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Mr. President, is a strong America a problem?
Facebook ^ | 04/16/10 | Sarah Palin

Posted on 04/16/2010 11:52:48 AM PDT by American Dream 246

Asked this week about his faltering efforts to advance the Middle East peace process, President Obama did something remarkable. In front of some 47 foreign leaders and hundreds of reporters from all over the world, President Obama said that “whether we like it or not, we remain a dominant military superpower.”

Whether we like it or not? Most Americans do like it. America’s military may be one of the greatest forces for good the world has ever seen, liberating countless millions from tyranny, slavery, and oppression over the last 234 years. As a dominant superpower, the United States has won wars hot and cold; our military has advanced the cause of freedom in Iraq and Afghanistan and kept authoritarian powers like Russia and China in check.

It is in America’s and the world’s interests for our country to remain a dominant military superpower, but under our great country’s new leadership that dominance seems to be slipping away. President Obama has ended production of the F-22, the most advanced fighter jet this country has ever built. He’s gutted our missile defense program by eliminating shield resources in strategic places including Alaska. And he’s ended the program to build a new generation of nuclear weapons that would have ensured the reliability of our nuclear deterrent well into the future. All this is in the context of the country’s unsustainable debt that could further limit defense spending. As one defense expert recently explained:



The president is looking to eliminate the last vestiges of the Reagan-era buildup. Once the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are “ended” (not “won”), the arms control treaties signed, and defense budgets held at historic lows while social entitlements and debt service rise to near-European levels, the era of American superpower will have passed.

The truth is this: by his actions we see a president who seems to be much more comfortable with an American military that isn’t quite so dominant and who feels the need to apologize for America when he travels overseas. Could it be a lack of faith in American exceptionalism? The fact is that America and our allies are safer when we are a dominant military superpower – whether President Obama likes it or not.

- Sarah Palin


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1 posted on 04/16/2010 11:52:49 AM PDT by American Dream 246
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To: American Dream 246

America itself is a problem for this evil demon.


2 posted on 04/16/2010 12:00:31 PM PDT by unkus
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To: American Dream 246

Why is Sarah referring a Kenyan usurper as “Mr. President”?


3 posted on 04/16/2010 12:09:35 PM PDT by Thane_Banquo (Mitt Romney: He's from Harvard, and he's here to help.)
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To: American Dream 246

Americas greatest Threat is the Socialist/Marxist/Fascist Obama


4 posted on 04/16/2010 12:10:14 PM PDT by hondact200 ( Lincoln Freed the Enslaved. Obama Enslaves the Free. Obama is Americas Greatest Threat)
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To: American Dream 246

Thank you for showing the Republicans how to lead, Sarah.


5 posted on 04/16/2010 5:27:09 PM PDT by reasonisfaith (Show me one example where the results of Democrat policy are not the opposite of what they promise.)
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To: American Dream 246

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2494286/posts


6 posted on 04/16/2010 7:57:39 PM PDT by SunkenCiv ("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
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