Posted on 05/30/2014 7:51:59 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
President Barack Obamas second term was supposed to be a crowning opportunity to make his mark on the world stage, but instead he's leading an intense effort to redefine his foreign policy record and the odds look stacked against him.
An administration-wide public relations blitz, which Obama launched with a big foreign policy speech this week, has done little to quell critics who frequently pan his global approach as rudderless, as the White House lurches from crisis to crisis.
With just two and a half years left in office, Obamas chances of forging a successful foreign-policy legacy by the end of his presidency face seemingly intractable challenges, ranging from Ukraine to Syria to the South China Sea.
While Obama has outlined a strategy that includes both a strong military and the diplomatic tools of alliances and sanctions to provide global leadership, it is unclear if he and his aides have the vision let alone time - to change the perception of a presidency with eroding global influence.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
Do we have reliable allies? Are we credible and respected? Are our enemies contained? Is freedom on the march worldwide? Is tyranny in retreat?
Legacy! Schmegacy! Who cares? Why is the press concerned with the issue?
With spelling correction !
Good points.
Thanks for reminder about Nobel Prize. I wonder if Obama was ever privately embarrassed at getting that award for having done nothing to earn it. It was obvious to all of us that he had done nothing to earn it.
Yep, the liberals can’t admit that they were wrong about Obama and their hopes for Obamacare and other liberal causes which would be pushed by Obama.
But, but, but he won the Nobel Peace Prize!
Well, he did introduce hashtag diplomacy and that accomplished a lot. It made our enemies laugh at us even more.
True. I forgot. 8months into his first term he’d achieved world piece and everyone loved us. Just look at the write up. It’s a farce.
http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/2009/press.html
==============================================
Obama's West Point speech signals his presidency has entered a crisis of confidence, marking an abysmal failed presidency.
===============================================
KEEP IN MIND The WH criminals have plans..... WRT Federal action, including the use of federal military force, authorized during times of "civil unrest." Only question is: how are "tolerant and compassionate" Dummycrat weenies planning on creating "unrest" so that the Chicago criminals in the WH can subdue us?
Fact is.....HE is the civilian the military needs to protect us from. After that chilly reception the narcissistic POS got at West Point, there's no question about who they'll take their orders from. Clearly, most of the military think hes a POS; they won't take orders to go against civilians.
The POS prez is decidedly stupid---he thinks a bunch of Chicago criminals can outgun the highly-armed and sophisticated American public.
The Chi/criminals better read the Constitution----the military can commandeer the WH, the Oval Office, and its occupants in a nanosecond.
More egregiously, the Obamatons have been tinkering w/ the composition of the military to reinforce their left-wing agenda; enlistees include homos/transgenders, and other perverts, fem/lib weirdos/lesbians, illegal aliens (probably felons). These people owe their lives to the clown and will kill Americans citizens with glee.
Hardly the types the establishment military needs to wage war. The military-hating Obama's tinkering is not designed to garner applause.
His legacy as an incompetent, lazy, buffoon is already cast in concrete - and he’s only adding to it every time he opens his mouth.
“LEGACY”?What”LEGACY”?????????????????????
These bozos always think that perception is the only thing that counts.
These bozos always think that perception is the only thing that counts.
Their candidates are always “Style” over “Substance.”
That’s how our nation got into the mess it’s in.
‘Style over Substance’ is the ‘President’ you get when you nominate, fail to vet and then ELECT a guy who leap-frogged every single qualifier in his background, education and personal career and got a pass on every single challenge to his character, experience and credibility.
no way! he knows no shame... he is a narcissist... he believes he earned it... who else could have or would have accepted it? he does not seem himself as he really is... delusions of grandeur to the nth degree...
Sponsoring FReepers are contributing
$10 Each time a New Monthly Donor signs up!
Get more bang for your FR buck!
Click Here To Sign Up Now!
Too late. He has already scorched ‘that’ bridge too.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.