tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146340.post69205606189236029..comments2023-09-26T04:38:00.780-05:00Comments on Hank’s Eclectic Meanderings: East meets West: President Obama in the Middle Easthank_F_Mhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09851295792702162861noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146340.post-36686816408578729952009-06-30T10:04:02.330-05:002009-06-30T10:04:02.330-05:00Hank--Thanks for the reminder that there is more t...Hank--Thanks for the reminder that there is more to the poem than the often-quoted-out-of-context line about East and West never meeting.LFChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13551197682770555147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146340.post-41003436000564134872009-06-28T08:00:00.968-05:002009-06-28T08:00:00.968-05:00I teach a leadership class and one of the first th...I teach a leadership class and one of the first things a say to the class is "people must buy into the leader before they'll buy into his vision." I think most of us are like that to a degree. Character counts. Certianly Obama is more popular with Muslims than Bush, but we'll see if that holds out under the real politick of middle eastern countries. <br /><br />Also, I enjoy Kipling. In fact I read his poem "IF" in that same leadership class. But this poem just doesn't do much for me. I'm not sure someone reading it would get its meaning until after a long look over.Jeff Willshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05943209290786814576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146340.post-71362363065218804332009-06-08T19:10:51.081-05:002009-06-08T19:10:51.081-05:00Jeff
Yes, I see little coming from it. It is for...Jeff<br /><br />Yes, I see little coming from it. It is for a President to put publicly a certain amount of how he sees the situation, promise carrots and sticks etc., but not too much to keep options open. I’m not sure this speech does effectively.<br /><br /><br />What little I know of that culture is that they accept the man before listening to the argument. My point is I am not sure that people who matter will accept the man. Which could be worse than if the President had stayed home? It is not that I expect little positive from the speech as I am concerned about the negative.<br /><br />I will be happy to be wrong.hank_F_Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09851295792702162861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9146340.post-80014518205062188262009-06-07T15:35:42.381-05:002009-06-07T15:35:42.381-05:00I don't see much coming from Obama's speec...I don't see much coming from Obama's speech but I guess it can't hurt to try.Jeff Willshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05943209290786814576noreply@blogger.com