barack obama is not our friend - inquirer

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Analysis
Snubs show Obama is no RP friend


In the first blush of victory, US President-elect Barack Obama accepted congratulations from nine presidents and prime ministers and returned their calls. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, one of the numerous early callers, was not one of the chosen few.


All are leaders of democracies known as important allies of the United States. Two are Asians—Aso and Lee; one is leader of the centerpiece of US policy in the Middle East, Olmert of Israel; Calderon heads Mexico, the most strategic US neighbor in Latin America; and the rest are leaders of Europe’s most important democracies.


Obama has barely a couple of years experience as junior senator from Illinois and has only a brushing acquaintance with foreign policy. It’s very likely the Philippines struck him as just a speck on the map.
And so, if his team received an early call from Ms Arroyo congratulating him for his election, one of his ignorant staff could have asked: “Where is the Philippines?”


RP not in charmed circle
Kenney said the Philippines would continue to be a “strong ally” of the United States, and acknowledged that the Philippines increasingly had a “great regional role to play.”
She said that when Ms Arroyo put in a call to Obama, his team told her that the President’s call was one of “the first and most gracious calls,” and they were taking down names and numbers and they would “call back when they get a chance.”
They never did.
Kenney said it was not likely that Ms Arroyo would be able to meet Obama when she goes to the United States next week to attend a UN function.
“I think [an Obama-Arroyo] meeting is unlikely because the president-elect, as I understand it, is not yet meeting with foreign leaders. He is busy assembling his Cabinet,” the US ambassador said.


The sidelining of the Arroyo call gave a glimpse of the importance of the Philippines to the United States at a moment of change of administration.
It is clear that the Philippines stands on the outer perimeter of US concerns in world affairs.


The first telephone conversations reveal the Philippines is not within the charmed circles of the Obama administration. It is a leper outside looking in.
It is imperative that Manila should rearrange its priorities vis-à-vis Washington.

Obama is not our friend.



1. snub tayo ni obama. samantala maraming bumoto sa kanya mga phil-ams
2. Hindi tayo charm country para sa kanya.
3. Ni hindi nga alam ng cabinet staff nya ang philippines . di ba sila nanonood ng boxing?
4. Tinawagan ni arroyo pero nilagyan lng sya sa waiting list.
5. tinawagan pa tayo "leper outside looking in"




Baket ganun tingin sa atin ni obama ?
kasi . . for some reason mababa tingin nya sa country natin dahil sa mga namumuno nito
puro pagnanakaw lang ang alam. puro salita. at sarili lang iniisip hindi ang buong sambayanan.
ayaw ni obama mahawa. in short. or baka hindi karespeto respeto mga leaders natin..

[uls]

masyado naman matampuhin ang Malacanang.

Di lang nag return call si Obama, hindi na friend ng RP.

[tidus1203]

And sa sobrang daming world leaders tumatawag kay Obama, syempre mas priority mga importanteng bansa

[1D4LV]

hmmm. syempre, pressing matters first.

[nicolodeon]

IMO, the local media is (again!) giving hype to such a trivial matter. It doesn't follow that Obama is not a "friend" of RP because he didn't return GMA's congratulatory call. Sensationalized media at its best.

On another note, American "friendship" i.e. American foreign policy has not been gracious to the Philippines that often. In fact, history tells us that the American govenment has not been friendly to the Philippines in several occassions. Post-WWI Manila was the most damaged city - more damaged compared to Hiroshima, Nagasaki and Berlin. Yet, who did the American government chose to lift out of the ruble? You guessed it: Germany and Japan.

During the Vietnam war, one the reasons why the American government was friendly to the Philippines is because they had bases here wherin they usually launch major offensives. After the Phil. Senate booted out the American bases in the early '90s, the "friendliness" of the American government has been declining.

[uls]

haha

It’s very likely the Philippines struck him as just a speck on the map.

totoo naman e...

ano ba akala ng Malacanang sa Pinas? China?

kelangan ng reality check ang Malacanang



that's country by GDP

Green tayo, hindi blue, hindi dark blue, hindi light blue.

malayo tayo sa blue.

Di pa nga tayo yellow.

Return call muna sa lahat ng shade ng blue.

Then shades of yellow.

hehe

[actor21]

haha



totoo naman e...

ano ba akala ng Malacanang sa Pinas? China?

kelangan ng reality check ang Malacanang



that's country by GDP

Green tayo, hindi blue, hindi dark blue, hindi light blue.

malayo tayo sa blue.

Di pa nga tayo yellow.

Return call muna sa lahat ng shade ng blue.

Then shades of yellow.

hehe

i think okay na maski papano ang green kesa maging Gray/GREY tayo hehehehe as in NO DATA

[valvura]

Napaka-KSP naman ng malacanang. Kasi naman, kailangan pang may media mileage ang pag-congratulate ni GMA kay Obama. Eh kaso na-snub, hayun nagpakipot na at 'di na raw "friend"...

[zero]

sabi ng kampo ni obama, 3:00 in the morning daw (US time) tumawag itong malacanang?
natutulog pa si obama nun.

[alainroyce]

Remember when the last time Pres.Arroyo visit the U.S. and make appointment to Mcain and Obama?.. Obama and Mcain confirm the visit.. unfortunately Mcain was the 1st to meet Pres. Arroyo.. then the meeting with Obama after 2 hour with Mcain... I think Obama heard the meeting with Mcain, all of the sudden Obama's aid turning down the appointment and said Obama is not available to their meeting..Lumalabas double blade si PGMA.. pinoy talaga sigurista ..

[Isuzoom]

eto yung sagot...."the number you are trying to reach is busy at this time, please hold on......"

[coiter]

sus pinapalaki lang ng inquirer ang issue. i think even malacañang dismissed it as a non-issue. alam mo naman inquirer, makahanap lang ng panira o pang-degrade sa incumbent. para lang mapahiya si gma. im not pro gma, pero minsan OA naman mga critics.

[Burai]

nagdrama palasyo? hahaha! makiki sipsip lang yan kay obama for sure parang kay bush
sana nga nakita ni obama kawalanghiyaan ng mga politicians natin lalo na ang growing issue ng corruption dito sa bansa

[boybi]

Analysis
Snubs show Obama is no RP friend


In the first blush of victory, US President-elect Barack Obama accepted congratulations from nine presidents and prime ministers and returned their calls. President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, one of the numerous early callers, was not one of the chosen few.


All are leaders of democracies known as important allies of the United States. Two are Asians—Aso and Lee; one is leader of the centerpiece of US policy in the Middle East, Olmert of Israel; Calderon heads Mexico, the most strategic US neighbor in Latin America; and the rest are leaders of Europe’s most important democracies.


Obama has barely a couple of years experience as junior senator from Illinois and has only a brushing acquaintance with foreign policy. It’s very likely the Philippines struck him as just a speck on the map.
And so, if his team received an early call from Ms Arroyo congratulating him for his election, one of his ignorant staff could have asked: “Where is the Philippines?”


RP not in charmed circle
Kenney said the Philippines would continue to be a “strong ally” of the United States, and acknowledged that the Philippines increasingly had a “great regional role to play.”
She said that when Ms Arroyo put in a call to Obama, his team told her that the President’s call was one of “the first and most gracious calls,” and they were taking down names and numbers and they would “call back when they get a chance.”
They never did.
Kenney said it was not likely that Ms Arroyo would be able to meet Obama when she goes to the United States next week to attend a UN function.
“I think [an Obama-Arroyo] meeting is unlikely because the president-elect, as I understand it, is not yet meeting with foreign leaders. He is busy assembling his Cabinet,” the US ambassador said.


The sidelining of the Arroyo call gave a glimpse of the importance of the Philippines to the United States at a moment of change of administration.
It is clear that the Philippines stands on the outer perimeter of US concerns in world affairs.


The first telephone conversations reveal the Philippines is not within the charmed circles of the Obama administration. It is a leper outside looking in.
It is imperative that Manila should rearrange its priorities vis-à-vis Washington.



Obama is not our friend.



1. snub tayo ni obama. samantala maraming bumoto sa kanya mga phil-ams
2. Hindi tayo charm country para sa kanya.
3. Ni hindi nga alam ng cabinet staff nya ang philippines . di ba sila nanonood ng boxing?
4. Tinawagan ni arroyo pero nilagyan lng sya sa waiting list.
5. tinawagan pa tayo "leper outside looking in"




Baket ganun tingin sa atin ni obama ?
kasi . . for some reason mababa tingin nya sa country natin dahil sa mga namumuno nito
puro pagnanakaw lang ang alam. puro salita. at sarili lang iniisip hindi ang buong sambayanan.
ayaw ni obama mahawa. in short. or baka hindi karespeto respeto mga leaders natin..

That newspaper article is a commentary/opinion/analysis, it was the author/writer who said the Phils. is a leper and not Obama, it was the author who wrote that the staff of Obama doesn't know where the Philippines is, that the Phils is just a speck on the map, and neither came from the camp of Obama.

[creepy]

Typical Inquirer stuff -- full of unfounded or misguided (or misleading) histrionics.

[shadow]

bakit kasi napakalaking issue na hinde pinansin si GMA ni Obama? hinde naman talaga tayo major player sa mundo eh.

what is the big fuss about it?

[XTO]

naku tayo/pinas pa pagdating sa ganyan. masyadong manipis namang tunay at laging may meaning remember nung nakipag toast si George B. Bush kelan lang dito kay GMA noong dumalaw siya dito? in front of the media pa, ano ginawa sa wine niya after the toast, ibinaba sa table. talagang walang tiwala or bastos rin teka OT ata ahiii.

[jeDi13]

tuta kasi ng kano si PGMA kaya big deal yang issue na yan.. oh well, nalaman siguro ni Barack na puro kalokohan si PGMA, sampu ng kanyang alagad sa gobyerno. kayang-kayang ibaon ni PGMA sa limot, o mapasawalang-bahala ang mga kalokohan nila garci, joc-joc, dela paz, atbp (na si PGMA rin naman ang pasimuno). ang husay mag-cover up. biglang papasabugin yung G2, papalabasin na may rice crisis, ano naman kaya susunod? baka napapanahon nang magpalit si PGMA ng amo.

[chua_riwap]

Kung di sinasagot ni Barack yung call ni GMA, subukan nyang i-text, baka mag-reply.

[roninblade]

sobra naman yan "analyst" na yan.
parang high-schooler mag-isip.
di lang inuna nagtampo na agad.

BS article