Is Obama a Socialist?

[IAN 2411]

The US at least for the past 150 years, has known she was by far the most powerful state in its own hemisphere, and full-scale invasion of the mainland or even attempts to exert hard pressure from other countries close by hasn't really been something she needed to take into account.

Give me a break for fucks sake 150 years ago you had just shot Billy the Kid. The Gatling gun had not been invented, The United states was at war with itself Britain ruled the waves and the JFK aircraft carrier was nonexistent. Where the hell did you pick that number from?

Superiority can be taken for granted wide margin,

That was one of the reasons Pearl Harbour took place. [Before you scream at me, I am in no way making fun at a most tragic event in American history] Complacency; thinking that an atrocity such as that could never happen on or near your mainland.

Nobody expects Canada or Mexico to invade, boycott shipping or try to revile the USA in foreign media. Nobody seriously thinks Brazil would make real damage to U.S. interests by some kind of boycott or by forming an anti-American military league.

Nobody expected the London Tube disaster, 9/11, Canary Wharf, Lockerby, but they took place, there is an unwritten rule in the UK Special Forces expect the unexpected.

In Europe, every country has had to adapt to that the neighbour might react, put pressure on you or even invade: everybody's got a history of being pushed in by the others' ambitions, of being invaded and bombed at home, of having your ports mined or your claims questioned by the neighbours. These days they're not going to war with each other but the possibility of mutual pressure, boycotts, responses and backroom politics is still something that can't be escaped. It's simply not possible, certainly not in tense conditions in peacetime, sometimes not during war either to go for the kill at once and talk in a "read my lips" style, unless you're sure the path you're going is fail safe.

The UK has never bowed down to pressure from Europe when it comes to things that matter to us and our closest Allies. The USA ought to be thankful for that fact, because if the UK had not pushed them as hard as the United States were pushing, Sadam would still be in charge if Iraq and Both of our countries would not be over in Afghanistan getting our asses kicked, and for the Brits it is for the second time in history.

In the old days, when Britain, France and Russia felt they were on top of the world, they could act and speak just as bluntly as the American idea is you should do. But those days are long gone, When it comes to intra-European affairs - Bismarck speaking about Britain, in peacetime, and so on - I guess they ended came to an end already in the 19th century.

You really are living in a cotton wool world, just before the fall of the Berlin wall; Britain held the balance of nuclear power in the western world. We still have nuclear subs, and we still hold the balance of power, while you and the Russians were getting rid of war heads Britain retained theirs. So, Discounting the American war heads that you left England with, we are still a force to be counted. In years to come the world will be split into three, Europe, that includes Britain, France and Russia, USA+ South America, and Asia, we will all be dead and gone but let’s hope by then our descendents are not as complacent as you are talking now.
1...Now as for the question about your President, He failed to take charge of the oil spill.
2...He has just sacked General Chrystal Afghanistan’s only expert in counterinsurgency and probably the best in the world, why because his ego was dented. Then to rub salt in the wounds he sent another General to fall on his sword. Why have you got a non combatant as Commander in Chief, running your Military for?
3...His popularity is now down to 45% with a factor of 48% unpopular.
4...He has had the brass neck to tell the rest of the world how to get their economy straight, and if I am not mistaken the cause of all the problems in the first place was Merrill Lynch, Leamans, and Goldman Sax. China holds more American debt than the Americans, and if they pull the plug you will be in the same shit as Europe.

ANSWER, yes he is a Socialist, and just like Europe you will have to put the Conservatives in to get you out of the mire.
Regards ian 2411