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| 2010-05-23 | ||
WEST POINT, N.Y. -- President Obama on Saturday offered a glimpse of a new national security doctrine that distances his administration from George W. Bush's policy of preemptive war, emphasizing global institutions and America's role in promoting democratic values.
In a commencement speech to the graduating class at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, the president outlined his departure from what Bush had called a "distinctly American internationalism." Instead, Obama pledged to shape a new "international order" based on diplomacy and engagement. Like we've been doing with Iran, for instance? And North Korea? And in the Muddle East since 1948? Obama has spoken frequently about creating new alliances, We don't need no damn Brits. And Aussies are so 1944. And who needs Canucks? They can all be dumped and then we can look for new allies. and of attempts to repair the U.S. image abroad after nearly a decade in which Bush's approach was viewed with suspicion in many quarters.
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| Posted by:Steve White |
| #15 ION WMF > CHINA'S STRATEGY OF CREATING POWERFUL ANTI-INTERVENTION "PROHIBITED ZONES" AGZ THE US NAVY/US AIRCRAFT CARRIER WILL FORCE THE ECON TROUBLED US TO INCUR HIGH DEBT AND OPPORTUNITY COSTS TO DEFEAT CHINA. EXPANSION OF ANTI-US/CARRIER "PROHIBITED ZONES" TO THE "SECOND ISLAND CHAIN" AND GUAM BASE, ULTIMATELY TO HAWAII AND US-CANADIAN WEST COAST. * SAME > MYANMAR GOVT: THE US HAS FAILED TO DEFEAT CHINA'S INFLUENCE AND POLICIES IN MYANMAR [Burma]. HIGH RISK OF US FAILURE [Obama Local, Regional Goals-Policies] IN SOUTHEAST ASIA. *SAME > CINA'S CURRENT STRATEGIC PRIORITY/FOCII IN THE EAST-SOUTH CHINA SEAS DISPUTES IS CHINA-SPECIFIC NATIONAL, GLOBAL ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND MODERNIZATION. INCREASING WEAKNESS OF CHINA'S "FIVE SEA DRAGONS" [Strategic-Natio Goals + Directives] IN RELATION TO JAPAN + RISING SMALLER REGIONAL POWERS [MilEcon Modernization]. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-05-23 23:15 |
| #14 WMF > OBAMA SPEECH AT US WEST POINT GRADUATION TELLS THAT TERROR ATTACKS AGZ US WILL CONTINUE, INOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY WILL BE KEY TO FUTURE US POWER. and NEWS KERALA > OBAMA AT WEST POINT: US NEEDS ITS "WORLD ALLIES" TO FIGHT AND WIN AFGHAN WAR. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-05-23 21:30 |
| #13 Apologies for the redundant posts. Fat-fingered it; with not enough tech smarts to recover... |
| Posted by: Asymmetrical 2010-05-23 20:44 |
| #12 The Kenyan Komrad's komments at USMA were a DISGRACE. Give "The Won" a tele-prompter and a PA system with enhanced echo and compression effects, and Mau-Mau Boy will curl the toes of lefties in orgasmic throes of homo-erotic abandon wurld-wyde! HE's Hot! (Not) |
| Posted by: Asymmetrical 2010-05-23 20:37 |
| #11 The Kenyan Komrad's komments at USMA were a DISGRACE. Give "The Won" a tele-prompter and a PA system with enhanced echo and compression effects, and Mau-Mau Boy will curl the toes of lefties in orgasmic throes of homo-erotic abandon wurld-wyde! |
| Posted by: Asymmetrical 2010-05-23 20:31 |
| #10 "I also remember George Bush promoting democracy around the world. Obama was asleep back then, I guess." Nothing's changed, except the quality of the accommodations. :-( |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-05-23 15:49 |
| #9 Am I thoe only one who doesn't really give a shit what 99% of the other countries think of the US. They love too hate us butwhen the shit hits the fan then guess who they want too help them. |
| Posted by: chris 2010-05-23 14:39 |
| #8 Read John Hinderaker's take on this speech over at Powerline. What the WaPo reported versus what was actually in O's speech are 'Not the Same®'. (Surprised?) |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2010-05-23 13:30 |
| #7 You have to feel sorry for the graduates. After four years of brutal exams, ruthless discipline, extreme physical conditioning - - - they get to have Obama as their graduation speaker (and boss). Rumor mill had it that the faculty put the word out that they would be taking notes about cadets that didn't clap. Apparently not rigorously enforced as Obama dropped a line from his speech thanking them for their response ... |
| Posted by: Spanky Wheack7175 2010-05-23 11:38 |
| #6 Proceed to Stage Two... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2010-05-23 11:34 |
| #5 Everyone says the US isn't special, but they're also insistent that _they_ themselves are special. They have a sub-nation they want to be loyal to and patriotic of, but they'll never say that, they'd have to defend it. They're really just another "nation," with more of the faults than usual and none of the virtues, but since they never say they are, they never have to be responsible for their actions. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2010-05-23 11:28 |
| #4 Arrogant nose in the air. Bullshit and hubris spilling from his lips. I really hate the asshat Bullshit and hubris Arrogrant nose in the air I hate the asshat No charge |
| Posted by: Shipman 2010-05-23 11:20 |
| #3 TOTUS employed. Arrogant nose in the air. Bullshit and hubris spilling from his lips. I really hate the asshat |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-05-23 10:23 |
| #2 Was BO programmed by TOTUS? And what is this new world order? Is that the one where he apologizes for what America stands for and he sucks up to our enemies? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2010-05-23 09:37 |
| #1 In his speech -- the ninth wartime commencement in a row -- the commander in chief, who is leading two foreign wars, NO NO NO NO NO 2 operational areas in one war. and this CIC is not fighting anything but the will of the people at home. |
| Posted by: Abu do you love (laptop) 2010-05-23 01:46 |