When the President set out on his apology tour back in 08, many of us warned about the pitfalls of “college diplomacy” as I’ve come to call it. College or classroom diplomacy is the premature application of untried and ideological foreign and domestic policy initiatives, which end up creating dangerous and unstable conditions, (intended and unintended). It is one thing to have an opinion on the issues of our time, but “We the People” are now learning what happens when partisan ideologues are given the keys to the store.
Diplomacy in action…
President Obama has gotten himself about as jammed up as he could possibly be, continuing to ride the middle rail on just about every problematic issue he faces abroad. His lack of commitment to the fundamental principles of liberty which have stood as the cornerstone of American foreign policy for generations, has diminished not only his own international standing, but that of our country as a whole. This couldn’t have come at a worse time, as we face a global enemy with many faces and zero regard for human life. Consequently, friends and enemies are difficult to distinguish and shooting from the hip while jet-setting on Martha’s Vineyard simply won’t do.
There is a certain irony to the events unfolding in Egypt however. We all remember Mr. Obama speaking early and often in his presidency about American arrogance and “derisiveness”, basically reaffirming his revisionist view of American influence overseas. The problem comes when many of the nations who were listening to the POTUS, whether wishing us well or ill, have examined our current posture and now view the United States as both financially and diplomatically impotent in every way, a vacuum the Chinese and Russians are happy to fill I would add. Worse yet, reports are coming in that Muslim Brotherhood radicals in Egypt are using the “Morsi” chaos as cover to burn churches and kill Christians. I’d say it’s time to turn the page on Obama diplomacy, and fast…
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