Sarkozy: Obama stance on Iran is “utterly immature” and comprised of “formulations empty of all content.”
In other words, Sarkozy sees Obama in just the same light we do and there is no rose tint to it:
French President Nicolas Sarkozy is very critical of U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama’s positions on Iran, according to reports that have reached Israel’s government.
Sarkozy has made his criticisms only in closed forums in France. But according to a senior Israeli government source, the reports reaching Israel indicate that Sarkozy views the Democratic candidate’s stance on Iran as “utterly immature” and comprised of “formulations empty of all content.”
Obama visited Paris in July, and the Iranian issue was at the heart of his meeting with Sarkozy. At a joint press conference afterward, Obama urged Iran to accept the West’s proposal on its nuclear program, saying that Iran was creating a serious situation that endangered both Israel and the West. According to the reports reaching Israel, Sarkozy told Obama at that meeting that if the new American president elected in November changed his country’s policy toward Iran, that would be “very problematic.”
Ed:
In fact, Sarkozy believes that Obama would wind up being more unilateral than George Bush in his foreign policy. When a French politician uses the word “arrogant” as an accusation, that means something. Apparently, their brief meeting during the Obama World Tour did not set Sarkozy’s mind at ease. He saw something that makes him extremely uneasy with Obama in charge of American diplomacy.
Formulations empty of all content. Sounds familiar, no? It has the ring of Hope and Change.
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October 28, 2008 - 07:04 AM on October 28th, 2008
”Sarkozy: Obama stance on Iran is ‘utterly immature’ and comprised of “formulations empty of all content.”…
Apparently, Sarkozy sees Obama as the same dangerously naive empty suit that center-right Americans see Obama as, and he has no qualms about saying it. If Sarkozy was in America, the Obama campaign would be having him banned like they do TV stations th…
October 28, 2008 - 07:56 AM on October 28th, 2008
Wait…Right Voices is now getting its political advice from the French!?!? Folks, we’ve officially gone down the rabbit hole…
October 28, 2008 - 08:03 AM on October 28th, 2008
Political advice? No, just sharing with you what the French think of the One…How arrogant must the One be for a Frenchman to call you arrogant. Sarkozy and others(just not Obama) are smart enough to realize that with oil prices tumbling, the economic sanctions we have in place will put added pressure on the Mullahs.
October 28, 2008 - 08:14 AM on October 28th, 2008
Still…the French!? A year or two ago, if a poster on this site described Europe (or, a forteriori, the French) as any sort of an authority on anything (global warming, the war in Iraq, health care, etc., etc.) they would have been attacked from all sides. Now, with McCain trailing in the polls, you turn to … the French?
Your earlier question: “What’s more ironic than a guy who allegedly conspired to kill cops calling for police back-up to shoo away a reporter?”
Well, I guess that we have our answer.
October 28, 2008 - 01:02 PM on October 28th, 2008
Of course a vote for Obama is a vote for the death of Israel. For TWENTY YEARS Obama supported Jeremiah Wright, who gave a life time achievement award to Jew Hater Louis Farrakhan … Obama’s affiliations are riddled with Pro Palestinian – Anti Israel supporters. Obama will say, or do anything to get elected … but, once elected, he’ll throw Israel under the bus in a heartbeat, just like he threw his friend of 20 years under the bus, for personal ambition and political expediency.
October 28, 2008 - 04:12 PM on October 28th, 2008
BTW, you noticed that Sarkozy never actually said anything like “immature” or “empty of all content,” right. An “unnamed source” reported that he felt this way and Sarko’s camp has already denied it.
October 29, 2008 - 12:44 AM on October 29th, 2008
Sarkozy: Obama’s an empty suit on foreign policy…
French president Nicholas Sarkozy has summed up the problems with Barack Obama’s foreign policy positions (Hat tip: Hot Air):…
October 29, 2008 - 05:48 AM on October 29th, 2008
Wow AKD you’re reaching here!! All the dems want to do is hide the real adgenda that Obama is proposing. How can people be so stupid?! Or maybe it is just ignorance??
October 29, 2008 - 07:42 AM on October 29th, 2008
The right is turning to the French in the hopes of drumming up support for their guy and I’m reaching, huh?
I’ve said before that I don’t mind if McCain gets in — he’s certainly the furthest to the left of any candidate that the republican party has run in my lifetime. Again, I voted for him in the primaries. He’s going to open the borders, criminalize torture, etc., etc.
Amnesty! Amnesty! Amnesty!
October 29, 2008 - 10:11 AM on October 29th, 2008
We were told years ago by the Democrites and the MSM the French were the wise arbiters of what the U.S. is and should be doing. Now you’re saying they are not?