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Posted on 05/05/2011 9:33:42 AM PDT by JudyM
A recent report in The New Yorker suggested that the Obama’s administration’s weird sort of/sort of not foreign policy is now gleefully self-described as “leading from behind.” Not exercising leadership is a reflection, the article suggests, of Obama’s view that the US is both disliked and in decline. Decline?
Here are some tidbits from the Ryan Lizza adulatory piece. The following I think is meant as a compliment:
The one consistent thread running through most of Obama’s decisions has been that America must act humbly in the world. Unlike his immediate predecessors, Obama came of age politically during the post-Cold War era, a time when America’s unmatched power created widespread resentment. Obama believes that highly visible American leadership can taint a foreign-policy goal just as easily as it can bolster it.
(Excerpt) Read more at victorhanson.com ...
Wonderful.
The point is that an entire society chooses their destiny. At 90% debt, i think we’re past the tipping point. No way out, b
Why is it then, when the SHTF as it inevitably does (earthquake, tsunami, typhoon, flood, famine, tribal warfare, &c., &c., ad nauseum), the rest of the world stands around like a thunderstruck moon-cow without a clue, waiting with their their hands out for good old "Uncle Sugar" to come riding in to fix their latest boo boo. Let nature take it's course, it's a fast and easy way to reduce "population stress"!
Regards,
GtG
“leading from behind.” Fits perfectly.
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