Obama Off to Asia

You guys can keep him if you want.

"Obama’s 9-day trip to Pacific underway" by Ben Feller  |  Associated Press, November 12, 2011

WASHINGTON - President Obama is jetting away from Washington’s political and budget battles just as crucial decisions and deadlines approach, focusing instead on Asia-Pacific nations and trying to persuade voters at home the distant region is essential to American jobs and security.

What is the taxpayer-financed carbon footprint on that?

Obama departed yesterday for meetings in Hawaii and Indonesia and a visit to Australia in between. 

Better not go for a swim:

Shark kills American diver off western Australia

Sharks in Washington are worse.

For nine days, the president will be away at a time when jobs, the frail economy and other domestic concerns matter most to the US electorate. But Asia and the Pacific region are crucial to America’s future, the White House insists.

Obama was born in Hawaii, spent boyhood years in Indonesia, and points to himself as America’s first Pacific president. His administration is showering attention on the region as a driver of global politics, a prized buyer of American products, and a central player in protecting world peace....  

As if the U.S. was promoting peace, pffft!

The White House hopes the world will see Obama’s trip as a pivot point in US policy, as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton put it. The war in Iraq will be over by year’s end, the war in Afghanistan is winding down, and Obama is trying to expand trade, security alliances, and cultural ties with allies and emerging powers across Asia.

Then what is with all the WAR WITH IRAN talk?

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