Obama Dismisses Russia: It ‘Doesn’t Make Anything’ { Wow. The African Kenyan Hamite Speaks Non-Sense }
August 3, 2014
Reuters) President Barack Obama dismissed Russia as a nation that “doesn’t make anything” and said in an interview with the Economist magazine that the West needs to be “pretty firm” with China as Beijing pushes to expand its role in the world economy.
Obama has tried to focus U.S. foreign policy on Asia, a response to China’s economic and military might. But for months, that “pivot” has been overshadowed by a flurry of international crises, including Russia’s support for separatists in eastern Ukraine.
Russia is the world’s third-largest oil producer and second-largest natural gas producer. Europe relies heavily on Russian energy exports, complicating the West’s response to the Ukraine crisis.
Obama downplayed Moscow’s role in the world, dismissing President Vladimir Putin as a leader causing short-term trouble for political gain that will hurt Russia in the long term.
“I do think it’s important to keep perspective. Russia doesn’t make anything,” Obama said in the interview.
“Immigrants aren’t rushing to Moscow in search of opportunity. The life expectancy of the Russian male is around 60 years old. The population is shrinking,” he said.
Obama told Putin last week that he believes Russia violated the 1988 Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces treaty designed to eliminate ground-launched cruise missiles.
Speaking of Russia’s “regional challenges,” Obama said in the interview: “We have to make sure that they don’t escalate where suddenly nuclear weapons are back in the discussion of foreign policy.”
Obama described U.S. tensions with China as “manageable.”
China is engaged in territorial disputes with its neighbors in the oil-rich South China Sea, and frequently skirmishes with the West over intellectual property issues.
“One thing I will say about China, though, is you also have to be pretty firm with them, because they will push as hard as they can until they meet resistance,” Obama told the Economist.
“They’re not sentimental, and they are not interested in abstractions. And so simple appeals to international norms are insufficient,” he said.
Obama said he believes trade tensions will ease when China shifts “from simply being the low-cost manufacturer of the world” and its companies begin making higher-value items that need intellectual property protections.
“There have to be mechanisms both to be tough with them when we think that they’re breaching international norms, but also to show them the potential benefits over the long term,” he said.
Reuters) President Barack Obama dismissed Russia as a nation that “doesn’t make anything” and said in an interview with the Economist magazine that the West needs to be “pretty firm” with China as Beijing pushes to expand its role in the world economy.
Obama has tried to focus U.S. foreign policy on Asia, a response to China’s economic and military might. But for months, that “pivot” has been overshadowed by a flurry of international crises, including Russia’s support for separatists in eastern Ukraine.
Russia is the world’s third-largest oil producer and second-largest natural gas producer. Europe relies heavily on Russian energy exports, complicating the West’s response to the Ukraine crisis.
Obama downplayed Moscow’s role in the world, dismissing President Vladimir Putin as a leader causing short-term trouble for political gain that will hurt Russia in the long term.
“I do think it’s important to keep perspective. Russia doesn’t make anything,” Obama said in the interview.
“Immigrants aren’t rushing to Moscow in search of opportunity. The life expectancy of the Russian male is around 60 years old. The population is shrinking,” he said.
Obama told Putin last week that he believes Russia violated the 1988 Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces treaty designed to eliminate ground-launched cruise missiles.
Speaking of Russia’s “regional challenges,” Obama said in the interview: “We have to make sure that they don’t escalate where suddenly nuclear weapons are back in the discussion of foreign policy.”
Obama described U.S. tensions with China as “manageable.”
China is engaged in territorial disputes with its neighbors in the oil-rich South China Sea, and frequently skirmishes with the West over intellectual property issues.
“One thing I will say about China, though, is you also have to be pretty firm with them, because they will push as hard as they can until they meet resistance,” Obama told the Economist.
“They’re not sentimental, and they are not interested in abstractions. And so simple appeals to international norms are insufficient,” he said.
Obama said he believes trade tensions will ease when China shifts “from simply being the low-cost manufacturer of the world” and its companies begin making higher-value items that need intellectual property protections.
“There have to be mechanisms both to be tough with them when we think that they’re breaching international norms, but also to show them the potential benefits over the long term,” he said.
Obama fears Vlad Putin as the master spy knows his entire life story including his unmanly background.
In the attached photo is was so fearful he could not look Putin in the eye as he starred him down.
Listen trying to use China against Russia ain't going to work because the Chinese dislike us more than Russia does.
Nobody takes this dude seriously!
The following responses are from Americans!
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Alabama Mothman • 4 hours ago
They make more than we do. We used to make more than they do, but, our politicians sold us down the river to the jewish banking system
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t2014 • 7 hours ago
One third of all scientific papers on Earth are written in Russian. 'nuff said.
US can't even make refrigerators nowadays, the only exceptions are drones and weapons. Maybe even those are probably designed by imported Indian engineers.
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Secret Agent • 7 hours ago
Russia's population is growing and there are about 300,000 legal immigrants a year. Also life expectancy is increasing. I think someone has been misleading Obama.
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Anthony Papagallo • 8 hours ago
War is coming to Europe by next Summer, the force is unstoppable now.
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John Boyt • 2 hours ago
What an outlandish stupid thing to say. Russia makes the biggest/best planes, submarines, and missiles, etc., thereby giving them an advantage as the U.S. has no longer air superiority since they made the two duds; the F22 and F35.
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arnieus • 2 hours ago
OK one more time. Somebody explain to Obama that Russia did NOT cause the Ukraine "crisis".
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tomw • 3 hours ago
Immigrants come here for the government freebies now. I also wonder if our prez ever even held a hammer in his habd.
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midnight2u • 7 minutes ago
tell that to the nasa who had to use russian rockets to the space station.
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isnamthere • an hour ago
Yeah, at least the US still makes weapons which they sell around the world and are used to kill thousands of innocent persons. C'mon Russia, get with the plan! (sarcasm, for those who have trouble understanding such things).