Japanese Mortified By Obama's Bow
By Sean HannityThe news that is not White House approved...
Embarrassing an Ally
Over the weekend President Obama declared himself the first Pacific president. I'm not sure if that was before or after he bowed to the Japanese emperor while trying to shake his hand at the same time. Unfortunately, that's not exactly how the Japanese perform their customary bow.
ABC's Jake Tapper reports that at least one Japanese newspaper is not printing the picture of the president's mortifying bow because the Japanese are embarrassed by his behavior. A scholar of traditional Japan tells Mr. Tapper, "The bow… did not just display weakness in Red State terms, but evoked weakness in Japanese terms… The last thing the Japanese want or need is a weak-looking American president."
Wasn't this president elected to restore our alliances and repair our images abroad? Now he's embarrassed the U.S. and one of our allies all at the same time. That takes real effort.
美總統歐巴馬今天(18日)上午11點45分會見大陸國務院總理溫家寶,講話喜歡用古典詩句的溫家寶特別以「合則兩利,鬥則俱傷」來說明,希望中美兩國保持互信,通過對話強化兩國關係。
溫家寶和歐巴馬的會面地點是在北京釣魚台國賓館18號樓,雖然雙方笑容可掬,但是溫家寶幾句引述孔子的話,立場軟中帶硬。溫家寶表示歐巴馬在上海 與青年對話時,引用孔子的「溫故知新」,這句話很好,因為繼往開來需要回顧中美關係的歷程,溫家寶說,「他(孔子)告訴我們一個道理,中美兩國合則兩利, 鬥則俱傷,互信則進,猜忌則退。」
雖然歐巴馬先前和國家主席胡錦濤已經達成建立兩國戰略夥伴關係的共識,但溫家寶似乎再次提醒美國,說了話就要守信用,否則雙方都會受傷害;而歐巴 馬似乎輕鬆許多,還跟溫家寶拉關係,歐巴馬說,「我可以告訴你,我政府裡曾經跟你接觸過的人,都對你的學養和睿智留下深刻的印象。」
這是歐巴馬訪問大陸最後會晤的大陸高層官員,四天三夜的中國行,找出中國政策定位,中美關係也出現新的突破。
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蔡英文:美方要說明 對台政策是否有變
民進黨主席蔡英文今天表示,台灣關係法是美國對台政策重要元素,美國總統歐巴馬在美中聯合記者會提到台灣關係法,卻未列共同聲明;有關尊重中國領土及主權完整的發言等等,外交部都應盡速要求美方釐清。
針對美中聯合聲明刻意未納台灣關係法,民進黨中央表示,美國政府有關台海議題的發言,過去從未偏離三公報以及台灣關係法,民進黨認為,這是美國對台立場的倒退,馬政府必須負起責任,尋求補救。黨主席蔡英文呼籲,外交部應盡速要求美方釐清。
此外,針對歐巴馬在聯合記者會中呼應中國領導人胡錦濤說法,「尊重中國領土主權完整」的發言,蔡英文認為,未特別釐清台灣並不屬於中國的事實,令人遺憾,美國的政策是否已認為台灣是中國一部份?外交部也應就此部份要求美方釐清。
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