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Barack & a Hard Place

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Barack & a Hard Place

Published: Wed, 15 Apr 2009

Description: The best and worst things President Obama has done this week

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" I -- have a segment tonight a brand new segment on the factor every Wednesday right after crazy Miller. We -- going to bring you a feature called -- rock and a hard place concept is simple. What is the best thing the president has done this week and what is the worst thing now we kept it simple because one of the stars of the segment is Alan Combs who responds well -- to the simplicity. On the other side doctor -- rally you handles complexity of the fact that -- the act like a how has indeed been set up -- I know all I know the caliber of the talent on this program okay. You -- a conservative can bring us to be worse thing the president has done this week which."

" Is yes he had a major foreign policy catastrophe this week. With all of the attention on the pirates which was a big success for his administration and with a focus on the tea parties today what's gotten lost is. The failure of the Obama administration to get a binding resolution -- in the UN Security Council against North Korea for its test launch of that long range ballistic missile last week. Now Barack Obama promised that he would try to bring the world together that somehow he would get our enemies to look at us in a different light. And yet he -- the new US ambassador to the un Susan -- over there try to get a resolution this seems to be a no brainer right condemning -- condemning -- couldn't do it couldn't do -- the Russians and the Chinese last Susan Rice -- right out of the room and then they went to lunch together here in New York City okay all she could get all the Obama administration could muster was a non binding statement. --"

" anybody. Even -- and you could get anything with those north Koreans number one the world's cowardly and number two. -- not -- crazy well they -- let me try it already got my back is defending my present you looks like bill liberals who -- liberal I don't three syllables like you have the best thing the president has done this week we did select I think the fact he's opened up and he hasn't. Lifted the embargo -- is opening up travel to Cuba I think that's a very good are you going. Did you come with me you know we're not traveling together and -- circumstances anyway like -- I would go off like -- that maybe well -- I wouldn't -- enough of them. I'm not I don't why don't object to. Lifting the restrictions says Cuban Americans visiting -- which is what it -- I wouldn't -- because this Fidel Castro and his brother -- lose. Have people in prison camp because. They don't want they don't like them but I'm I'm gonna gold to a place that has. Secret police -- he'll eventually be vacationing there while I won't stand a look I backed the matter is that this is an opportunity the way you bring democracy is not the point of a -- it's like opening things up. And his as you pointed out first gives families a chance to go it's okay I didn't it's sending money -- you wouldn't -- bring I would go biggest fight going. And bytes by you being there and having interaction having more Americans there this is -- things and here's what I'll move toward where we wanted to here's the problem when the Cubans see you. They're gonna go we want to stay Communists and fight back if that's an example of capitalism Allen. And we want to say I'm I'm I'm very that's why don't like you whenever I rally am flattered to be on your show but eventually that you taken up -- side every week rallies much better look continues to do the nice thing that I -- this -- my -- I know isn't activated this are probably knows it that's the best thing to -- opening up to Cuba as we as --"

" And actually I'm -- I do you don't have any objection no I'm surprised you on this I actually agree with -- that tell you gonna travel down over the no I can't say that I would go because I think my presence would I agree with you on this wouldn't what actually sanction that regime but when you take a step back. Yeah there -- no regime changed since 1959. Fidel and his brother have survived eleven years president's out. So there's going to be any reason holidays -- brought to bear by that this holiday's about and by the junk food but tries not. Run an island with secret polite and by support of the Soviet union for fifty years as well -- a good job as they've got Russian support and -- okay no what do you think what do you think about ms. Crowley over here homes doctor Hussein and so. Seeing that."

" to -- in in the face of North Korea or do you only we have -- you know you we work with other nations Japan. Did not want to -- resolution China did not want to nine -- to non binding resolution we -- with the Security Council he also wants to reopen six party talks he also wants bilateral talks that North Korea -- chatting and as you -- to point out. You know bush -- accomplish -- anybody could -- we have to work with other nations we -- not going to get that. Finding red."

" Clinton -- bush got two binding resolutions against North Korea he also put in Playboy legend. They're dealing -- my god I don't look good did it do because after John Bolton left the United Nations than we had no enforcement of what we were trying to do in our area that's -- got the missile -- this move North Korea toward any kind of in the -- signaled a sense of you guys that he continued talking after after and I had to take right now -- rock and a hard place everybody everywhere."

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