24 January 2010
The Weakness of Obama's International Leadership Part 1
The Vacuum in International Leadership
Sadly and dangerously, the track record of Obama in international matters is terrible. It is only impressive for those who love his words but ignore the results. In short, he impresses those who don’t count. To the nasty regimes he is a buffoon.
Obama’s Abysmal Track Record
Any doubts about this should be dispelled by a quick look at just a selection of his international activities:
i) His first presidential visit overseas to Turkey was rapidly followed by Turkey making a series of very public and ostentatious demonstrations of support for enemies of the US (and Israel): Sudan, Syria, Iran and Hamas.
ii) On his first presidential visit to Europe, Obama asked for help from the Europeans to deal with economic crisis and to raise more troops for Afghanistan. Naturally, he was listened to in a friendly and polite fashion, with great photo ops, and super sound bites etc, but his requests were politely declined....
