Posted on 06/12/2014 7:30:14 PM PDT by Red6
As the commencement speaker at West Point, President Barack Obama told the 1,000 cadets in their dress uniforms that the U.S. must always lead on the world stage and the military is the backbone of that leadership.
But "U.S. military action cannot be the only or even primary component of our leadership in every instance," said Obama.
"Just because we have the best hammer does not mean that every problem is a nail."
Though United States forces are out of Iraq and leaving Afghanistan, the president emphasized that the lessons of Sept. 11 are still with us and terrorism remains the No. 1 threat.
Obama announced he'll ask Congress for $5 billion to create a Counterterrorism Partnership Fund. He said the fund would pay to train forces fighting Al-Qaeda in Yemen, support peacekeeping in Somalia and Libya and assist French operations in Mali.
Next week the president will make a trip to Europe to bolster ties and move public opinion in his direction as it pertains to foreign policy.
The president claims to be presenting a third path between isolationism and interventionism with a more soft-power-based, multilateral approach. Is this accurate? And is it the right policy?
We consulted a panel of experts for the Inside Story.
(Excerpt) Read more at america.aljazeera.com ...
I guess he views the Military has a hammer; albeit, the best hammer that sees every problem as a nail.
would like to find the curtain-hanging picture about now...
...and contrast it to Presidents Reagan and G.W. Bush...
Unless, of course...
the wall is on your right.
Who knows where his heart truly rests.
What I can say for sure, based on his consistent actions/behaviors is that there is a tendency to lean in one direction. While he might not be a Muslim, he surely sympathizes with them.
If it will go wrong, it can.
the president emphasized that the lessons of Sept. 11 are still with us and terrorism remains the No. 1 threat
And there folks is the problem.
The threat to us and civilization is islam. PERIOD.
Our Government and many other Government are too scared, to wussified, to liberal to call a spade a spade. They lessen it by using terms like terrorist or extremists. We can never make friends or allies in the Middle East. They hate us, hate our world, want us all dead and our world gone.
Look before you leap but remember that he who hesitates is lost
You mean the best government check doesn’t solve every problem? So why then does he always throw money at a problem to solve it?
Oops. And I can’t blame spell check.
It is a consequence of many things.
Urbanization
Homosexual agenda
Feminist agenda
Service and modern tech jobs
Diversity and the influene of non Christian cultures.
The decay of the family: female teachers, no male roll models at home.
But also depletion as with the Germans: 2 world wars, pre and post war exedus, holocaust, post war pacification programs.
Unprecedented prosperity, security and freedom: taken for granted and also made people fat and dumb.
Men have become more effeminate in the West. Maybe 5% of the male population deserves their nuts. They rest are unics.
I agree....he thinks repeating the words on the teleprompter are his job and he thinks those words are reality....or at least truth doesn’t matter to him. Stupid American laws don’t matter to this one who knows better than his subjects.
I think he’s nuts.
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