MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Depending on Obama Wednesday’s reply, Rousseff will decide on her visit to Washington
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, angered by a recent report that the US government spied on her communications, said on Friday that President Barack Obama had taken responsibility for what happened and that she may proceed with a planned visit to Washington next month. Read full article
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Disclaimer & comment rulesI think that Obama should apologise to her fully and publicly.
Sep 07th, 2013 - 06:18 am - Link - Report abuse 0Unless, of course, he believes this president is still indulging in terrorist activities, in which case his silence will speak volumes.
His NSA has a remit to monitor terrorists past, present and future, wherever it finds them.
One a terrorist always a terrorist?
Does 'Presidenta' trump 'Terrorist'?
So many of the world's presidents were previously 'freedom fighters'.
Hmmm. Obama has some thinking to do. Subtlety and nuance ... otherwise there will be few national leaders that President Obama will be able to visit.
So stay away, Dilma. Not like you're important.
Sep 07th, 2013 - 08:42 am - Link - Report abuse 0First you all know my thoughts on Obama ( Carter Redux) but if Dilma is stupid and arrogant enough to ditch a USA State Meeting/Dinner over this incident Brazil deserves to continue to fail. They obviously aren't smart enough to pick intelligent and stable leaders.
Sep 07th, 2013 - 08:52 am - Link - Report abuse 0This on and off and on again nonsense is getting tiresome. Anybody would think she is a 16 YO virgin who can’t make her mind up about her boyfriend having his wicked way with her.
Sep 07th, 2013 - 09:06 am - Link - Report abuse 0Would anybody really be bothered if she did not go, I don’t think so?
I remember the last time she went and the photographs said it all from her body language, so why Obuma is even bothering is beyond me, perhaps he wants to sell her some new armaments.
The NSA has screwed up big time in this affair. It is a sad state of affairs when such an agency, which is largely unaccountable, determines the nation's relations with other countries.
Sep 07th, 2013 - 09:06 am - Link - Report abuse 0@5 So... “ It is a sad state of affairs when such an agency, which is largely unaccountable, determines the nation's relations with other countries.”
Sep 07th, 2013 - 10:15 am - Link - Report abuse 0The Pot is calling the Kettle Black methinks -- in SO many areas.
Still no direct exploitation from you as to how you and your countymen would treat an AR or ALBA Snowden, perhaps providing orgasmically overwhelming and conclusive evidence that INDEC knowingly lies to defraud foreign bodies, that La Campora is acting clearly illegally, proof of CFK's robbing the economy dry that there is credible (ok that's stretching things) rainbow plan for an unconstitutional military of the Falklands -- then fleeing and ingratiating himself to his new hosts by talking about how AR's intelligence agencies have been undermining his host country.
We know what you would say. We know what your countrymen would say. Just be honest and change your name from Hepetia to Hypocrite.
Good for you, Dilma - stand your ground.
Sep 07th, 2013 - 10:49 am - Link - Report abuse 0How nice is it when your country prizes its sovereignty so! Were we British, we'd instead be bragging to the French that Obama spies on us, not on them.
@7 Investigation into Brazilian internet communications. 150% of internet users, including government “ministers” spend 30 day s per month viewing porn. Dilma appears on video sites as “available”. “ Good for you, Dilma - stand your ground.” And push that pelvis forward. Used it often enough, haven't you?
Sep 07th, 2013 - 11:21 am - Link - Report abuse 0Something tells me that Obama now knows where too many skeletons are buried for this to be blown into too large an issue. Hence the back peddling. My guess a fairly bland statement on Wednesday will lead to it all being swept under the rug.
Sep 07th, 2013 - 12:08 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Yankee with all due respect, if you think Obama is Carter redux....you never served under him as a Commander in Chief. He by far has his issues but Carter is in a category all his own is is Romney, and Baby Bush. We have not had a leader in the past 25 years whose line of thinking was Country than party as opposed to party, wealth, business interests and people.
Sep 07th, 2013 - 01:10 pm - Link - Report abuse 0the spying game,
Sep 07th, 2013 - 03:43 pm - Link - Report abuse 0did do, will do, always will do,
simple really james, just dont scratch the painwork lol..
This is an issue of sovereignty. No word, no comment.
Sep 07th, 2013 - 04:38 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Sovereignty my ass. Russian spies on the USA China spies USA spies on China........no one cries but south americans
Sep 07th, 2013 - 09:49 pm - Link - Report abuse 0I guess you don't spy directly on a country's president - the same as you don't kill the one person you may have to deal with to resolve a 'war'. You don't send your Tomahawks to take out Assad in his palace, you just destroy his means of making war.
Sep 08th, 2013 - 06:12 am - Link - Report abuse 0No, if you want friendly relations with Brasil, you don't bug the president - in both senses of the word.
14 GeoffWard2
Sep 08th, 2013 - 07:26 am - Link - Report abuse 0Unless he is Saddam.
#14 I would not say all that. Only thing I would say is I prefer to leave Assad alone and let them kill one another......the middle east can easily destroy itself without our help.
Sep 08th, 2013 - 10:33 am - Link - Report abuse 0Secondly, the play for SA is over rated and I would prefer to allow it to brew a little further. Anyone involved knows the play for Syria is way beyond the borders of Syria..........
The inglorious bastards, the US.
Sep 08th, 2013 - 09:29 pm - Link - Report abuse 0No one curses the ignored.
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