Barack Obama is the anti-Reagan of US global leadership:

The Telegraph ^ | Nile Gardiner

[nuconvert]

Barack Obama is the anti-Reagan of US global leadership: the president lacks true grit in the face of America’s enemies

As 2010 draws to a close, the United States faces a world that is ever more dangerous, with the looming spectre of a nuclear-armed Iran in the Middle East, a resurgent and increasingly aggressive Russia in Europe, a rising totalitarian power in the East in the form of China, a malevolent rogue state in North Korea, and the global threat of Islamist terrorism. Yet Washington seems almost passive in the face of these huge challenges, with an administration whose focus is overwhelmingly upon domestic politics, and lacking any coherent long-term vision in maintaining America’s place as the world’s superpower.

Last week The Times of London summed up the fears of many US allies in an editorial on the passing of veteran diplomat Richard Holbrooke, when it lamented America’s lack of leadership in the face of its competitors:

America today is arguably less convinced in its moral mission than at any time in the past century. This unease spreads to its natural allies worldwide. As global power shifts, and other growing economic powers learn to flex their might, the West appears increasingly uncertain in its occasional role as the world’s policeman.

[SunTzuWu]

“Under Reagan, the United States was revered by its allies, feared by its enemies, and looked upon with awe by hundreds of millions who lived under the boot of tyranny in Eastern Europe. The Gipper rescued America from post-Vietnam decline and restored its pride on the world stage. In contrast, the Obama presidency is fostering US weakness in the face of its enemies, and giving every impression of presiding over a superpower in decline, without direction, self-belief or clear sense of purpose.”

[clamper1797]

I was thinking more like anti-Christ

[BobP]

Barack Obama is the anti-President.

KOOL-AID AND PIXIE DUST.

One big socialistic village.

I say we impeach this jackass.

It might fail as in BJ Clinton's second term impeachment but it's one thing America needs to set it straight again.

[Texas Fossil]

Obozo is still a “post turtle”. The question is what fools put him there?

[NonValueAdded]

Oh you foolish, foolish Brits and other Europeans. How safe you felt hiding behind America’s skirts while calling Bush a cowboy and acting all upset at the heavy lifting being done on your behalf. What you didn’t figure on was that someone was listening and taking you seriously rather than seeing your duplicity for what it was. Obama is as much your fault as it is ours.

[clearcarbon]

"I was thinking more like anti-Christ"

I don't think he's the anti-Christ. He's more
like an LMSM "dry-run" for the anti-Christ.