So far I am not very impressed with Obama's foreign policy efforts. I'm beginning to worry that he is going to put our country in danger of becoming a much weaker nation. It took years to overcome the missteps of Carter, and we were very fortunate to have a really good foreign policy president come in behind him. I am a believer in the saying 'Peace through Strength', but I'm afraid Obama is all about 'Peace through Talk'. I agree that diplomacy and talk are important but if you don't back up the talk with a willingness to use your military and weapons then you are asking for the enemies (and there are many of those) of our country to attempt to destroy us. There are truly evil men out there that are waiting for America to blink. It seems to me that Obama is not just blinking, he is closing his eyes and turning his head to the true dangers that can befall us. His liberal ideology, unfortunately, makes him suspicious of our military. The efforts of the politically correct to refuse to label such dangers as Radical Islam as a danger to America, has made Obama much more likely to be weak in his dealings with them.
I read an excellent article from the Washington Post on this topic. It is an article by Ralph Peters.
Here is the link: O'S FOREIGN FAILURES
Amen, Lynn. You need an iron fist inside the velvet glove.
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