Obama Busy Fighting Two World Powers Simultaneously, While Practically Everyone Is Crawling In The Street In America, As A Consequence Of The Economic Depression. Could Anyone Have Imagined A President Worse Then Jimmy Carter (The Worst President In My Lifetime!), Yes! Obama Has Superceded Carter Who Chose Him. The Philippines and the U.S. signed an agreement that will boost the American troop presence in the Southeast Asian nation, as President Barack Obama said America’s strategic rebalancing to Asia isn’t aimed at combating a rising China. “Our goal is not to counter China, our goal is not to contain China,” Obama said at a briefing today in Manila, hours after the 10-year defense agreement was signed. “Our goal is to make sure that international rules and norms are respected and that includes in the area of maritime disputes.” “This move is very much consistent with Obama’s commitment to enhance America’s strategic presence in Asia in the face of China’s growing power,” said Hugh White, a professor of strategic studies at the Australian National University in Canberra, of the Philippine defense agreement. The pact will confirm China’s belief “that the U.S. pivot into the Asia-Pacific is about trying to contain it.” (1) The U.S. will impose new sanctions today on people and companies close to Russian leader Vladimir Putin following his government’s lack of progress in easing the crisis in Ukraine, President Barack Obama said. Obama’s announcement of the expanded sanctions, which may be followed by similar measures from the European Union, possibly also today, came as Gennady Kernes, the mayor of Ukraine’s second-largest city Kharkiv, was shot in the back and rushed to hospital for surgery, news service Interfax reported. It also follows the seizure of international military inspectors by pro-Russian separatists last week. (2)
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