Posted on 12/01/2010 9:21:51 PM PST by stolinsky
The damage to our national security and prestige is bad enough. Why will foreign leaders talk to us frankly, when what they say may appear in the New York Times? Even worse, what will happen to foreign heads of government, military leaders and ordinary people who are helping us in our war on terrorism? What will happen when their names are revealed? Their usefulness will end − and quite possibly so will their lives. If this is how we repay our friends, we will have fewer friends.
Our troops are taught never to leave a comrade behind. But the lesson we are teaching the world is: Don’t do anything risky to help America. We’re likely to leave you out there alone and in danger. Our ability to keep secrets is a joke. But you won’t die laughing.
On second thought, the image of Gulliver tied down by the Lilliputians is not quite relevant. Gulliver went to sleep and woke up helpless. But the Obama administration is wide awake − at least physically − and still is being rendered helpless. Besides, Gulliver did not provide the Lilliputians with the cords to bind him. Can the administration say as much?
Lemuel Gulliver did not want to be helpless and did his best to free himself. Can Uncle Sam say as much?
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