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Cha

(297,275 posts)
Fri Sep 13, 2013, 03:12 AM Sep 2013

PBO: "No world order that elevates one nation or group of people over another will succeed."

[font color=blue]This is Posted in the Barack Obama GROUP[/font]

“In an era when our destiny is shared, power is no longer a zero-sum game. No one nation can or should try to dominate another nation. No world order that elevates one nation or group of people over another will succeed. No balance of power among nations will hold. The traditional divisions between nations of the South and the North make no sense in an interconnected world; nor do alignments of nations rooted in the cleavages of a long-gone Cold War.”

The time has come to realize that the old habits, the old arguments, are irrelevant to the challenges faced by our people. They lead nations to act in opposition to the very goals that they claim to pursue -- and to vote, often in this body, against the interests of their own people. They build up walls between us and the future that our people seek, and the time has come for those walls to come down. Together, we must build new coalitions that bridge old divides -- coalitions of different faiths and creeds; of north and south, east, west, black, white, and brown.

– President Obama, United Nations General Assembly, September 23, 2009

http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/foreign-policy

This is how President Obama feels about Nations co-existing in the world.. I like this view. I also love that he's keen on America .. as am I. If I liked another country better I'd make darn sure I lived there.

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PBO: "No world order that elevates one nation or group of people over another will succeed." (Original Post) Cha Sep 2013 OP
K/R NYC_SKP Sep 2013 #1
LOL Cha Sep 2013 #2
Wonder what he thinks Northcom, Southcom, Centcom and Africom are about? eridani Sep 2013 #3
This message was self-deleted by its author ThirdWayCowplop Sep 2013 #4
This is the Barack Obama Group as clearly stated in the Cha Sep 2013 #5
OMG dissent will not be tolerated, are you for real? grahamhgreen Sep 2013 #7
Dissent in GD Coolest Ranger Sep 2013 #8
Me too! greatauntoftriplets Sep 2013 #13
He's gone.. won't be back. Cha Sep 2013 #15
It is clearly stated in the OP that this is the Barack Obama Group Cha Sep 2013 #12
You're brand new so I'm going to cut you some slack Coolest Ranger Sep 2013 #9
This is the Barack Obama Group, eridani.. as you know from reading the OP. Cha Sep 2013 #6
Idealistic words from 2009 treestar Sep 2013 #10
It's a goal worth working for.. and I think it gives a big clue Cha Sep 2013 #11
VIDEO: freshwest Sep 2013 #14
Thank you for the Vid of this speech, fresh! Cha Sep 2013 #16
Great find Cha applegrove Sep 2013 #17
Hey applegrove~ I had remembered reading Cha Sep 2013 #18

eridani

(51,907 posts)
3. Wonder what he thinks Northcom, Southcom, Centcom and Africom are about?
Fri Sep 13, 2013, 04:21 AM
Sep 2013

Not that I expected that changing presidents could change the imperial nature of our state.

Response to eridani (Reply #3)

Cha

(297,275 posts)
5. This is the Barack Obama Group as clearly stated in the
Fri Sep 13, 2013, 05:52 AM
Sep 2013

OP. This is for members who support the President and his policies.

Please take your speculation elsewhere.

Cha

(297,275 posts)
12. It is clearly stated in the OP that this is the Barack Obama Group
Fri Sep 13, 2013, 05:12 PM
Sep 2013

and those who come in here to disrupt need to realize that they have the whole board to dissent with their rude speculations and incessant bashing of President Obama. Just not here.

It's a shame that some people just don't get it.

Coolest Ranger

(2,034 posts)
9. You're brand new so I'm going to cut you some slack
Fri Sep 13, 2013, 10:28 AM
Sep 2013

First welcome to DU, as the OP said, this is a group for supporters of President Obama. We don't usually like people who bring their negative views of the President in our group. You won't last long here. So if you want to support him and show your love towards the President, pull up a chair, otherwise, if you want to diss him, take it to General Discussion.

Cha

(297,275 posts)
6. This is the Barack Obama Group, eridani.. as you know from reading the OP.
Fri Sep 13, 2013, 05:56 AM
Sep 2013

This is for members only who support President Obama.

We ask that posters respect that. And, I'm sorry you couldn't do that.

Cha

(297,275 posts)
11. It's a goal worth working for.. and I think it gives a big clue
Fri Sep 13, 2013, 04:31 PM
Sep 2013

about how he feels about our place in the world.

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
14. VIDEO:
Fri Sep 13, 2013, 05:37 PM
Sep 2013


President Obama Addresses the UN General Assembly

By The White House

Uploaded on Sep 24, 2009


In his first address to the United Nations General Assembly, President Obama covers a range of topics—all under the umbrella of his desire for leaders to recognize the "common future" of a world in which "the interests of peoples and nations are shared."

September 23, 2009. (public domain)

He hasn't forgotten a word of what he said; those who didn't comprehend then, won't understand now.


Cha

(297,275 posts)
18. Hey applegrove~ I had remembered reading
Sat Sep 14, 2013, 01:16 AM
Sep 2013

something like this recently but I couldn't find it.. finally I googled "Obama's world view+whitehouse. gov" and voila.

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