Posted on 12/30/2009 9:34:49 PM PST by Nachum
No despot fears the president, and no demonstrator in Tehran expects him to ride to the rescue.
With year one drawing to a close, the truth of the Obama presidency is laid bare: retrenchment abroad, and redistribution and the intrusive regulatory state at home. This is the genuine calling of Barack Obama, and of the "progressives" holding him to account. The false dichotomy has taken hold—either we care for our own, or we go abroad in search of monsters to destroy or of broken nations to build. The decision to withdraw missile defense for Poland and the Czech Republic was of a piece with that retreat in American power.
(Excerpt) Read more at online.wsj.com ...
Nail, head, pow.
Good article but I think that “soft-headed” better describes the Obamanation team than “cold-blooded”
That will only last as long as the evildoers are in power...2010 is a comin'
Don't expect this to change. 0's foreign policy continues to be one of "reaching out" and "engaging" Muslim despots.
Outstanding editorial. Read every word in the newsprint edition yesterday.
That's the truth!
As for soft-headed, I think he's hiding behind his own stupidity. He knows perfectly well what he wants to do, but he dissimulates so that we'll think he's merely dumb rather than evil. Actually, I think he's both. But maybe if we're lucky, he'll prove to be so dumb that he won't be able to carry out the evil part.
Democrats think there will be more to redistribute if there is retrenchment.
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