Giving Putin His Due

Sidelining the Russian prime minister will do little to help President Dmitry Medvedev -- or the White House.

BY PAUL SAUNDERS | MARCH 25, 2010

Jamie Fly and Gary Schmitt are right to ask questions about the role that the relationship between President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev plays in U.S. policy toward Russia and U.S.-Russian relations. But the administration's greatest failing thus far in working with Moscow is not the relationship between Obama and Medvedev; it's between Obama and Vladimir Putin.

The prime minister "is still calling...

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Paul Sanders is executive director of The Nixon Center. He served as a State Department political appointee in the George W. Bush administration.

SUBJECTS: POLITICS, U.S. FOREIGN POLICY, DIPLOMACY, OBAMA ADMINISTRATION, STATE DEPARTMENT, DEMOCRACY, EUROPE

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MR.GERRY D

3:15 PM ET

March 26, 2010

None of this surprises me...

...when you consider that Obama hates white people that he and his administration would shun the Russians.

No I am not a white supremest...but when one takes into account his domestic policies, one will draw the obvious conclusion, because he (Obama) represents the "minority" cause in America, he would NOT FAVOR the majority in Russia: White race.

I think he (Obama) is playing race as a way to garner the minority vote for the Democrats, and in the process is doing, not only great harm to America, but is creating a potentially very dangerous situation with the rest of the world.

I could say a hell of a lot more...we are in an economic war with China, Europe as well as other Asian nations. (look at our economy, where are all our jobs, who is manufacturing NOT AMERICA) So, I don't think it is at all wise to alienate any country that may prove to be America's friend, much less the giant that is Russia.

And since I am on to this "rant"..What in hell is America thinking, unless it is by intent...to send women to Muslim countries as representatives!!!!???? Knowing full well that the Muslim world has a VERY LOW OPINION OF WOMAN...this whole attitude is an insult to them.

GET A CLUE...unless as I said...it is being done intentionally to create an atmosphere of resentment...and to keep the new "bad guy" of the world,(Iran) in the public eye...(Every administration has it's "BadGuy"...think back..[Kennedy had Castro...etc...etc...])

JBABBOTT80

4:59 PM ET

March 26, 2010

RE: None of this surprises me...

Your statement is all hot air and bombast without a single claim of merit! What is your basis for claiming that the President of the United States of America hates white people?

The biggest items on this administration's domestic agenda so far have been health care and forestalling mortgage foreclosures. A cursory view of U.S. Census bureau data at http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/housing/hvs/annual09/ann09t22.xls shows that white people own homes at a higher rate than minorities. Therefore, any steps to help prop up the market for homeowners helps white people at a greater rate than minorities.

As for healthcare, read this: http://www.census.gov/prod/2009pubs/p60-236.pdf . On page 28 you can clearly see that that total number of white people reported to be uninsured is a little more than 6 times the number of black people reported to be uninsured! Again, any program that helps the uninsured in America get health insurance coverage will help greater numbers of white people than black people or any other minority!

Finally, the President himself has repudiated the Congressional Black Caucus' demands that he focus on programs to help minorities stating that he was elected to be President of the United States of America, not just black America.

If you want to argue that the Obama administration has made some foreign policy missteps, you'd have plenty of evidence to support your claim. However, you have NO basis to claim the President of the United States of America hates white people! You should be ashamed of yourself for spouting that nonsensical opinion.

P.S. - You can't win an election if only the minority vote for you. (Duh, remember what "minority" means?) By definition, the majority rules in free and fair elections!

GENNY

4:45 PM ET

March 26, 2010

The gate to Russia

are in the background

SABRINA.LUV1

7:19 PM ET

April 23, 2010

Don't Trust

It's funny..that picture shows two people I do not trust one bit.

Both Obama and Putin are both bad people, who really do not care about each other or the other country. Get Insanity Workout. There are many flaws in the Obama administration's policy toward Russia.