The party’s over.  Those foreign dignitaries who did not fly out last night, will leave for their home countries today, probably nursing a hangover.  Over 50 nations attended Scooter’s little two-day get-together, for the purpose of reaching a consensus that nuclear weapons are bad…or something.

So, what was accomplished?  Other than the usual posturing and speechifying, not a whole heckuva lot.  Nearly 50 countries wound up endorsing his four-year goal of securing nuclear materials at risk of falling into terrorist hands.   That will make about as much difference as a Ralph Nader Campaign for President.

Csmonitor.com reminds us:

Obama originally set the four-year goal for securing loose nukes in an April 2009 speech in Prague. But it took a year simply to produce the communiqué – issued at the summit Tuesday – that includes few specifics and no enforcement mechanisms.

Then, Dinghy Harry rained on Scooter’s parade yesterday by saying that it could be 2011 before the Senate tackles the arms reduction treaty the president signed last week with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.

To top it all off, Scooter got a taste of his own medicine when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu snubbed the Summit, just as he was snubbed by Obama when he came here for a serious discussion.

So, what was the purpose of  Obama’s summit?  I believe it was basically just a platform by which to pacify Scooter’s Far Left base , while at the same time assuring ou new “friends” that we “feel their pain” and humbly bow in deference to their wonderful ideologies.

Another thought that has been brought up by others this morning is how simular the Summit logo is to the flags of some of our new “friends”.  Subliminal reinforcement?

The best description of this Zombie Jamboree comes from the legendary Dr. Charles Krauthammer.  On Special Report last night, he called Obama’s Summit fatuous (per merriam-webster.com: complacently or inanely foolish : silly ):

What was unprecedented this week was the unprecedented use of the word “unprecedented” by the president to describe a conference which was completely fatuous. What were the accomplishments? 

Yesterday we talked about the Ukrainian uranium. Today, as Steve indicated, the big advantage is that Chile, Mexico, and Canada will now sequester highly enriched uranium. I’ve been asleep nights worrying about Canadian uranium. I grew in Canada. These people you don’t know what their capable of doing, and some of them remember the war of 1812. What was unprecedented this week was the unprecedented use of the word “unprecedented” by the president to describe a conference which was completely fatuous. What were the accomplishments? Yesterday we talked about the Ukrainian uranium. Today, as Steve indicated, the big advantage is that Chile, Mexico, and Canada will now sequester highly enriched uranium. I’ve been asleep nights worrying about Canadian uranium. I grew up in Canada. These people, you don’t know what their capable of doing, and some of them remember the war of 1812.

Dr. Krauthammer was exactly right.  The word, fatuous, aptly describes this two-day exercise in bloviating.  In fact, it describes this entire Presidency.

Sources:  csmonitor.com, foxnews.com, lexisnexis.com