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| Fouad Ajami: Obama's cold-blooded foreign policy |
| 2009-12-31 |
| Wall Street Journal ...that patina of cosmopolitanism in President Obama's background concealed the isolationism of the liberal coalition that brought him to power. The tide had turned in the congressional elections of 2006. American liberalism was done with its own antecedents--the outlook of Woodrow Wilson and FDR and Harry Truman and John Kennedy. It wasn't quite "Come home, America," but close to it. This was now the foreign policy of Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden. There was in the land a "liberal orientalism," if you will, a dismissive attitude about the ability of other nations to partake of liberty. It had started with belittling the Iraqis' aptitude for freedom. But there was implicit in it a broader assault on the very idea of freedom's possibilities in distant places. East was East, and West was West, and never the twain shall meet. We're weary, the disillusioned liberalism maintains, and we're broke, and there are those millions of Americans aching for health care and an economic lifeline. We can't care for both Ohio and the Anbar, Peoria and Peshawar. It is either those embattled people in Iran or a rescue package for Chrysler.... Go read it all. |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #4 Fouad Ajami is always right- although he regularly scares, Irritates, or upsets me. It must be a burden to be right about the Middle East so often. |
| Posted by: whatadeal 2009-12-31 23:53 |
| #3 "Ideology is so yesterday," Secretary of State Hillary Clinton proclaimed not long ago, giving voice to the new sentiment. Spoken like a true tranzi. Absolutely frightening. The weak horse left and the Obami may believe this, but rest assured not one of our enemies does. Friends either for that matter. We're threatened by backward 7th century savages worldwide. Oderint dum metuant is a far safer attitude for US foreign policy. I won't hold my breath. |
| Posted by: NCMike 2009-12-31 16:14 |
| #2 when one utters the Islamic-Manchurian candidate, who comes to mind? |
| Posted by: Jack Salami 2009-12-31 10:06 |
| #1 A courageous man, with a name like that. |
| Posted by: Bobby 2009-12-31 08:35 |