Europe eager to support Obama after 8 years of WarChimp

Joe Hill · 07-22-08, 04:20 PM

Europeans aren't the only ones sick of Bush and other aging Cold War relics like McSame.

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Obama meets Obamamania in Europe eager for change - Yahoo! News
Barack Obama comes face to face this week with a constituency truly eager for change after eight years of George W. Bush: Europeans.

Obama can expect an enthusiastic welcome when he speaks at one of Berlin's most famous landmarks, the Victory Column, on Thursday — the first of three stops in Europe, where polls show him as people's overwhelming favorite in the U.S. election.

Obama's youth, eloquence and energy have turned heads across the Atlantic, as has his call for change.

For Europeans, America offers two faces: one of cynicism, big business and bullying aggression, another of freedom, fairness and nothing-is-impossible dynamism.

If Bush was seen as embodying that first America, Obama is viewed as fitting the second role — one that Europe has historically loved, respected and relied on.

DeeJayH · 07-22-08, 04:23 PM

yup
quite the partisan post
nice

Reverend_Hellh0und · 07-22-08, 04:24 PM

wow marker on some euro chic's tail section. Is this what has been missing in the ways of intellectual debate around here?

Doen't that coitous expressway realize she's polluting the planet with that water bottle? Shame.

obvious Child · 07-22-08, 04:29 PM

Europeans should be alarmed at the departure of Dubya. Without Dubya in office, they can't hide behind their overwhelming hatred of him. Without that cover and with cozy relations between them and Obama, how are they going to deny requests to send their troops into conflict zones like Southern Afghanistan? How are they going to say no to donating money to Iraq or relieving Iraqi debt? Without Dubya in office, it's going to be a lot harder to say no to requests coming out of the US.

DeeJayH · 07-22-08, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Joe Hill

Europeans aren't the only ones sick of Bush and other aging Cold War relics like McSame.

sad that you have to print a 'news article' that is a prediction, instead of reporting

disneydude · 07-22-08, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by obvious Child

Europeans should be alarmed at the departure of Dubya. Without Dubya in office, they can't hide behind their overwhelming hatred of him. Without that cover and with cozy relations between them and Obama, how are they going to deny requests to send their troops into conflict zones like Southern Afghanistan? How are they going to say no to donating money to Iraq or relieving Iraqi debt? Without Dubya in office, it's going to be a lot harder to say no to requests coming out of the US.

Maybe they won't want to say no...because the requests will be legitimate and coming from someone that actually has some integrity.

jallman · 07-22-08, 06:53 PM

The title alone, along with that disgusting picture, make this thread worthy of the Sewer in the Basement. It is not an invitation to honest discussion.

danarhea · 07-22-08, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by DeeJayH

yup
quite the partisan post
nice

Um, I think you need to be reminded of where we are right now....

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obvious Child · 07-22-08, 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by disneydude

Maybe they won't want to say no...because the requests will be legitimate and coming from someone that actually has some integrity.

I don't see how Obama asking Merkel to move German troops from the North to the South of Afghanistan is any more legitimate then Dubya doing the same. Europe has been using hatred of Bush to deny requests. If Obama is elected and starts making the exact same requests they've got nothing to hide behind.

jallman · 07-22-08, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by obvious Child

I don't see how Obama asking Merkel to move German troops from the North to the South of Afghanistan is any more legitimate then Dubya doing the same. Europe has been using hatred of Bush to deny requests. If Obama is elected and starts making the exact same requests they've got nothing to hide behind.

Europe will always find something else to hide behind. It is a shame when Colonels make comments on the news that the French are the most impressive of Europe's forces in the ME right now.