One of the reasons why the Left hated all things George W. Bush - besides cutting taxes, halting Federal funding for stem cell research and nominating conservative judges to the Federal bench - was the way he conducted foreign policy. He started his Administration by skillfully negotiating the release of American naval aviators being held hostage by the Communist Chinese after their P-3 reconnaissance aircraft was damaged in a mid-air collision with a Chinese fighter. While gaining the aircrew their freedom, Mr. Bush insisted that they were conducting lawful operations in international airspace and were the innocent victims of Chinese aggression, a position that while undeniably true, ran counter to the traditional liberal position that the United States is always to blame in any international incident. He refused to apologize to the ChiComs just as he refused to apologize to the Russians for abandoning the ABM Treaty, or to the UN for calling them a debating society while he liberated Afghanistan, or to the Europeans for waterboarding Al Qaeda thugs while they whined in outrage. George W. Bush was the Prince of Darkness as far as liberals were concerned because of his America First attitude and they longed for someone who would conduct foreign policy in a different way, the right way, the liberal way.
Enter Barack Obama, the answer to a socialist's prayer. He promised repeatedly and profusely during last year's campaign that he would break with George W. Bush's policies and handle our foreign affairs in a friendlier, more collaborative way, to negotiate directly with the Iranians over their nuclear program, to assure the Muslim world that the United States was not at war with them, to make nice with the Russians and the Chinese and the Cubans and the Palestinians and anyone else who hates us so they won't hate us anymore, and lead us into a brighter, friendlier, more peaceful future. Let's see how he's done so far:
- His first major press interview was given to Al Arabiya television on 26 January in an effort to reach out to Muslims. Since that interview, 273 American servicemen have been killed in Iraq and Afghanistan fighting Muslim extremists.
- At the Summit of the Americas in April, he was punked by Hugo Chavez.
- North Korea successfully tested a nuclear weapon on 25 May (Memorial Day), test-fired seven missiles on the Fourth of July and took two American journalists - both employees of Al Gore - hostage after they tried to sneak into the country, and demanded a personal visit by a high-profile American politician to release them. After criticizing George W. Bush's handling of North Korea during the Presidential campaign, Obama gave the pot-bellied syphilitic dog eater what he wanted and gave Kim Jong-Il a photo op with Bill Clinton.
- After personally appealing to Aleksandr Medvedev and Vladimir Putin, they refused to support further UN sanctions against Iran to stop their nuclear program. However, Obama did agree to cancel installation of missile defense radars in Poland and the Czech Republic, two of our NATO allies.
- A personal appeal to the Chinese Communists during his recent trip to Asia to support additional sanctions against Iran and to allow their own people greater freedom was ignored. His "town hall meeting" was broadcast into an electronic blind alley. However, the Chinese allowed Obama to walk the Great Wall for a photo op - alone. of course.
- Also during his Asia trip, Obama bowed to Emperor Akihito of Japan. This was a follow-up to his actions during the G20 Conference in London last April when he bowed deeply to King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. To my knowledge, no foreign head of state has reciprocated.
It would seem, then, that Obama's approach to foreign policy has not advanced American interests one whit but has allowed hostile powers to advance theirs, which is why he was validated with the Nobel Peace Prize in October. You see, Barack Obama represents the America of a liberal's dream, a weak, servile, diffident oaf of a country, insecure, ineffective and desperate for the world's approval. He is ready to sacrifice his own citizens' best interests and is eager to please, qualities that may be repugnant to the average American but highly prized among the effeminate, socialist elite. Can you imagine George Washington or Andrew Jackson bowing to the monarch they defeated, George III? How about Theodore Roosevelt kissing the hand of the King of Spain? Or Ronald Reagan paying homage at Lenin's Tomb? Don't think so? Well, neither do I. The President of the United States leads the world's greatest nation and should acquit himself as such, bowing to no-one but Christ Himself. Obama's foreign policy insults the American people and invites the very disrespect and tension he claims to want to prevent, and it can also invite disaster, for as Jimmy Carter lost us the Panama Canal and gave us Soviet adventurism in Afghanistan and Nicaragua, and Desert One and 444 days of American hostages in Iran, and as Bill Clinton brought us successive failures in Somalia, Bosnia, Rwanda and Haiti, and - failure par excellence - Jimmy Carter giving nuclear reactors to North Korea, the Priest-King's fumbling has gained only contempt for America abroad and a nation that holds us in contempt will make dangerous decisions like invading Taiwan, launching missiles at Hawaii, attacking Israel, sending twenty million illegal immigrants across our borders or, God forbid, giving nuclear weapons to Al Qaeda.
Projecting weakness is a stupid and irresponsible strategy that has failed more times than we can count. If the Priest-King needs corroboration, have him ask Neville Chamberlain.
Source: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/jul/05/seven-fourth-of-july-missile-tests-defies-west/
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