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US President Obama has given the Europeans a harsh lecture on the dangers of their ongoing debt crisis. Offended by the unsolicited advice, Europeans have suggested the US get its own house in order first. Obama's remarks were "arrogant" and "absurd," German commentators say on Wednesday.
The mass-circulation Bild writes:
"Obama's lecture on the euro crisis … is overbearing, arrogant and absurd. … In a nutshell, he is claiming that Europe is to blame for the current financial crisis, which is 'scaring the world.' Excuse me?"
"The American president seems to have forgotten a few details. The most important trigger of the financial and economic crisis was US banks and their insane real-estate dealings. The US is still piling up debt … The American congress is crippled by a battle between the right and the left. The banks are gambling just as recklessly as they did before the crisis. The president's scolding is a pathetic attempt to distract attention from his own failures. How embarrassing."
The Europeans, he said,
"have not fully healed from the crisis back in 2007 and never fully dealt with all the challenges that their banking system faced. It's now being compounded by what's happening in Greece."
He continued:
"They're going through a financial crisis that is scaring the world, and they're trying to take responsible actions, but those actions haven't been quite as quick as they need to be."
Originally posted by Indigo5
reply to post by centurion1211
You seemed to forget to include what the President actually said when you created your OP?
Only the bitter commentary?
From your source:
The Europeans, he said,
"have not fully healed from the crisis back in 2007 and never fully dealt with all the challenges that their banking system faced. It's now being compounded by what's happening in Greece."
He continued:
"They're going through a financial crisis that is scaring the world, and they're trying to take responsible actions, but those actions haven't been quite as quick as they need to be."
I find nothing untrue about those remarks.
The financial daily Handelsblatt writes:
"The fact that Barack Obama, who is a brilliant thinker, knows full well that things are much more complicated in reality does not help. Indeed, it does the opposite. In the desperate battle for his re-election he'd rather construct myths, such as claiming that the Europeans alone are responsible for the American mess. Not only is this fundamentally wrong, but -- coming as it does from a friend -- it's downright pitiful and sad."
Originally posted by centurion1211
And of course you find nothing untrue about obama's remarks - because you never, ever have.
Originally posted by TheWalkingFox
Originally posted by centurion1211
And of course you find nothing untrue about obama's remarks - because you never, ever have.
Then they provide a nice counter to you, who would raise argument if Obama were to one day say "kittens are fluffy and nice." So it all balances out, don't you think? Naive idealism vs. raging hatred.
Originally posted by centurion1211
Originally posted by Indigo5
reply to post by centurion1211
You seemed to forget to include what the President actually said when you created your OP?
Only the bitter commentary?
From your source:
The Europeans, he said,
"have not fully healed from the crisis back in 2007 and never fully dealt with all the challenges that their banking system faced. It's now being compounded by what's happening in Greece."
He continued:
"They're going through a financial crisis that is scaring the world, and they're trying to take responsible actions, but those actions haven't been quite as quick as they need to be."
I find nothing untrue about those remarks.
And of course you find nothing untrue about obama's remarks - because you never, ever have.
Originally posted by Indigo5
Originally posted by centurion1211
Originally posted by Indigo5
reply to post by centurion1211
You seemed to forget to include what the President actually said when you created your OP?
Only the bitter commentary?
From your source:
The Europeans, he said,
"have not fully healed from the crisis back in 2007 and never fully dealt with all the challenges that their banking system faced. It's now being compounded by what's happening in Greece."
He continued:
"They're going through a financial crisis that is scaring the world, and they're trying to take responsible actions, but those actions haven't been quite as quick as they need to be."
I find nothing untrue about those remarks.
And of course you find nothing untrue about obama's remarks - because you never, ever have.
And of course you are unable to find anything untrue in his comments either, since you have once again cowered from the content of my post and chose to attack the poster personally instead.edit on 29-9-2011 by Indigo5 because: (no reason given)