As the old saying goes, perception is everything. The perception of American weakness is what led to 9/11. Bin Laden was convinced the Americans would never do more than token strikes on empty camps or Sudanese aspirin factories.
And now our enemies perceive us as weak, once again. Of course, this time, they’re right.
1) The US is declining on every front.
2) Obama’s speech to the Arab world from Cairo launched the Arab Spring (Islamic Winter).
3) Obama lost the entire middle east to Iran and Russia.
4) The reset with Russia set the US back to 1979 levels.
5) The US has no backbone to support ANY of her allies.
6) The implementation of Obama’s “Soft Power” is just that, soft and totally ineffective.
7) The “lead from Behind” policy cost us the lives of US diplomats and personnel in Libya.
8) The Obama-Kerry axis forces Israel to negotiate with the PLO who have no intention of making peace.
9) The US cannot handle ANY Problem.
10) The US has lost all initiative in space in exchange fro Muslim outreach.
Should I go on? Jeez!!!!!!!!
...and I did not touch on disasterous Domestic issues at all.