On Friday, Mort Zuckerman at U. S. News & World Report posted an article about how the rest of the world views President Obama. The article points out the failure of the Obama Administration to push the 'reset' button in our relations with countries around the world.
In discussing the President's lack of understanding of America's leadership and use of its power for good, Mr. Zuckerman states, "One Middle East authority, Fouad Ajami, pointed out that Obama seems unaware that it is bad form and even a great moral lapse to speak ill of one's own tribe while in the lands of others."
The majority of President Obama's experience before becoming President was as a community organizer, college professor, Senator, and campaigner. There is nothing in this resume that indicates an ability to solve problems and get things done. Sparkling rhetoric does nothing to stop an oil spill, and protecting union workers by enforcing the Jones Act slows down the clean-up effort.
The article concludes:
"The United States for 60 years has met its responsibilities as the leader and the defender of the democracies of the free world. We have policed the sea lanes, protected the air and space domains, countered terrorism, responded to genocide, and been the bulwark against rogue states engaging in aggression. The world now senses, in the context of the erosion of America's economic power and the pressures of our budget deficits, that we will compress our commitments. But the world needs the vision, idealism, and strong leadership that America brings to international affairs. This can be done and must be done. But we are the only ones who can do it."
We need to remember that since America became a leading nation in the world, she has used her power not to build an empire, but to defend freedom. We conquered Japan and Germany in World War II. Both of those countries are independent democracies today. To weaken America is to take the policeman off the beat. As Americans, we don't always like the fact that our young men defend the freedom of other countries, but that is part of who we are. To be unwilling to defend freedom is to give up part of our heritage.
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