Originally Posted by Sheriff

The picture shows Obama's ability to relate to the culture of the others, a quality which current administration lack.

Originally Posted by gem

He might be thinking of telling Israel to take a hike if they don't shape up and start flying right and remove themselves from Palestine and return the Palestinian lands to their rightful owners.

Originally Posted by solletica

In fact, the US' military enemies, i. e. Iran, may actually prefer someone more like bush to Obama, because a moron Pres--in spite of his ideology--can be easily manipulated. Iran had no problem duping bush and exploiting his current political situation to its advantage. (

Originally Posted by Imperator

I think you may need to take a breath..no here thinks it a big deal...you are keeping it alive dude......

BUT...theres always this, from Mr Good Judgement ...


Mansion 'mistake' piles the pressure on Barack Obama


British-Iraqi billionaire lent millions of dollars to Barack Obama's fundraiser just weeks before an imprudent land deal that has returned to haunt the presidential contender, an investigation by The Times discloses.

The money transfer raises the question of whether funds from Nadhmi Auchi, one of Britain’s wealthiest men, helped Mr Obama buy his mock Georgian mansion in Chicago.

A company related to Mr Auchi, who has a conviction for corruption in France, registered the loan to Mr Obama's bagman Antoin "Tony" Rezko on May 23 2005. Mr Auchi says the loan, through the Panamanian company Fintrade Services SA, was for $3.5 million.

Three weeks later, Mr Obama bought a house on the city's South Side while Mr Rezko's wife bought the garden plot next door from the same seller on the same day, June 15.

Mr Obama says he never used Mrs Rezko's still-empty lot, which could only be accessed through his property. But he admits he paid his gardener to mow the lawn.

Mrs Rezko, whose husband was widely known to be under investigation at the time, went on to sell a 10-foot strip of her property to Mr Obama seven months later so he could enjoy a bigger garden.

Mr Obama now admits his involvement in this land deal was a “boneheaded mistake”.

Mrs Rezko’s purchase and sale of the land to Mr Obama raises many unanswered questions.

It is unclear how Mrs Rezko could have afforded the downpayment of $125,000 and a $500,000 mortgage for the original $625,000 purchase of the garden plot at 5050 South Greenwood Ave.

In a sworn statement a year later, Mrs Rezko said she got by on a salary of $37,000 and had $35,000 assets. Mr Rezko told a court he had "no income, negative cash flow, no liquid assets, no unencumbered assets [and] is significantly in arrears on many of his obligations."

Mansion 'mistake' piles the pressure on Barack Obama - Times Online

Originally Posted by danielpalos

Why do you believe Iran is a military enemy of the US?

I don't think we would have had the issues with the Middle East, that we currently have, with more consistent policy in that region. Here is a good example of where it would be better for the UN to take more steps to ensure the domestic tranquility of the region, or at least, create a standing committee on a hypothetical Middle East Union. A union, in that region would make more sense there, because of the amount of rivalry in that region.

Originally Posted by sneddog

Hahahahahahaha The UN is a joke they have failed at everything they have ever attempted.

Originally Posted by CorpMediaSux

How people can get away with such lies like "the UN is a joke they have failed at everything they have ever attempted" is hilarious. The amount of ignorance about world affairs that takes boggles the mind.

Originally Posted by CorpMediaSux

How people can get away with such lies like "the UN is a joke they have failed at everything they have ever attempted" is hilarious. The amount of ignorance about world affairs that takes boggles the mind.