Sunday, July 8, 2012

Obama and his foreign policy

From Foreign Affairs: How Obama Lost Canada  "But instead of acting on economic logic, the Obama administration caved to environmental activists in November 2011, postponing until 2013 the decision on whether to allow the pipeline.

"Obama’s choice marked a triumph of campaign posturing over pragmatism and diplomacy, and it brought U.S.-Canadian relations to their lowest point in decades. It was hardly the first time that the administration has fumbled issues with Ottawa. Although relations have been civil, they have rarely been productive. Whether on trade, the environment, or Canada’s shared contribution in places such as Afghanistan, time and again the United States has jilted its northern neighbor. "
Russian bomber intrusion near Pacific coast is second in two weeks...  "The U.S. defense official called the latest Bear H incident near the U.S. West Coast “Putin’s Fourth of July Bear greeting to Obama.”
Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Thomas McInerney, a former Alaska commander for the North American Aerospace Defense Command, said the latest Bear H intrusion appears to be Russian military testing.  
“It’s becoming very obvious that Putin is testing Obama and his national security team,” 
....McInerney said the Bear H flights are an effort by the Russians to challenge U.S. resolve, something he noted is “somewhat surprising as Obama is about to make a unilateral reduction of our nuclear forces as well as major reductions in our air defense forces.”
“Actions by Russia in Syria and Iran demonstrate that Cold War strategy may be resurrected,” he said.
“These are not good indications of future U.S. Russian relations.”...Via Drudge.
The attached cartoon must come with the following caveat: it implies that Clinton is the foreign policy expert. But bear in mind she is still a liberal Democrat and the tool of the American left, which feels this nation is to roll over and never assert itself to the enemy because we deserve anything that comes to us.

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