France Growing Tired Of Obama's Weak Approach Strategy; Le Monde Discusses Social Models; Richard Cohen Has Obama Comments Of His Own

A strange thing has happened. France is beginning to think President Obama is a little nutty naive and indecisive. France! Mind you, Sarkozy is conservative. And with Germany heading right under Angela Merkel, this may prove to be quite the connununundrum for the President.

First the world hates Bush, and now they're annoyed with Obama. See why you can't spend your time trying to please everyone?

A little of Jimmy Carter and a little of Woodrow Wilson and voila! Annoyance!

Speaking of Carter and (and Clinton and Obama for that matter); what's the deal with them constantly on television? When you're on so often it makes you wonder about what they're trying to hide - or prove.

Le Monde originally reported the story and The Telegraph picked it up:

"President Sarkozy in particular pushed hard. He had been “frustrated” for months about Mr. Obama’s reluctance to confront Iran, a senior French government official told us, and saw an opportunity to change momentum. But the Administration told the French that it didn’t want to “spoil the image of success” for Mr. Obama’s debut at the U.N. and his homily calling for a world without nuclear weapons, according to the Paris daily Le Monde. So the Iran bombshell was pushed back a day to Pittsburgh, where the G-20 were meeting to discuss economic policy.”

“Le Monde’s diplomatic correspondent, Natalie Nougayrède, reports that a draft of Mr. Sarkozy’s speech to the Security Council Thursday included a section on Iran’s latest deception. Forced to scrap that bit, the French President let his frustration show with undiplomatic gusto in his formal remarks, laying into what he called the “dream” of disarmament.”

Sarkozy was so annoyed with Obama’s weak-kneed approach that he reportedly told Le Monde that “we live in the real world, not in a virtual one”, a cutting and mocking reference to the US president’s drive for a new arms control treaty.

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Incidentally Le Monde (that's French for The World), wrote this article about France's (and Europe at large) flawed social model.

"France and the United States offer two divergent systems, but both suffer the same social anxiety."

Still prefer the American way.

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You know times aren't great when some of your biggest fans begin to question you. Richard Cohen (of the Washington Post) wonders if Obama is acting presidential.

Still. As much as it's tempting to go medieval on Iran's ass (but I don't want to give the Middle Ages a bad rap and rep), the fact remains caution should be the way to go. I don't see this as a sign of weakness - yet. I understand we should deter Iranian actions with a show of symbolic (or otherwise) force but for now let's watch the douchetard in power in Iran closely before acting hastily. I agree with moderate liberals on this one.

Sounds like people are piling on the President. Will he be as chastised as Bush - ironically speaking of course. Stay tuned.

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Speaking of being hard on Presidents. There's nothing new in this in American politics. For example, during the political campaigns in 1828 Andrew Jackson and his wife had to endure vicious (and unjust) slander. And check this blurb out:

"John Tyler (America's tenth President), the poor, miserable, despised, imbecile, who now goes from the presidential chair scorned of all parties, but for his profligate and disgraceful, though impotent efforts for a reelection, would have passed decently through his official course." Albany, NY, Evening Journal.

Ouch.

There, there Barry, there, there. So'kay. So'kay.