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Posted on 04/11/2009 9:57:22 AM PDT by lewisglad
Obama Abdicates US's Role As Superpower
By James G. Wiles, For The Bulletin
In 1916, Field Marshall Ludendorf returned to Berlin after a visit to the front-lines of Germany’s ally, the Austro-Hungarian Empire. His report to the Kaiser and the General Staff was to the point: “we are allied,” he said, “to a corpse.”
Somehow, one doubts that thought occurred to the Leader of the Free World (as American presidents used to be styled) as he and the Mighty Michelle (credit: BBC) winged their way home from their triumphant European tour. In that tour, nothing of benefit to the United States was achieved. Instead, the results of the G-20 meeting might be summarized as follows:
1. America will continue to add more combat troops in Afghanistan, possibly as many as a total of 82,000 by next year, while the Europeans will add no combat troops.
2. Americans will beggar their children and grandchildren by pressing forward with the Obama administration’s “stimulus” package,” while the other G-20 members (wisely) decline to do so.
3. As detailed by columnist Dick Morris, G-20 members have created a new international Board of Financial Stability with potentially controlling oversight over U.S. economic policy and financial institutions.
At the same time, U.S. allies who have fought and bled with us in the War of Sept. 11 (my coinage) or who, like Poland and the Czech Republic, have stepped up to confront a revanchist Russia have been left with nothing but our president’s honeyed words.
Such, such is the scale of American presidential leadership in the world as Barack Obama’s 100 Days draw to a close. And such, too, is the state of most of America’s allies, except what columnist Mark Steyn and others have called the Anglosphere. In particular, we have seen the return — faster even than I had imagined — of the 1970s refrain: “you know, there’s really nothing we can do about [insert international problem of the day here].”
Mr. Obama’s decision to abdicate America’s status as the world’s sole superpower and to acquiesce in the idealistic pacifism of the EU is unprecedented in American and even world history. Where is his Americanism? Hopefully, he is learning fast.
To date, every initiative the president has made to “engage” with America’s enemies or rivals has ended with his pulling back a bloody stump. The North Korean missile launch on Sunday is only the latest example.
In the meantime, it’s a misnomer to speak of the president’s foreign policy as “Wilsonian.” It was President Bush, with his Freedom Agenda, who was the Wilsonian. Woodrow Wilson was an idealist, an American exceptionalist and a believer in the use of force to spread and enforce American ideals. During his eight years in office, the U.S. repeatedly used force, in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean and, finally, in 1917-18, when America intervened in the First World War.
Contrast President Wilson’s record with the Obama administration’s response to the North Korean or Iranian nuclear programs, the fecklessness of NATO in Afghanistan or the international community’s failure to deal effectively with international piracy off the Horn of Africa or in the Malacca Straits. This was not always so. Once, it was the Royal Navy that swept the seas free of pirates and U.S. President Thomas Jefferson who sent the U.S. Navy to put an end to the Barbary Pirates.
Similarly, take North Korea. A founding premise of the U.N. Charter was that Member States, which defied the Security Council in the face of a uniting-for-peace resolution, would pay dearly for it. In 1991, the Security Council acted and a multinational coalition drove the Iraqis out of Kuwait. In 2003, Iraqi bribes (among other things) paralyzed the Security Council, so the U.S. and its allies acted unilaterally to enforce prior resolutions of the Council.
Given the prior Security Council resolutions on North Korea, there’s ample precedent for, say, a U.S. air and naval blockade of the North. And, by the way, if we continue to do nothing, why should the Japanese (or the Saudis or the Egyptians or the Poles) continue to count on America’s nuclear guarantee?
Finally, notice how the Obamacans and their soul mates in the EU are profoundly anti-democratic. While the president’s personal standing in the polls remains high (as it, of course, should less than 100 days into office), his policies — including his proposals to socialize large parts of the American economy — are opposed by the voters by margins as high as 70 percent. The Democrats in Congress intend to pass them anyway.
In this, American Democrats are close kin to the politicians and bureaucrats of the European Union. Europeans favor the death penalty; Brussels won’t allow it. In a continent created by Christianity, the EU is aggressively secular. Most Europeans oppose the proposed European Constitution. The Eurocrats are determined to get it ratified anyway.
They think they know better.
One lesson of history is that they almost certainly do not.
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Get you arms and ammo while you still can.
I’ve always thought that Obama represents the judgment of God on this nation. And so now it also appears that Obama is also putting into place the end times events that God tells us about in the Bible. It appears that time is coming soon....
Get ready for the Rapture to come about soon (of course *not* for you “non-believers” — you’ll be left in the dust... LOL...)...
See the Rapture Caucus thread (a bit of an older thread now, but the things of the Bible are *timeless*...)
Rapture Caucus...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2209700/posts
There will be more Rapture Caucus threads, for those who know that what the Bible says — is true and will happen just as God says it will...
Bump and Mark.
Obama is a sorry arse.
When I see this photo, it makes me think he’s deliberately posing: “Kick my big a**.”
Not only are we allied to the European corpse. They are allied to an American corpse.
The free immigration policies, the foolhardy policy of ignoring terrorism, Muslims in our countries and in our government, enjoy the next few years it will get worse.
I don't think an all loving God would find your joke that funny. You'll have to stay down here with the heathens now.
Oooops... :-)
By MARTIN SIEFF, UPI Senior News Analyst
Published: March 26, 2009
WASHINGTON, March 26 (UPI) -- The continuing tensions over Russia's refusal to sell its state-of-the-art land warfare advanced weapons systems to China hasn't interrupted the rhythm of major joint military exercises between the two major land powers on the Eurasian landmass. The latest in the regular, biennial series of exercises between the two nations has been confirmed for this summer.
The next in the now well-established series of exercises called Peace Mission 2009 will be carried out in northeastern China, the Russian Defense Ministry announced March 18, according to a report carried by the RIA Novosti news agency.
The first bilateral Peace Mission maneuvers -- described at the time as counter-terrorism exercises -- were held in Russia and the eastern Chinese province of Shandong in August 2005. As we reported at that time, they were a lot bigger than mere counter-terrorism exercises. Warships, squadrons of combat aircraft and more than 10,000 troops were involved carrying out landings against hypothetically hostile shores. The maneuvers also involved large-scale paratroops drops. The scale and nature of those exercises suggested a trial run for a possible Chinese invasion of Taiwan with Russian support. ..."
http://www.upi.com/Security_Industry/2009/03/26/Russia_China_plan_new_joint_military_exercises/UPI-25021238094858/
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From the Sino-Russian Joint Statement of April 23, 1997:
"The two sides [China and Russia] shall, in the spirit of partnership, strive to promote the multipolarization of the world and the establishment of a new international order."
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/HI29Ag01.html
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From National Public Radio (NPR):
August 29, 2006
"Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has been visiting countries such as China, Iran and Russia as part of an effort to build a 'strategic alliance' of interests not beholden to the United States. He considers the United States his arch enemy.":
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5729764
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From the Russian News and Information Agency:
July 27, 2006
"'I am determined to expand relations with Russia,' Chavez, known as an outspoken critic of what he calls the United States' unilateralism, told the Russian leader, adding that his determination stemmed from their shared vision of the global order.":
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20060727/51913498.html
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From CBS-News:
July 29, 2006
"Chavez pledged that his country would 'stay by Iran at any time and under any condition,' state television reported. Ahmadinejad said he saw in Chavez a kindred spirit." "'We do not have any limitation in cooperation,' Ahmadinejad was quoted as saying. 'Iran and Venezuela are next to each other and supporters of each other. Chavez is a source of a progressive and revolutionary current in South America and his stance in restricting imperialism is tangible.'":
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/07/29/world/main1847331.shtml
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Russia's Medvedev hails "comrade" Obama
Associated Foreign Press (AFP), April 2, 2009, Anna Smolchenko
"Russia's Dmitry Medvedev hailed Barack Obama as "my new comrade" Thursday after their first face-to-face talks"
http://www.france24.com/en/20090402-russias-medvedev-hails-comrade-obama
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April 1, 2009:
"Obama, Medvedev pledge new era of relations":
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090401/wl_afp/usrussiadiplomacynuclear_20090401152002
Mooslims don't believe in Americanism. The only want to destroy infidels and their countries. Buckwheat is accomplishing this at warp speed.
The real problem is the USA has not been hard nosed enough.
Obama is a fool.
The bastard wants to abdicate America’s role as a sovereign nation.
The instant Obama decides to exert any military force is when the left will scream bloody murder and his approval ratings will tank. Foreign governments and terrorists are seeing this and will continue to whittle away at him.
I’m not so sure about that. Clinton got away with unilateral action in Kosovo, and bombed the heck out of Serbia with almost no Congressional involvement. Didn’t seem to affect his support among Dems & Independents. They thought he was just great.
I’m just afraid his first authorization of force will be against conservative US citizens, which the left will be entirely in favor of.
Hussein: 98 pound weakling.
If he bowed any lower he could have kissed they shoes.
Amen.
Obama’s world without nuclear weapons huh? It's about a million times more likely we'll see an Asian and Persian Gulf nuclear arms race. His nuclear weapon free world misdirection nonsense could be the death of millions.
The A-1 Numero Uno question is, is this guy more Moslem than Communist, or vice versa? Or is he anything he wants to be, to get up white people's noses and start a big sinus infection?
This cat is really hard to figure out. Especially when you consider all the blatant, irreconcilable contradictions between Islam and Marxism-Leninism. But he apparently has both in his Kenyan (Luo) family, so go figure.
By the way, I think it's finally in the fire mediawise -- E.T. just ran a four- or five-minute segment on The Bow, with two different clips from different angles and lots of commentary from Politico.com, the White House's flackpuppet, and a juicy quote from National Review Online that really cut.
<singing>
Grovel, grovel, grovel
Please come into my hovel
And have some nice warm Malt-O-Meal! <rimshot></singing>
Thank you, thank you, thank you everybody, I'll be here all week!<bows>
Hanging out with 60’s hippies is really a problem in life. Problem is a lot in the 60’s generation never really grew up or matured. We are seeing the folly of people nostalgic for the 60’s and determined to bring those ideals to life. Obama is a product of that diseased mindset where ius the subject of their validation. We have two cultures, ours and theirs, if we are to survive we must not merely defeat their culture, we must destroy it or it will destroy us.
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