Posted on 07/07/2015 12:55:33 AM PDT by Jyotishi
Republican presidential aspirant Bobby Jindal has sought steps by the United States to take the mantel of global leadership saying even non-aligned nations like India and Vietnam are desperate and hungry for American leadership.
Trashing the foreign policy of the Obama Administration, Jindal, told the Fox News, “We would work not only with our allies, like Japan and South Korea and Taiwan. We'd work with non-aligned countries like India and Vietnam that are desperate and hungry for American leadership."
Jindal, who last month announced his bid for the 2016 presidential elections, was responding to questions on addressing the challenges being posed by the Islamic State militant group in the Middle East.
"You got a president who...won't even name the enemy. You've got leaders in the Middle East that understand the threat of radical Islamic terrorism. We've got a president won't even say those words!...He would rather criticise America. He would rather declare war on trans fats and junk food. He would rather declare war on the Crusades and medieval Christians...," Jindal alleged.
Obama, he said, needs to tell clerics and Islamic leaders that they need to explicitly recognise the religious rights of others with different beliefs.
"Going back to foreign policy. We stand with Israel. I would make it clear to Iran, I don't care what deal this president signs, I'm not abiding by any deal unless it truly gets rid of their enrichment capacity, their enriched uranium, anytime, anywhere inspections," he said.
"This president leads from behind, when he criticises America, he doesn't embrace American exceptionalism the way that you and I do. We understand that America is different, America is special. We are unique, and we're unabashed to say so. It's not arrogance to say that we are a special country and that we are going to protect our interests and our allies. And we're going to back that up," he said.
Responding to a question, Jindal acknowledged that a recent story on him by a leading US daily was racial.
"I was offended by 'The Washington Post' saying as an Indian-American that you had abandoned the Indian-American community, and something to that effect. I felt that was a racial comment," the interviewer asked.
"Absolutely. Look, they can't fathom the fact that you can be conservative and smart or that you can look a different way and still be a Christian," Jindal said.
"We don't judge people by their backgrounds. We just people based on ideas, accomplishments. Look, the Democrats are about to crown Hillary Clinton right in an open contest. Let's compare our records. Let's compare our policies," he added.
That I can believe. India is pretty smart and they’re pre-disposed to the United States and its purported freedoms (though they know not the current state of turmoil).
Mr. Jindal is probably understating how much the world wants and needs a strong and vibrant America. With the moral authority to lead the free world.
Pataki, Jindal address Trump’s comments at New Hampshire picnic
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/3308147/posts
I took a quick look, per your suggestion.
It sounds like neither the media or Republicans are going to ‘let it blow over’, as Pataki put it.
It’s easy for those who are not directly affected, or even profit, by crimes committed by illegals. But talk to those along the TX-SoCal corridor and they’ll tell a much different story. And their stories aren’t pretty.
I’m most concerned with this morphing into a schoolyard brawl and the real issues of our time end up getting pushed to the back burner again.
Mr. Cruz speaks often of religious liberty. Is it too much of a stretch to say if the U.S. once again became a religious and virtuous people, many of our current problems would be much more manageable, if not disappear all together?
Or, put another way, without it we are finished as a nation. Seems to me this is the starting point to returning America to her rightful place in the world.
Mantle.
India fails to understand that we have joined them as a non-aligned country; like them, we’ll just sit back & watch world affairs (unless we have military issues on our borders).
Maybe Jindal would like to move to India and run for office there?
Not only is India desperate for U.S. leadership, so is the U.S.
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