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The world awaits an end to Russian annexation of Ukraine and the talk-talk-talk of mealy-mouthed politicians in the G7 doesn’t cut it

G-7 Western leaders fighting Putin equal collective political wuss

By Judi McLeod ——--March 25, 2014

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Western leaders in the G7 group are just so many props for Obama’s €10 million-cost-to-Brussels gathering.
Obama is turning up for the big Belgium show with a 900-strong entourage, including 45 vehicles and three planes, to attend EU and NATO summits. (The Guardian, March 24, 2014) Worldwide criticism has outed Obama for merely paying political lip service to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s takeover of Crimea, while Western leaders back him up with their presence, their smiling pictures sent worldwide giving him a credence he has never earned. In dealing with Putin, Germany Chancellor Angela Merkel, British Prime Minister David Cameron, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, French President Francois Hollande, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe are not much more than hapless marble pawns on Barack Obama’s chess board. To boot, all of these hypocrites have left one big carbon footprint on the world just getting to Belgium; the same hypocrites who are lightning-speed quick in blaming their constituents for man-made global warming/climate change.
Putin is on a path to return an annexing Russia back to the days of the brutal Soviet Union--and G7 leaders deal with it by sending up rhetoric. The rhetoric of the United Nations, the EU, NATO and the mealy-mouthed G7 group are one and the same.
“As Belgium's capital and host to the EU and Nato, Brussels is used to deploying heavy security when big names pop by. But US President Barack Obama's visit on Tuesday will strain the city like never before with €10m (£8.4m) of Belgian money being spent to cover his 24 hours in the country. (The Guardian) “The president will arrive on Tuesday night with a 900-strong entourage, including 45 vehicles and three cargo planes. Advance security teams orchestrating every last detail have combed Brussels already, checking the sewers and the major hospitals, while American military helicopters were last week given the green light for overflights. The city hosts at least four EU summits a year, with each of these gatherings costing €500,000 in extra police, military and transport expenses. "But this time round, you can multiply that figure by 20," said Brussels mayor, Yvan Mayeur. “The city's four-stage security scale will be raised from two to three during the visit, Obama's first to the country. A tight cordon will surround The Hotel, the 27-storey former Hilton in the Toison d'Or shopping district where the president will spend the night. “Belgium itself is mobilising 350 police and military on motorbikes to secure the president's routes to EU and Nato summits on Wednesday, while a convoy of nine US helicopters will take Obama to an American first world war cemetery. “After landing at Wevelgem aerodrome, a phalanx of 30 armoured cars will take Obama to the cemetery where – accompanied by Belgium's King Philippe and Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo – he will tour the battlefield and lay a wreath."
When Obama’s on show tour, he visits cemeteries. On home turf he keeps war vets from visiting memorials.
“Obama will return to Brussels for a lunchtime summit with the European Council president, Herman Van Rompuy, and the European Commission president, José Manuel Barroso. He will then go to Nato's headquarters for a meeting with its secretary-general, Anders Fogh Rasmussen. “Obama, who spent Monday in Amsterdam and The Hague, will depart Brussels on Wednesday evening for Rome, where he will meet Pope Francis. His sole planned speech during his three-nation, four-day European tour will be to a 2,000-strong audience at Brussels' Centre for Fine Arts (Bozar) on Wednesday afternoon. “Brussels already has a reputation as a gridlock capital, ahead of the likes of Los Angeles and London. But Brigitte Grouwels, who heads the city's transport policy, said the expected lockdown of key areas during Obama's visit should encourage locals to walk, cycle and take public transport. She said: "Obama's visit gives an excellent opportunity … to experience first hand a city unencumbered by cars."
Straight out of the UN playbook, “cities unencumbered by cars” is just what chauffeur-driven western leaders want for their people. The world awaits an end to Russian annexation of Ukraine and the talk-talk-talk of mealy-mouthed politicians in the G7 doesn’t cut it. These Western leaders lose the battle because they cannot command respect. Meanwhile, the cunning, KGB-trained Vladimir Putin recognizes collective political wuss when he sees it in play.

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Judi McLeod—— -- Judi McLeod, Founder, Owner and Editor of Canada Free Press, is an award-winning journalist with more than 30 years’ experience in the print and online media. A former Toronto Sun columnist, she also worked for the Kingston Whig Standard. Her work has appeared throughout the ‘Net, including on Rush Limbaugh and Fox News.

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