“He wanted to change America and restore its reputation in the world.”
He accomplished the first but never intended the second. If he did he certainly went about it in a strange way.
Get this >>> “The world also had high hopes for a changed America, a country that would be less militaristic than it was under his predecessor, George W. Bush ...”
You have to wonder if they’ve ever heard that old pot and kettle story.
Whatever happened to key ideas of changing our image in the world, such as closing Gitmo? The liberals lectured us that the mere existence of Gitmo helped recruit terrorists.
So why has a good Democrat president not closed Gitmo?
Well, they claim they have reached out to the Arab/Muslim world and we’re supposed to be loved there now because of this outreach. And he praised the Arab spring revolution in Egypt.