“The notion that the United States can lead from behind is pitiful,” writes this pundit, “the sorry concoction of an Obama administration that mistakes dulcet passivity for a foreign policy.”
This sounds like something from Charles Krauthammer, but comes instead from his Washington Post colleague Richard Cohen, a man not noted for his conservative views, indeed, a man whose views often echo those of the Beltway establishment.
Is this an indication that others within that establishment are beginning to question President Obama’s foreign policy prowess? It seems the American people are beginning to lose faith in his leadership. Ace alerts us to a poll showing “Obama losing 5 points on foreign policy, despite the media running interference for him.” That survey, the NBC/WSJ poll, otherwise favorable to the Democrats, finds that “only 41 percent of independents approve of Obama’s foreign-policy handling, versus 53 percent who did so last month.”
One wonders what those numbers would look like if our friends in the legacy media focused on Obama’s record in office instead of Mitt Romney’s supposed “gaffes”, particularly in regard to the warnings U.S. officials had received about imminent attacks on our embassies and consulates in the Middle East.
“Obama losing his foreign policy edge?”
That would require that he had a foreign policy edge to lose.
I await the day that some Lefty can explain what the Obama Doctrine is.
Here it is: Piss off allies, apologize for America and fundraise while Ambassadors die and embassies burn.
I prefer to describe it thus, “No worse ally, no better enemy.”
Obama Doctrine:
Kill Bin Ladin & get out of Iraq and Afganistan
Starve Iran’s banks and the banks who move their money. While keeping out of another war. Totally encircle china. Engage Russia as much as possible. Leave Arabs alone as much as possible while killing terrorists with drones.
Not a bumper sticker but pretty effective.
It doesn’t look like your alleged “Obama doctrine” is working out very well, mike.
Now that a video has surfaced of Obama admitting to wanting to transform government to redistribute the wealth of the nation; I am hopeful that one will materialize in which he will admit to have been a closet muslim and his dream is to see the world converted to islam. Maybe Rev. Wright´s ¨God damn America¨really resonated with him. The revelation that there was a three day warning that our embassy would come under attack needs to be investigated by Congress. This is the most corrupt administration that we have seen in ages. Carter´s Administration was inept but I don´t remember an investgations for corruption