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Originally Posted by akv
I agree this is sticky, but shouldn't US interests should always be forefront in the minds of our leadership?
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One would hope.
In 14 months, Obama has managed to strain relations with Israel, Russia, China and Germany. Turkey may simply be part of a trend.
That being said, this is a non-binding Congressional ‘resolution,’ opposed by the White House (see post # 7). It is a gesture, not policy.
That the Dems who control Congress are not on the same page as the Dems who control the White House may strike you as sloppy, amateurish, disjointed, conflicted, detrimental to American interests, or as ordinary, garden-variety poor management. But that’s just from where we sit.
A life-long Dem (he referred to himself as a Truman Democrat, whom the Party left behind in 1960) explained Socialist decision making to me this way: you throw two competing ideas into a closet, and lock the door. Whichever one comes out standing up and breathing is the one that you go with. It’s a decision making system that requires little in the way of rules, consensus, or harmony.
Not to worry: Obama will send Joe Biden over to patch things up. Expect to hear profound thanks from Biden for Turkey’s great contribution to world sanitation, hospitality and comfort: the Turkish Bath.
Just my take.