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International News Title: How 7 years of Obama brought the world from Kumbaya to chaos Four years before that, Obama stood at Berlins Brandenburg Gate to declare that once he became president, all people would join him around a global campfire, hold hands and put an end to the worlds evils and miseries. Well, seven years into Obamas presidency, the promised worldwide Kumbaya is instead global chaos caused in large measure by his willful retreat from Americas position of leadership. Washingtons traditional allies increasingly feel abandoned, its enemies emboldened. The United States isnt even leading from behind its cowering in weakness. And no one is taking better advantage of this than Vladimir Putin, now storming headlong into the yawning chasm of American retreat and reasserting Russias global influence and power just as Mitt Romney said. Putin remains unchallenged in his invasion of Ukraine, leaving him free to intervene again unchallenged in the Middle East. In Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya, Obamas outreach to the Muslim world hasnt ended the threat of terrorism. On the contrary, it has seen the rise of JV team ISIS and new power for the Taliban. Israelis and Palestinians remain as far apart as ever because only Israel has been targeted to make concessions. This president accuses his political foes of wanting to wage war as their first option and warns of the limits of unilateral military power. But in his eagerness to leave office as the president who ended Americas wars, he refuses to consider any use (or even a credible threat) of US force even when hundreds of thousands are being massacred in Syria, many by the chemical weapons he claimed to eliminate. His premature abandonment, against all military advice, of Iraq and Afghanistan (where the pullout is still under way) has left both countries worse off. Iraq, in particular, is bleeding far more than it did even in the worst years of George Bushs war. Equally eager to open Americas arms to longtime adversaries, this president has begun new relationships with Iran (all but giving Tehran a direct path to a nuclear arsenal) and Cuba without any concessions in return even on such basic issues as human rights. Its no accident Obama has twice spoken in Berlin at the very spot where Ronald Reagan famously demanded Mikhail Gorbachev tear down this wall. Two years later, the Berlin Wall came down. Two years after that, the Soviet bloc collapsed, ending the Cold War. Obama chose Berlin as the place to call on all nations to join him in tearing down the walls to remake the world. But his soaring rhetoric was followed by indecision, hesitation and outright appeasement. Americas allies are calling, Mr. President. They want Ronald Reagans assertive foreign policy of the 1980s back. They want an America that leads not retreats. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread Top Page Up Full Thread Page Down Bottom/Latest Begin Trace Mode for Comment # 17.
#17. To: buckeroo (#0)
On a roll Buck. Another good one.
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