President Obama seems to be acting like someone who won the lottery. He is traveling, throwing lavish parties, and fundraising, but where is he when the country needs leadership? Yesterday CNS News posted a story stating the following:
"Reporting from Baghdad, Iraq yesterday, NBC's Tom Brokaw said the Saudi Arabian monarchy is "so unhappy with the Obama administration for the way it pushed out President Mubarak of Egypt" that it has sent senior officials to the Peoples' Republic of China and Russia to seek expanded business opportunities with those countries."
This is no joke. We live in a dangerous world. America needs allies to help keep the bad guys in check. What in the world is going on?
Mr. Brokaw also reported that the situation in Iraq is fragile--both economically and politically.
The article concludes:
""So Iraq is a reminder of just how difficult it is to establish a democracy in this part of the world," said Brokaw. "After all, we've been at war here for eight years now, hundreds of billions of dollars have been spent, and thousands and thousands of lives have been lost on both sides.""
We need a President who is on the job and paying attention. I am not sure we have one right now. It is also important that the President remember who our friends are and treat them with respect. Mubarak was a dictator, but his policies were a force for peace in the Middle East. I don't think we will like the new government. The situation in Libya seems to be going downhill rapidly. We need a President paying attention and looking at the big picture.
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