By Steven Laib
Barack Obama was supposed to be a foreign policy genius. There were two reasons
cited for this. Firstly, he had spent a portion of his youth in Indonesia, and
purportedly had traveled to Pakistan at some point. Secondly, he had taken a
class in foreign affairs or foreign policy while at Columbia University…… The
Obama approach to foreign policy, which assumes that the problem stems from an
American bad attitude or unwillingness to recognize the virtues of other
cultures, ignores two underlying facts; first, that other cultures may have the
same problem that the big Left accuses Americans of having, and second, the
historical reality shows that cultures are not static, but change over time, so
that today’s friend or ally may be something else in the next decade or even
the next political administration.…… Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping know that
they are dealing with someone who is either unwilling or more likely unable to
play hardball in the world of international politics. They know that he does
not understand the game. Further, his behavior indicates that Obama sees the
American people as his number one enemy, while the political leaders elsewhere
are somehow his friends, regardless of their intentions toward the USA or its
allies.…..To Read More.....
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