Forbes decided to throw a childish tantrum in Obama’s direction and proclaimed Putin the most powerful person on the planet. Of course, the powerful Putin made a total ass of himself in Ukraine and was so embarrassed about it that he’s now making an ass of himself in Syria to get people to forget his pathetic trouncing at the hands of Ukrainians.
His powerfulness is not managing to prevent Russian airplanes falling out of the sky like overripe pears or the country’s economy sinking like it’s trying to compete with the Titanic.
One can only wonder what Mr. Powerful will do after Syrians whoop his ass the way they know how to do and oil prices sink to under $35 per barrel.
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I always thought he looks like a Bond villain.
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Here’s Forbes’ top five World’s Most Powerful People:
1. Putin
2. Angela Merkel
3. Obama
4. Pope Francis
5. Xi Jinping
All are leaders of powerful countries except for the Pope. His “power” is mostly symbolic, so I wouldn’t put him nearly so high on the list.
This is the first time Forbes hasn’t put the sitting U.S. President in the #1 slot, but Obama’s fleckless non-leadership in international affairs couldn’t be ignored. Alas.
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The Pope can get the Dr Phil show interrupted twice in a row. I say, that’s true power. 🙂
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Good point! The network probably wouldn’t interrupt the show for a speech by Obama!
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