truth just inconvenient and therefore worth omitting from your puff piece about his overwhelmingly impressive foreign policy resume?
hum... .. Maude like zakaria,, just another simp who 'thinks' Obama is an effective President.
Ger turd, have some respect. Do you torture animals by any chance?
You call someone a turd and then ask them if they torture animals. Wow, that is really respectful.
IIts funny though !!!!
Maude isn't funny.....She or he has some serious mental disorder.....sad.....get some help Maude.
During the 8 years of Bush, the economy gained a total of 1.1 million jobs. The Bush economy lost 5 million jobs in his last year in office alone. GWB spent 487 days on vacation at Camp David, and another 490 days at his "Ranch?" in Crawford not to mention the many days he spent at Martha's Vinyard. What a hard working Texan!
OK all of you Obama bashers, I have one for you that I have tried ,on different sites, hundreds of times without a reply.
George W. Bush was "our" president 8 years. Can one of you tell my 8 things that he did for the good of "all Americans"? OK, then how about 4, yes just 4 positive things he did for "all" of us...No? Then how about just "ONE", yes only ONE? I certainly won't hold my breath waiting for a reply. Peace!
oh oh oh I know – that photo of GW Bush in the jumpsuit under the Mission Accomplished sign...that (a) promotes humor, and (b) serves as a lesson to us all regarding hubris and ill-advised PR stunts ?
Here are two off the top of my head:
He declared three vast new marine national monuments in the Pacific Ocean, protecting an area larger than California.
His AIDS initiative in Africa saved in excess of a million lives in just four years.
@Laura(?):
You said " Obama did the right thing by trying to reach out to the Muslim world"
I agree with you 100%. Based on a strategy by his external advisors such as Fareed Zakaria, Rashad Hass, Imam Rauf etc. Obama did reeach out to the Muslim world. Quite frankly there was nothing wrong with that approach, except when he made some audacious comments from the podium of Cairo Univ.(e.g. America is one of the largest Muslim countries, or the Azaan was the sweetest sound he had ever heard etc.!!).
Having said that, fortunately for Americans Obama did realize soon enough that he was led down a rosy path with no real possibility of building bridges between the west & the Muslim world.
No wonder, under Obama we see much bigger escalation of the war on terror (even though for political correctness he does not call it so), much stronger response to Iran, reversal of his original decison to close GITMO, continued survillence by the FBI of certain Mosques & Muslim communities etc.
We will very likely see some dramatic action on handling the Pakistani Jihad machine also withou which there is no way we can win the war in Afghanistan.
Obama for 2012!!
Bush made New Orleans a swimming pool for its Citizens to enjoy. God bless him.
By Franky
Hold on I am a complete Obama supporter, I don't like it when the right makes up isht, and I have to make a correction, the draw down for Iraq was outlined by Bush, and was to be completed by year end 2011. Obama stuck to the time table. That's a fact. I reiterate I'm not one of these overzealous I hate Obama folks who just spout off the mouth non-sense, but this is fact the draw down was initiated by Bush. Also, other facts, the economy has greatly improved under Obama, no person in their right mind can say otherwise all the numbers, jobs, the dow, economic growth have all sharply increased since Obama took office. Obama has not significantly increased our debt and our deficit not at all, the majority of all the spending under him was already in place before he took office. Obama supports cuts as well as revenues. The facts Obama has been a dayum good president, especially as of late. On the draw down in Iraq the fact though is that was Bush plan. And that's objective opinion here. NO spin.
What world are you waking up to?
Z is just another left wing raghead who is supporting his brother o
Chumlee, Don't be harsh on GWB. Remember that he was the the first U.S. president to bring us into war (through lying) and cutting taxes for the rich at the same time. Oh, and by the way he had another 1st, among many. He was the 1st American president to take office with a criminal record! But they were only minor offences..no big deal!
That's great, but what matters this years is if he can really get the U.S. economy on track.
ya right obama is such a success that this is back page news and i can't remember the last time obama made headline news for anything on cnn website....he is our no show potus....sadly. but cnn does a great job with the smoke and mirrors to keep the focus off that fact.
OMG! I guess this butt kisser never gives up. He must think; like our clueless president opines, that all Americans are stupid and uneducated on the issues.
What is this butt kisser trying to accomplish? Reelect this clueless president? News Flash Señor Zakaria: Americans are now aware of the president's hypocrisy and smoke and mirrors philosophy. You may want to get your neck, face and head out of the president's butt so you can start breathing and thinking clearly.
So much for objective reporting!
Zakaria, you must be blind or stupid not to see that nothing is accomplished in Iraq, the Iraqis still killing each other and it will get even worse as time go by. Al Qaeda in Afghanistan is as active as before and will gain strength as the American leave the country, they will take over and will well come terrorism to their country, they know the Americans are not coming back.Bin leaden death was in the planning for years and the hunt came to an end on Obama watch he can not take credit for that. Iran will continue to develop nuclear weapon and Israel will not site ideal and play the American policy.Lets see what you are going to say in a year from know Mr. Zakaria.
While I agree with Fareed on much of what he says, Obama has missed a huge opportunity to respect India as the ONLY Third World Democracy with 3 times the US population. Neither Iraq, Iran or Pakistan will determine US interests. The real and only threat is China. India can be in Asia what Israel is in Mideast. India is the counter to what China stands for–oppression, dictatorship and Communism. I agree that China delivers commerce, but at what human cost ?
www . haaretz . com/news/international/uproar-after-jewish-american-newspaper-publisher-suggests-israel-assassinate-barack-obama-1.408429 Uproar after Jewish American newspaper publisher suggests Israel assassinate Barack Obama
why no mention cnn? garbage jew media
Playing mercenary to other nations is not the mark of a successful foreign policy, or indeed, a policy at all. The perceptual distinction that Mr. Zakaria appears to regard as nuanced statesmanship may soothe nationalistic sensibilities in Asia, but represents no change for this nation's inability to crystalize a consistent hierarchy of interests and apply its decisions and resources to further them. Asia may be where the money will be, but the Middle East is where the nukes will be.
Your quote: "Asia is the new arena of global wealth, power, and power politics, and Obama decided to expand American presence in the region with a flurry of diplomatic moves over the last six months." has left China smiling in anticipation of making America their western suburb. I don't hear thunderous applause or back slapping about his success in Pakistan either. Iran sits back and laughs that we are powerless to stop their development on nuclear research. 0 American troops in Iraq and everyone is killing each other rings of hsi predecessor "mission accomplished".
Quote #2: "When historians write about an Obama Doctrine, they might point to his new Asian strategy – his declaration that America is a “Pacific Power” that is here to stay." Didn't you mean to say pacificst power?
Bush flailed around for 7 years gnashing his teeth about binLaden.
Obama got binLaden swimming with the fishes!
Deaf, Dumb, and uninformed!
good article. however, zakaria is wrong in that the republicans most definitely talk about foreign policy. the trouble is for the republicans the world has only 3 countries or parts. the usa , the israel and the enemy.
Fareed Zakaria is a pro public sector union joke.
pea$e prize winner=OOOO X O = O
10 dollars says Fareed has a life-size photo of Barack Obama on his bedroom wall.
As a muslim Fareed will say something like this when commom people knows Obama failed in all foriegn policies including foriegn policy.. Catching obama is a result of years of ground work .. what else? No one is talking about foriegn policy now because we have a much bigger problem ,economy. This is why this elite writers and anchores gets booed because they are out of touch with commom Americans every where/
Fareed putting Obama and success in the same sentence? Non-surprise of the year.
Zakaria has once again proven himself to be nothing more than a sycophant, serving as a mouthpiece for the Obama administration. No criticism of the Blessed Barack passes his lips, for much like the Koran, all of Obama is divinely inspired and must not be questioned.
Say what you want about Fareed but the problem is not Fareed but this communist CNN network that keeps campaigning for the GOP. Perhaps you rightwing bigots don't realize it because you people are blinded by your bigotry and prejudice. And what the mainstream media wants to do is to keep you people blinded and uneducated so they can easily manipulate and exploit you for their own political and financial gain.No, I'm not a liberal or a Democrat but an American who is tired of the BS. What I want to know is why every time I post statistics and concrete data about what the stimulus package has done for our economy in contrast to the cost of the Iraq and Afghan wars, for two straight days now, CNN is deliberately deleting my post. Its obvious because when I change the subject or my message it is posted immediately but when I return to my original message it is deleted. This is propaganda and the worst form of suppression of one's free speech. If we are going to have an adult debate about the issues, then why are my comments being suppressed? Let's face it, rightwing name calling of our President aint solutions to the problems we face as a nation but rather obstacles to progress. CNN shame on you. But keep this in mind CNN...the TRUTH will set America free, communist network.
Is that you, Fareed?
Fareed is an Indian MUSLIM protecting an American MUSLIM. Either that or Fareed doesn't know squat.
Sure you rightwing racists would say Obama has failed at home and abroad because it is your wish and hope to see our President fail. For three years you racist sc*umbags have looked at success and called it failure because some of you were born bigots and racists and some of you were taught to be bigots and racists. Does the color of a person's skin really bother you people that much? Seriously?
All you people can do is name calling? So why not talk about the issues for a change? Perhaps it is because you racist sc*umbag trailor trash know nothing but name calling? Does Fareed call people name in his article or rather address the issues at home and abroad? This article is not about non issue but rather about the issues we face at home and abroad and the policies we are implementing to deal with these problems. So why can't you people just act like adults for a change and talk about the issues? Let's face it, I know you people hate President Obama because of the color of his skin but I'd even give you people some respect if for a change you address the issues and not people's religion or skin color. And if you dislike President Obama's domestic or foreign policies, why not state exactly what you dislike about them? name calling like moron and socialist and muslim doesn't help to explain your position on the issues. So why not for a change act like an adult and drop the name calling and state you position on the issues and why you feel the way you do? Then perhaps we can all have a sensible exchange on the issues without the name calling. Can you people do that at least once?
Muslim, Muslim, Muslim...Well do you know 1/3 of the neurological and cardiovascular surgeons in America are of Islamic descent? Why not google Michael Debakey of Tulane University. He was the pioneer of cardio surgery in America in the 20th century and he invented the pace maker and all the initial heart instruments used today in hospitals worldwide. And yes, he was born to lebanese parents who migrated to America in the early 2oth century. So why not learn about your history befor you start spreading your bigotry and hate? Perhaps you racists would realize that people of many different ethnicity, race and religion helped to pioneerr and advance modern technology and helped to build America. Why not drop the bigotry and hate and try educating yourself for a change?
I love it when liberals can't support what they're talking about, it goes straight to Racism and/or Class Warfare every time. Always blame someone else. Here's some facts.:
1. Bush signed the agreement to have the troops out of Iraq by Dec. 2011. Obama was unable to negotiate an agreement to keep some support troops in the country, which is what he wanted to do. Is there any doubt that Bush and he's team could have gotten this done? Also, we still have 30 to 40 thousand private contractors and Security personnel in Iraq.
2. There has been no progress with North Korea under Obama. In fact, they are demanding the 6 party talks, that Obama criticized in his run to the white house.
3. He embraced Chavez from Venezuela and was made to look like a fool when he was called the devil.
4 He campaigned on talking and negotiating with Ahmadinejad in Iran. Again, he was made to look like a fool when he was rejected. Our relationship with Iran is worse now, than it has been at anytime since 1979. Yes, Worse than when Bush invaded Iraq, a lot of Iranians were happy to see Hussein go.
4. The Opinion of the US in countries like Poland, Israel and the former Soviet Republics in Asia has dropped dramatically. These are countries that are strategically important and had very close ties with the US. The slogan for Obama's foreign Policy should be "Now our enemies hate us less". It just leaves out how many allies that like us less.
5. He campaigned on building coalitions and criticized Bush for his inability to do so. The fact is the coalition in Afghanistan is smaller and the number of Countries contributing to rebuilding Iraq, dropped under his leadership.
6. Guantanamo Bay is still open. Obama and the liberal Press are to blame for the huge amount of lies and propaganda that came out about Guantanamo and are largely to blame for the lowered opinion of the US in the world for it. He criticized Bush for not getting other countries to take some of the prisoners. He's had far less success than Bush at this and has yet to apologize for the wrong he did to the troops who serve there.
7. Russia's Vladimir Putin, bullied him into removing the missile defense shield for Europe. He can try selling his ship bound missile defense shield system as being better, but it's just not true. We've alienated our allies in Eastern Europe, like Poland and emboldened Russia at the same time, without any benefit in return.
8. The US – Mexico Border region has greatly deteriorated under Obama's watch and nothing has been done to solve the problem. In fact, the only thing that's been done is to initiate dozens of lawsuits against States that try to do anything to solve the illegal immigration, drugs and violence that comes across the Boarder.
I could go on, but I think that's enough to prove my point.
Yummy what flavor is the Koolaid today? The writer does not understand why Nuance may be a problem? Really? Really?
Nuance – subtle difference: "a very slight difference in meaning, feeling, tone, or color." Remember the promised clarity?
"Obama ordered more drone attacks in the first two years of his presidency than George W. Bush did in his entire two terms. The results have been noteworthy: Most of al Qaeda's senior leadership has been destroyed. The strategy's crowning success was, of course, the killing of Osama bin Laden." Bush would have been crucified for that. Hey give the man a Nobel Peace prize!
Couldn't agree more Seriously. Bush is crucified for arresting them and putting them in jail and Obama is praised for killing them. That's a big Nuance.
It also leaves out the fact that most of the development of the drones was done by the Bush Administration and that the Strategy of using the drones in the first place was developed by the Bush Administration. There were virtually no drones deployed in the world, when Bush took office. Obama taking credit for the success of the drones, is like the guy who ran the launcher on the Aircraft Carrier, taking credit for the success of the Atomic Bomb ending World War II. Somebody else developed the Bomb and the Airplane to carry it and somebody else flew the plane and took the risk, but I'm the one who pushed the button to launch the aircraft, so I'll take the credit.
i never read anything that cnn or msnbc says about the dictator obama, he paid them to say good things about him .but most people with a brain can see that , but some people are color blind.
Dictator? Seriously?
What do you expect from a program called "Global public square"? Another globalist line of we are the world of course...
Four more fuc*king years President Obama! Then let's export all the trailor trash bigots back to Nazi Germany, land of racism, bigotry, ethnic cleansing and hate.
You are a lunatic! Get help!
Thank you for the facts. We need him back to protect this country and to reduce the gap between the classes (wealthy vs others). At least he is concerned about the 99% and does not speak on behalf of 1%.
this guy has always been a joke
That's no way to talk about yourself.
C'mon you can admit it Mr. Zakaria, your on Obama's payroll aren't you?
Seriously dude, the word is a contraction of two words. You're. Oh well, you got aren't correct.
Contradiction or fact? GOP Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich said President Obama is more likeable than he is. Then if so, does that mean a so-called food stamp President is bad for America or Good for America? And if our President is likeable doesn't that mean he's the best person for the job?
Heck no! Obama needs to go and America restored!
Talking about food stamp...To see what domestic programs the Stimulus bill has funded google "The Stimulus Plan: How to Spend $787 Billion – The New York Times." Then decide for yourself if this bill was wasteful spending. You be the judge!
To see the GOP's alternative Stimulus plan, google Senate offers Alternative Stimulus Plan – Political Hotsheet – CBS News ... Sen. Rand Paul's Stimulus Jobs plan. The GOP's stimulus alternative called for $713 billion with $430 in tax cuts. Well, with all the political upheaval over this administration's jobs plan you would have thought a GOP alternative would have cost $0.00. How ironic!
Sen. Rand Paul said the GOP's plan would reduce individual and corporate taxes and boost employment, creating 6.2 million jobs over the next decade. The next decade? Do struggling Americans have that much time to wait for economic relief? Furthermore, when asked if an independent economist had reviewed their stimulus plan, the GOP's answer was no. But don't be so pessimistic because the GOP's plan also cited that with access to Canadian oil and additional energy proposals, they could have generated an additional one million jobs by 2018? By 2018? The GOP must be joking right?
Rush,I thought you would be in Costa Rica by now seeing that the healthcare reform has become law.You are a sick puppy.
You will still have time for the trip because with these four clowns running for the GOP nomination it is a shoo in for Obama.
They are his dream team.
Lets look what Obama has accomplished. using american military without congressional consent in a sectarian violent uprising in Libya, which is now under sharia law, which means women die and go to jail for not allowing rapists to merry them, or because they don't wear a head scarf. Killing Americans with Guns given to cartels by the ATF under eric holders direct guidance. 3. Jon Corzine mf global bankruptcy was Obama's biggest donation bundler, that means He helped Obama get donations more then anyone else, Obama floated him around for Giethners job. Solyndra. 11 other green companies that have filed for bankruptcy so tax payers loose out 6.5 billion but Obama gets a war chest of 1 billion dollars, if you choose to be blind you couldn't hide away from the smell of dog crap coming from the White House today. No Excuse Newt 2012 Newt 2012
A publisher of a jewish newspaper just wrote a column stating that President Obama should be assassinated for preserve the state of Israel. Then the Publisher Adler made an apology. However, my question for Mr. Adler is this...Which Middle Eastern country has President Obama posed tough sanctions for ir to relinquish its nuclear program...Israel or Iran? Seems to be like the Tea Party is once at it again perpetrating and and spreading domestic terrorism across America. Let's face it, unless these people are prosecuted, this country will soon end up in another civil war.
To all you TEA Party haters. The TEA Party wants nothing more than to reduce your taxes why do you dislike them so much? It makes no sense.
And I may add that this Jewish newspaper is based in confederate Atlanta Georgia. The base and birth place of the Tea Party and the KKK. But as they say, those who play with fire will get burnt by fire.
Has anyone realized what the Tea Party's 2012 election strategy is yet? Well, the Tea Party is fully aware that the Hispanic and Jewish votes were instrumental in helping him to get elected to office. So what has the Tea Party done to offset this advantage? First they hired a Hispanic gun man to take a shot at the White House as a means of manipulating the Hispanic vote now they paid this Jewish publisher Andrew Adler to write this outrageous and very dangerous column. Seems like the Tea Party will stop at nothing short of a civil war. But I'm glad that many prominent Jewish organizations across the country have condemned this article. I guarantee you the final days of the Tea Party are approaching.
Bet the Tea Party held Mr. Adler at gunpoint and threatened to kill him if he didn't write this outrageous column. And bet they also told him that his family had been kidnapped and to assure their release, he had to write this column. Songs like speculation? Not when you're looking into the pattern of which the Tea Party has followed to get their hateful and divisive message across America. First they blew up the oil rig in the Gulf almost a year to the date of passage of the hostoric healthcare legislation. Then a few months later they gunned down Congresswoman Gabriella Giffords and others including a little 10 year old American girl waving the American flag in Arizona. Then they hired a Hispanic gunman to take cheap shots at the White House to manipulate the Hispanic vote and now they influenced this outrageous article to manipulate the Jewish vote. I believe its time the CIA head to Capitol Hill and detain these donestic terrorists before we end up with another civil war on our hands.
Interviewer or apologist? Unfortunately, there are only two sets of thinkers, who agree with Fareed. President Obama and his zealots to whom Fareed advises and of course to that demi-god of CNN intellectuals, Fareed himself.
Please pack up Fareed Zakaria and send him back where he came from!
Republicans have the shortest memories. They say 'Look at Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan!', but forget it was GW who wanted that. It wasn't Obama who ordered them to go over there.
Obama recognizes China's potential and has dealt with it appropriately. Funny thing is, no matter what Obama has done with his foreign policy, Republicans will always insist it was wrong.
To them, I say look at the recession you've helped put us in when you had your chance to show what your leaders can do.
Since this so-called great democracy of ours is so divided by political ideologies, bigotry and hate to the point where we just can't seem to find common ground, perhaps we should start calling our Presidents President of the blue states of America and President of the red states of America and so on. You people are so downright stupid and illiterate that you have to keep attacking and criticizing your own President because he don't look like you. So tell me, how many people in America look alike? Aren't our diversity our strength and aint it our diversity that make us so unique?
And why the only time we wave the flag or unite is when tragety strikes us and when things are going well, we try to tear each other apart? Let's face it, this world will always have people who look different, walk different, talk different and smile different. That is God's work. So you're white and you think you're right? Well, if you're so right then why are you so frustrated and angry that a black man is in the White House? If you're so right, then why are you so agitated and unhappy? Let's face it, you can hate and dislike people of color or people of different religious beliefs all you want but the reality is we're all here to stay because that is God's choice not yours.
Furthermore, if you think your outrageous name calling and disrespect for our President or for African-Americans are hurting us you better think twice. In other words, we were enslaved for four hundred years yet we survived. We were segregated and isolated for decades under Jim Crow, beaten, lynched, spit on, kicked, watered on, etc and we survived. And we've survived to be lawyers, doctors entroupreneurs, mayors, governors, scientists, astronuts, and President of the United States of America. So please try to accept the fact that our freedom came the old fashion way. We earned it. And if you still have a problem with that, then see if your whiteness can ease your pain!
Has it ever occurred to you that people don't like you because you're whiny and hostile, not because you're black?
All liberals are clueless.
Obama didn't kill BIN Laden it was a group of dedicated Americans. No politician should take credit for that
Then that should mean Obama shouldn't take blame for the Iraqi and Afghan wars, the 4 trillion war price tag and the economic crisis he inherited right? Fare is fare don't you think?
Obama's legacy will be turning Egypt and Libya into fundamentalist theocracies..
Has Fareed *ever* been right about the Middle East?
Agree completely. But a foreign policy based on how many AQ leaders died while he was President is foolish don't you think? Republicans have completely baited him into this. He needs to be a leader not a democrat or a republican!
So he gets credit for turning Egypt and Libya into whatever that word means but he don't get credit for the demise of OBL? Sense contradiction here!
Islamists won 75% of Parliament in Egypt.
During the Egyptian crisis, some Republicans accused President Obama of not doing enough to support the demonstrators who were calling for democratic change. But when our President called on President Muburack to respect and recognize the demonstrators rights and called upon the Egyptian leader to work towards a speedy transition to democratic reform, Newt Gingrich accused President Obama of supporting a terrorist group in the Muslim Brotherhood. As they say damn if you do, damn if you don't. Then during the crisis in Libya, the Republican owned and operated CNN and the GOP all accused President Obama of dragging his feet and doing nothing to aid the protesters in Libya who were being murdered by the Ghadaffi regime. But when President Obama got NATO, the European Union and Arab league on board for military intervention, CNN and the GOP accused President Obama of rushing to war. Then they asked sarcastically what's the mission and the end game. So my question to you people is how would you describe this contradictory and outrageous behavior by the mainstream media and the GOP? Still think the black President job is easy? Not to mention all the sh*it he inherited?
"still think the black presidents job is easy?" And how does being half black have any bearing on how he does his job? Quit your whinning Nancy, you obama apologists are so tiring with your constant whinning about any thing you can blame on the past. He sucks as president, get over it.
So Bob its all about Republicans and Democrats-well thats not actually all there is -Obama is a joke as a president and has completely divided us and continues to today. He is a closet Socialist and a Muslim supporter. THE worst President beside Jimmy carter -You've got your head so far up his Democratic bung hole you could not see day light. Start reading the news from other nations and see exactly what they think of our new Dear Leader! "he's weak" and has lot the respect of our armed forces etc etc.
Interesting headline. Thought for sure I would find a blank page. By the way, the death of Osama had nothing to do with drones and everything to do with HUMINT and boots on the ground. It was a SEAL Team that took him out.
Really? Successes?? Really?
Obama and this article is a joke. Didnt the Chinese build an aircraft carrier? Also, North Korea is not being addressed. Heres some ?s. Why didnt Obama destroy the drone Iran has now? Why would you pull out of Iraq when the real enemy is Iran and you win a war on 2 fronts(war is inevitable,Isreal will start it soon). Gitmo? Joke...Chinese policy...Joke...Bin Laden...Joke and Bush should get the credit for that...Oh Drones killing Pakistani soldiers...not a joke...this is sums up his foreign policy...."We need to improve our reputation around the world, so we are going to let the Iranians kill Americans and then pretend its not happening. Let the chinese and russians have are technology so that its a fair playing field."
Foreign Policy? What foreign policy. We are in trouble Folks!!! In TROUBLE!! WWIII is around the corner thanks to this foreign policy
Zakaria has not been a relevant voice for journalism in quite some time – having sold out to the Democratic party. His recent adoring bleats about Obama's wondrous foreign policy 'successes' is blatant PR. It is certainly not responsible journalism. It is also clear that he ghost-wrote Obama's comments, since the man cannot string together two coherent sentences without a script and teleprompter.
It's always hard to believe that average Americans would allow themselves to be victimized by fear-mongering and ignorant and racist views. Then I read the posts on this page! God help us! If these thoughts represent the quality and character of our country, we are in a deeper hole that I ever imagined.
I see only failures. The only success was promoting Carter to the 2nd worst president and leader in history. obama is clearly the worst.
President Obama...Greatest President in US history. Envyjealousytrailortrashenvyjealousytrailortrashenvyjealousytrailortrashenvyjealouslytrailortrashenvyjeaouslytrailortrash
Sorry that you trailor trash are so envious of our black President. Sure you didn't expect him to be the greatest President in US history right? Hey, what can I say...Black is beautiful!
Too bad you can't spell "trailer".
Boy, there sure are some jealous republicans on this board! The accomplishments that the presidents has, cannot be negated by the repubs, so all they can do is retaliate against Freed! Notice, the have not negated anything!
Since Fareed Zakarias enthusiastically endorsed Barack Obama on CNN before the 2008 presidential elections I strongly doubt his ability to provide any objective journalistic assessment of the president Obama's achievements or policies.
Zakaria don't you realize that it was bush that setup the withdrawal of the troops from Iraq?
You know what they say about opinions. Opinions are like ___ holes everyone has one.
this mooslim is nothing more than an obama door mat.... he has had zero foreign policy, arab spring has left the entire region in state of potential mass war and al queda run governements.... asia has had nothing done, Koreas are no better than before... China still kills its people, Afghanistan is still a mess with Pakistan no better... Europe loves a black president, I hardly call that policy... woo wooo
Mr Zakaria you seemed very mis-informed or just like to write inaccurate statements. While there have in fact been more drone attacks than in all 8-years of the Bush administration you seem to miss the issue that drones were NOT used and un-available until 2006 and mass-production did not start until 2008. All because of our strong President, and the Republican resistance of budget cutting. Yes, Obama has pulled us out of Iraq; but hundreds of civilians are dying per month because they remain unprotected. American and coalition troops are dying in Afghanistan and the Generals feel our troop reductions are a reason. Obama ONLY wants to have them removed because of politics. Nothing to due with safety of our brave women and children. Our country has let the stabilizing forces (governments) in 6- MidEast countries change over to move radical forms of Muslims. It's only a matter of time before this bites us on the backside. The Middle East is less stable than it has been for ages. Now Iran will have nuclear weapons on the Obama watch, and will become a U.S. headache for generations to come and in fact, may become a factor in the next nuclear war. Thanks to the weakening of America. Finally, it is nice that the man Osama Bin Laden is gone, but that was due to a strong military, a strong intelligence network, and a persistent nation. None of which Obama contributed to before he was elected POTUS, nor after he took office. But, yes a small well done. The European national papers were the first to back the election of Barack Obama, but now, he is the laughing stock of Europe and they; the Europeans, cannot wait for America to elect someone with a sound foreign policy. Oh, and our friends of Israel even are concerned about Barack's help in time of a crisis. Too many holes in this foreign policy.
Are you kidding me?!? There are zero troops left in Iraq - that's a FAILURE because his administration failed to engage with the Maliki administration to retain a trainer force within the country which would have also provided some much needed stability. We see the results now as the Iraq rests on the brink of renewed sectarian violence. The Afghanistan mission and drawdown was set in motion by the Bush administration (as was the Iraq drawdown), and the drone war, while it has shown success, has also inflamed the Pakistani populace to the point that the civilian government is threatened. Sure, killing bin Laden was a success, one set in motion by the interrogations and actions of the previous administration over the preceding eight years.
So, every success is Obama's doing, but the economy, still in the doldrums after three years of his administration, is the fault of Bush. Convenient reasoning.
If you call embaracing the entire population of the US by bowing and apologizing to every foreign dignitary he has encountered (with the exception of Israel that is which he refused to meet on their first trip for meet & greets) a foreign policy success, then I would agree. But I don't call that much of an AMERICAN President. Further, I can't for the life of me call this man a Journalist. I call this article a re-election pitch for the POTUS, which I for one hope it is seen for what it's worth Zilth!
Fareed Zakaria + Barrack Obama = MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD
Don't forget that this talking head is of Indian descent.The fact that Obama didn't or have not sanctioned any Indian company that buys Iranian oil is that what make POTUS a god for this talking head.
The American people are getting sick to death of the reactionary propaganda... We deserve an apology from Bush, Cheney and all the neo-fascists...
Pres. Obama hasn't apologized to anyone about anything, Quit lying, jerk.
W Bush was involved with dad when HW was rebuilding party after nxon collapse. So getting vote to do big stuff was easy. On the other hand, many politicians in congress didn't even heard of current U.S president. Past president like president like Roosevelt changed things quickly because he was part of the elite society. I thought this president would understand that it's an enormous challege for him to persuade congress on anything because he kinda did come out of nowhere. This interviews with Mr. Fareed kinda shows this president not only doesn't get it but tone deaf.
Fareed Zakaria + Barrack Obama + MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD
I see that reich wingers are just as stupid as ever.
Fareed Zakaria hates America. It's no wander he is given a platform at CNN.
Is Mr. Zakaria endorsing the sweep of Islamo-fascism across the middle east as one of Barack Hussein Obama's successes?
After all, our Affirmative Action empty suit was one of the earliest supporters of the media's "Arab Spring" acid trip.
When that call comes in at 3a.m., who do you want to answer the phone? Me, Mr. obama please. I don't trust the others to do the right thing.
Derka Derka ... But he could have pulled us out at anytime and didn't.
This is only Fareed Zuckaria's opinion which DOES NOT REPRESENT TRUTH.
The road to Bin Laden's death has been on works years before he came to office BUT the real person who told Bin Laden's whereabouts is his former doctor turned traitor who turned him over to CIA for money.
The return to Asia is not his greatest success. Please be reminded that FakZak's is of Indian descent that plays China card.Truth is, Obama, in bahalf of Pentagon, force himself into Asia (Australia aside) and make it sound like Asian countries need U.S.
As almost many Asians have said,TAKE NOTE:THEY WON'T LET WHITE SUPREMACY DOMINATE ,USE AND DICTATE THEIR CONTINENT AND MAKE THEM A PUPPET AS A BASE FOR UNITED STATES INTENTIONS IN THE REGION.
Obama's foreign policy success are also all Bush's fault.
Once again it is crystal clear that repugs just can't stand the truth, especially when it concerns ANYTHING good abou Obama. They just can't admit that he is SOOOOO much better than BushyBoy. If a repug doesn't agree with an article, as far as they are concerned the article isn't true. You repugs need to get over yoursleves. Gingrich is proving that you are all a bunch of hypocrites.
De; Here's a little fact that will burst your bubble and was reported by one of your own liberal news agencies, "Obama has spent more money a gotten more than twice the amount of troops killed in Afghanistan in less than half of the time than Bush did!" Afghanistan is a war that Obama promised the american people to end immediately, when he got into office and failed to do so! Just go to this .org site and plug in ,"justforiegnpolicy". Just admit that Obama is a failure and get on with your life. ...the american people aren't going to be fooled by this spend thrift president rogue again! ...LOL
It's about leadership and both parties are in debt.
Right on.
Do you remember Zakaria mentioning some months ago that he advises President Obama on foreign policy matters. How then can he provide an objective anlysis?
It is embarassing to watch Zakaria being such a toady....
Time, like its sister publication Newsweek, has become a rag. They were both fine magazines, but are now resuced to being the mouthpiece of the Democratic party
Zakaria is a basically a guest correspondent from Al-Jazeera...and that's where he should be full-time.
.....and so are half of the pro-Obama AQ operatives on this web site!
Who cares about his foriegn policy. He has lied to us from the start. I voted from Obama simply because he said he would repeal the Patriot act. he didn't. Most of our poloticians are puppets and Obama is not an exception. Sorry black folks he does not represent your intrests or any common American for that matter.
Oh good grief, nice opinion piece without facts to back up what has been said, instead NICE editing /s
1) Yes Obama DID step up the drone attacks compared to Bush, however MORE people have indeed died from the drone attacks.
2) The troops were pulled out of Iraq due to a deal struck between Bush and Al-Maliki known under SOFA or the US-Iraq Status of Forces Agreement. Obama did absolutely nothing of ending the war on his own, he simply played out the Bush timeline.
3) True Obama did step up people in Afghanistan, only now Al Qaeda is more in Pakistan and Yemen and down into North Africa. We are only really battling the Taliban in Afghanistan.
4) Taking out Qaddafi was a HUGE mistake as he did NOT like Al Qaeda, well now they will breed in Libya.
5) Egypt is being taken over by the Muslim Brotherhood, gee what a surprise.
6) Syria is in serious bloodshed
7) Obama has now declared it that ANY US citizen can be executed without due process at all, if that person is deemed a terrorist. Anyone can be called a terrorist, yet funny enough the Ft. Hood killings was NOT defined as terrorism just workplace violence, yet Al-Awlaki, his son, and another US Muslim in Yemen were executed without due process.
If any Republican dares to point out any failed policies of Obama, he is called a racist.
Sheesh Mr. Zakaria thanks for the Pro-Obama biased puff piece of horrible reporting.
im a raceist then
Fully agree Sharky. Also, lets not forget: "we have left Iraq secure and democratic." Another example of Obama's distorted perception of reality. So, lets see. China, Iran, Iraq, Egypt, Libya, Israel, Syria, Palestine – "success"? Where?
Incidentally Fareed, increase in drone attacks is more a military tactic, less an exercise of foreign policy.
This was a very disappointing article. I was looking for an article that laid out the true facts, good or bad. What we got was an infomercial. probably why i don't take Time magazine anymore,
Fareed did you get a chance to say anything or did you spend most of your time listening to obama tell you what to write while he was bawls deep in your mouth. lol crap article
Comment by a complete idiot.. Get a life.
It's incredible how Republican supporters hate to hear about the successes achieved by Obama, it makes them go nuts out of control boiling with emotions that they can't see nor think straight anymore.
You know why? Because you cannot argue against success. That's what makes them become so jealous and full of envy. They know that there is no way they can keep saying Obama is weak, .. not after he got Bin Laden, got out of Iraq, got rid of Gadhafi, all while defeating Al Quaeda ... all of which he did in one third of the time Bush and buddies took to actually increase and embolden terrorists all over the world, waste $2.5T in the war in Iraq and keep funding the very same people who were hiding Bin Laden.
Republicans lose it when they see Obama's success because they know, Obama will be re-elected and there is nothing they can do nor say about it, that will change anything, they are totally powerless ...
On top of it, despite the GOP attempt to sack the economy , so just to get a chance to win the re-election on economical grounds, the economy is recovering faster every day, thanks to the economic policy of the Obama administration .. so much that by November the economy will be booming and therefore the GOP will lose not only in the race of the WH, but also lose control of the House and lose enough seats in the Senate that the Dems will have super majority.
It's going to be a feast and there is nothing the GOP and any Republican can do to stop it. Nothing ... nothing.
what sucess everywhere hes stuck his hand is imploding and going down the tolit thats sucess huh for libs.
Lets we pulled out all hecks breaking out. Lybia is going to be run by extreim muslims good job there.
Don't forget, Egypt is being turned over to either the military or the Muslim Brotherhood! ...another lack of success story by a president who added over $5 triilion or 1/3 to nat'l debt in les than 3 years as reported by theTreasury and the CBO!
Even then the liberal news paper USA Today on its front page several days ago, said that Obama's $5 trillion addition to the national debt makes it bigger than the GDP! Obamagheddon isn't going to go away until we get rid of this idiot. ...our allies are losing faith in us!
Iread that article too back on Jan 9th and Iagree that "O" bucks are a concern for our allies and just about every economy in the world!
Foreign policy doesn't make much sense, if people are allowed to move their families based on the fact that they have employment, there needs to be a stricter regulation. I worked in a car factory, out of 20 sponsored people 3 were Australian. The directors of companies need to limit the amount of work related visa's. Take into consideration 17 peoples families the foreign intake would be quite large 50 people or so.
FAREED ZAKARIA REMAINS THE MOST OPINIONATED AND FLAWED SELF STYLED JOURNALIST ON THE PLANET .. HE ALSO REMAINS AN OBVIOUS STOOGE FOR THE OBOZO ADMIN IN PROMOTING ONE FOREIGN BORN MAN'S OPINION FAVORING ANOTHER FOREIGN BORN MAN'S WORK AS BENEFICIAL TO THE USA AND THE WORLD. TOO BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLYING ABOUT AND LEAVING DROPPINGS AS THEY GO, EVERYWHERE EVERYWHERE - JUST LIKE "CHICKEN MAN" .. THE MEDIA, HOLLYWOOD TYPES AND POLS LIKE NANCY PELOSI ALL SHOULD BE PLACED ON SMALL BOATS, SET OUT TO SEA, AND LET PERMANENTLY DRIFT .. One disgusted Vietnam Veteran ..
Obama isn't running anything. He's a teleprompter reading council on foriegn relations/ trilateral commission/ bilderberg stooge like Fareed Zakaria and most of his guests.
Mr Fareed please open your eyes and look at Obama's policy toward IRan, an autter appeasement policy, in one hand Obama talks about human rights in the other hand he extends his hands toward the dictator of Iran, what kind of human rights he talking about, maybe he uses white house version of human rights. Is human rights good only for Americans, respect to human rights is not just empty words, he has to have spine to show ihe stands up against goverments who do not repect human rights, Open your eyes and see what he has done in Iraq by pulling out American solders from a country which was destoryed by American to begin then leave it in the hands of Iranain regime,if is this a successfull policy then shame on every americans who consider these policy as a successfull policy,Why he keeps the only popular and legal oposition of Iran in American black list, alist that has been used by Iraqi goverment to raid camp of Iranian dissident and kill more than 47 people by using american arms, alist which let Iranian regime to excute oposition member inside of Iran as well as outside orf Iran, are you considering ithis policy a successfull policy, shame on every human being who consider this policy a successfull,his policy is a complete appeasment not else.
Want to thank all of you, for your Powerfull stand against Oboma & His Corrupted political partners.
But there is so much more we can do. Being aggressive and focusing on the facts and truth is only the first step.
We musT follow Up with more details standing by our convictions and dont back down.
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It was not just 1 great success. He has dismantled Al Qaeda one by one to the point they virtually don't exist anymore. Say whatever you want about his domestic policy but he has accomplished what Bush couldn't and in one third the time.
AQ virtually doesn't exist any more? Really? Mission Accomplished? Sad to say, but it will take more than the killing of UBL and a few others to dismantle AQ. Besides, this isn't a war against JUST AQ, its against radical Islam...and neither this President, nor any President prior to this one has effectively developed a strategy for countering the radical Islamic ideology. I'd consider that a real success
Al-Qaeda and the Taliban are still killing and controlling people. No one surrendered. Just because you kill a leader it doesnt mean the idealology dies. We are still at war. Osama Bin Laden was killed under Obama's watch. Thats great. If it were entirely up to democrats from the beginning however we wouldnt have even gone after him though.