In a forceful and succinct speech on Monday at the Virginia Military Institute, Mitt Romney laid out the clear differences between his foreign policy views and those of President Obama. In actuality, he did much more than that. He demonstrated that between the two of them, only he understands the nature of the world we live in. Obama, starting with his apologetic speech in Cairo in 2009, has been guided by the notion that the force of his own personality and his Muslim ties, along with the pulling back of U.S. leadership from the international community would pacify radical Islamists and buy us credit in the streets of the world. This underlying assumption, as much as his fundamental faith in the effects of Keynesian economics, has proven to be tragically flawed.
The Short Extent of Obama’s Foreign Policy
Several months ago I wrote of my frustration that Obama had been given a pass on foreign policy decisions that were weakening us and endangering our country long-term. Everyone, including the Romney campaign, was fixated on the economy. The media had totally bought into the Obama narrative that Obama’s foreign policy was his “strong suit.” Obama’s domestic policy could be stated in one sentence – “General Motors is alive.” That “ policy” looked downright comprehensive compared to his foreign policy achievements – “Osama bin Laden is dead.”
After Romney’s speech, those days of collective myopia are now over. The attacks in Egypt and Libya on this year’s 9/11 were much like 9/11 ten years ago. While shocking, they were simply another reminder of some things we have known all along.
Romney’s Reality Check On Obama’s Political Agenda
At VMI, Romney clearly set forth those realities. Americans have died and embassies smolder around the Muslim world; 30,000 men, women and children have died in Syria, and Turkey is attacked while the Syrian insurgents beg for arms, and our allies in the region beg for American leadership. While pulling out all stops to keep bloody Assad (the “reformer” according to Hillary Clinton) and Hezbollah afloat, Iran uses Iraqi air space to fly in fighters, arms and aid to its murderous allies – air space, by the way, that the U.S. has recently abandoned.
Meanwhile the Administration is busy “creating space” between ourselves and Israel, while our closest ally in the region contemplates its chances for survival after Iran develops a nuclear weapon. Within the last couple of days the Israelis shot down an Iranian surveillance drone as it flew over Israel.
With regard to Iraq and Afghanistan, Obama’s policy has been to either get out immediately or to give our enemies a date certain for our withdrawal in order to fit his political agenda regardless of whether it unnecessarily harms our chances to prevent a Taliban takeover. Do the Obamaites, who spend so much time and resources on things like free contraception for women, have any clue about what the imposition of Sharia law will mean for women and girls in Afghanistan?
Wars Are Avoided By Strength And Credibility
Romney makes the one fundamental point that should guide a President’s thinking and therefore his policy: Wars are avoided by strength, and I might add, by the credibility of the country possessing that strength. The demonstration of lack of resolve by the United States of America is extremely dangerous. Our foes have misjudged our lack of resolve before and it has led to enormous bloodshed. Until recently, Democrats and Republicans both have agreed that the world is a much more dangerous place without American leadership. Presidents of both parties, as well as other leaders around the world, understood that and we avoided nuclear war. As Romney said, we are engaged in a struggle between liberty and tyranny. I want a President who understands that.
Lest we forget, there is more at stake here than just the Middle East. A newly aggressive Russia and China are watching all of this play out, as well.
In desperately trying to recover from last week’s debate fiasco, Obama and his team have now decided, after engaging in months of character assassination, to simply start calling Romney a liar, and in so doing they demean the office of the Presidency in an unprecedented way. I can think of only one thing that is more un-Presidential – a President who does not understand, or refuses to acknowledge, the nature of the world he lives in. Fortunately, we have one candidate for that office who does.
- Fred Thompson
Yeah! Fred Thompson!! I don’t think peolpe really have any idea how much is at stake in this election and how much we as freedom loving Americans stand to lose if King Hussein is given another four years!
HE SURE DID.
You talking about CFR Fred?
http://mickeywhite.blogspot.com/2011/01/fred-thompson-voted-poorly.html
Thanks
The New American, are you serious, it’s an Opinion Paper mag…Hey Mickey are you guys as reliable as the Onion ..The star lol
Who cares what Fred says about anything? Honestly. His view on anything ranks up there with a sack of potatoes. Actually I like potatoes more.
I thought this was a liberty site, not an anti-liberty candidate loving droolfest.
It sucks horridly that the majority of Americans are going to cast their ballot for either liberty-hater that’s been thrust upon is. Sad, that I have to pay for the idiocy of my fellow Americans.
Boy … that is a sack of somethin’ … maybe not potatoes, but something else that stinks … It is the Obamaites like you Lisa, that don’t seem to truly care about liberty, the constitution, or the fact that a strong America is man’s best hope for freedom in the world. You have nothing to say except “he’s bad” like the Obama supporters saying about Romney “he’s a liar” … you have nothing to say because there is no content, and no true hope in the liberal Obama message – only empty slogans like “forward” — forward to what? Towards equality in poverty for all, towards incentivizing sloth or stupidity through all manner of government largesse that we cannot afford (a tradition that goes back well before Obama – a particularly Capitol Hill disease), or promoting immorality, or towards being politically correct “comrade” and if your are not, having your house searched and being interrogated without a warrant under the “patriot act” (the misguided measure that is now being terribly abused when some unlucky souls dare to speak out too strongly against our administration)? It is time to clean house from top to bottom in Washington – and I mean Republicans too who let our would be King issue edicts and ignore his oath of office or enable secrets to be leaked just to gain votes to retain power, all without accountability – this is how our democracy is being destroyed. And it would help to call out the mindlessness of the Obamaites too … “forward” and “hope” in Obamaland seems to mean away from wisdom and the treasure of mankind’s many books of wisdom, and that sounds “backward” towards “despair” to me. So Obama’s “forward” is the lie after all, and those that continue to help support Obama have become co-authors with Obama of the latest chapter in the Book of Fools.
True Fred.
And meanwhile as we fight them overthrere we import them by the droves. Somalians, Kenyans , Iraqis, muslims of every stripe… All with republican complicity.
“Do the Obamaites, who spend so much time and resources on things like free contraception for women, have any clue about what the imposition of Sharia law will mean for women and girls in Afghanistan?” The real question is, do they care? As is aptly observed, the first priority of this administration is its political agenda and not the reality of the global struggle between tyranny and liberty. While we are fortunate enough to have a candidate to understand that, I hope we are even more fortunate enough to have enough people smart enough to realize he should be elected.
I think Obama has an “October Suprise” hiding in the wings to boost his foreign policy “creds.”
Am I the only one that has refered to Obama as our Manchurian Candidate? He has dismantled so many of our polices and laws. No wonder they don’t want us to find out about his School records,childhood days, and scholarships ect. Did he really acquire a scholarship as a Foreign student. Birth certificate was signed by doctor 3 days after birth in the only state that you could bring the child in and claim they were born in that state. How long an airline trip from dads homeland to our 50th state.
Lisa wake up and smell the cordite. Our fearless Pres. poo poo’s the 9-11 attack that kills our ambassador and applogizes for BS movie that says nothing. Muslims said back in 2001 they will rule the US and they will with Barack Hussein Obama helping them. You bellyache about a candidate loving site your biggest problem is we are not kissing you know who’s posterior like you would want us to.
Let us all keep this simple [KISS]. Mitt can step in to any company and run it, period! Would one want a Big Mac from a McDonald’s that obama was in charge of? That is the SAD and simple truth. Yes we all need to vote, but there is nothing wrong with prayer!! It is really nice to know that I am not alone with my LOVE for this Country! BEST; Tom
All of this discussion is true. However, to a critical 50% or so of the voters, it doesn’t matter a whit. That’s because they want their obama phones, free this and free that, and they plan to vote for obama no matter what. And, they don’t listen to very much and see even less.
What Romney/Ryan must do is use the administration’s records, current events, and the House committee findings to back up what we are all saying and take it to these voters to show them that voting blindly for their lying redistribution savior is going to kill the goose that laid the golden egg. It might seem anti-conservative (and it makes me, myself, cringe) but in order to win this election, our conservative candidates have got to paint the swing voters a picture they won’t forget when they go into the voter boxes! obama has failed on so many levels and on so many fronts that there’s got to be a way to get to at least some of these mind-blocked lemmings. I think it’s hard-core truth blasted at them from the debates which are the only means to bypass the biased, socialist media!
Vote the Bible!! PRAY?VOTE?PRAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What the hell can we do about it? My frustration is caused by the fear that the American people will prove to be stupid despite our hopes, that so much damage has been done it will take many years to repair, and that if Romney is elected the liberal part of the media will exhaust itself attacking him and attacking him to undermine his goals. Obama has to be bounced from office in November, bounced back to wherever he came from.