finally a light...at the end of the obama tunnel!
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Posted on 04/11/2015 11:47:29 AM PDT by PROCON
President Obama officially closed a chapter in U.S. history that has guided presidents since nearly beginning, indicating the United States will no longer act to resist overseas influence in the Hemisphere.
Obama, who spoke Friday during a “civil society” forum in Panama City, Panama, disparaged past efforts by the United States to forestall the spread of Communism in Latin America and suggested similar missions would no longer be undertaken.
“The days in which our agenda in this hemisphere so often presumed that the United States could meddle with impunity, those days are past,” Obama said.
Let’s think about what Obama means here. Obama’s world view was whelped in the 1980s within Leftist universities where political science professors groaned ceaselessly about Ronald Reagan and dismissed his anti-Communism as primitive warmongering that failed to recognize the basic decency of our enemies.
When it came to Latin America, they spouted something called “Dependency Theory,” which posited that U.S. policy in the region was predicated on sucking the wealth out of smaller, less powerful nations, not preventing Soviet expansion.
This, of course, is the theory Obama embraced, viewing our “meddling” as ignoble capitalist exploitation, not a defensive parry against the Soviets.
Obama, as the Iranians have recently recognized, does not understand the evil designs of our enemies and believes in campfire singalongs rather than fighting fire with fire. Meanwhile, he suspects the motives of the United States. And so opposing Communism in El Salvador, Nicaragua, Chile, Guatemala, and anywhere else was “meddling,” notwithstanding the foreign influence behind “indigenous” Communist movements.
This foreign influence is exactly what James Monroe was trying to deflect. Monroe said:
The American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.
We owe it, therefore, to candor and to the amicable relations existing between the United States and those powers to declare that we should consider any attempt on their part to extend their system to any portion of this hemisphere as dangerous to our peace and safety . . .
With the Governments who have declared their independence and maintained it, and whose independence we have, on great consideration and on just principles, acknowledged, we could not view any interposition for the purpose of oppressing them, or controlling in any other manner their destiny, by any European power in any other light than as the manifestation of an unfriendly disposition toward the United States.
The Soviet Union was just such a power. But for Obama, Cuba, which was sustained by the Soviets, is really not much different than any other place. Obama said:
As we move toward the process of normalization, we’ll have our differences, government to government, with Cuba on many issues — just as we differ at times with other nations within the Americas; just as we differ with our closest allies. There’s nothing wrong with that.
As the United States begins a new chapter in our relationship with Cuba, we hope it will create an environment that improves the lives of the Cuban people -– not because it’s imposed by us, the United States, but through the talent and ingenuity and aspirations, and the conversation among Cubans from all walks of life so they can decide what the best course is for their prosperity.
Today, Iran is seeking to spread its influence into Latin America, and Russia is hoping to stage a comeback.
But now, the area is off limits. To the United States, that is. Not to its enemies.
That right there is the foremost mistake of progressive thought; all political systems are equal.
President Cruz has his work cut out for him.
It is truly incredible the amount of damage this moron has racked up in a such a short time.
He’s against the Monroe Doctrine because he would never have the balls to pursue it.
Lord, please let it be a conservative.
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He opposes the Monroe Doctrine because 0bama wants to see communism spread in the Americas.
Agreed, but I believe we all are going to have to play a part in our restoration - this country was not brought down by one man, and will not be taken back by only one.
The Communists are in every nook and cranny, you can be sure of that.
Wonder how much money he's gonna give to Cuba??
Of course the Obuma knows that Russia is their BFF.
He seems to have inverted all prior policies towards foreign governments. He is probably a communist at heart plus, of course, he is consumed with racial resentment and all prior Presidents were white. Thus, he loves reversing all prior policies that benefit and protect our nation. This is the community organizer who through inept diplomacy gave a crazed group of Mullah’s the bomb and missiles to deliver it.
Probably??!!
Perhaps O’Venal is confusing the ‘Monroe Doctrine’ with ‘Manifest Destiny’. Remember that many who smoke gaggers, or choom, as O’V calls it, have limited attention spans and difficulty focusing, during school.
As a Canadian, ‘Manifest Destiny’ is pure evil; the ‘Monroe Doctrine’, as applied to communism, is perfectly welcome.
When things happen and you don't see a foreign power visibly involved, you can't rightly invoke the Monroe Doctrine.
It's not supposed to be a warrant for unlimited US meddling in Latin America (though it's often served as such).
In any case, with China getting involved in our hemisphere it won't be long before the doctrine becomes relevant again in a big way.
If he feels like that then he should have kept out of Israel’s election.
Not opposed when it comes to Israel though.
I think it is safe to say Obama is a Communist. His parents and his grandparents were communists, as well as his mentor, Frank Marshal Davis.
Jeb Bush would make a good ambassador to either Cuba or Venezuela--or if they were willing, Jeb could take one and Colomba could take the other. They could play good cop to Cruz's bad cop as the Monroe Doctrine becomes reinstated.
Counting the minute till it’s (he) is gone...
Communists went back in the shadows after the cold war and got into more positions of power.
Now look at them, in the media, Federal level, white house etc.
If a liberal troll is lurking then look at what the communist rules stated back in 63 and see how the Dems and liberal-tarians have wanted, advocate or got passed.
http://www.uhuh.com/nwo/communism/comgoals.htm.
It even states for them to get into positions of power and influence.
He has not formally acknowledged he is a communist. His deeds indicate communist views but deeds alone are ambiguous; i.e. his actions could be solely based upon stupidity; resentment for previous white leadership of our nation etc.
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