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The popular mantra towards the end of the Bush administration was that the ‘whole world’ hated us. One good thing though, we were secure and no one was going to mess with us.
Now nearly 100 days into the new Obama administration and the USA has a new found popularity or has Barack Obama merely traded our security for his own popularity on the international scene.
Bruce Thornton of FrontPageMagazine writes on this issue: “The World Likes Us, It Really Likes Us!”
He concludes with this:
“So it’s no surprise that the world is delighted with our new president. Rather than projecting strength and a willingness to defend and promote America’s interests, he is eager to validate the criticisms of states that are our rivals or enemies. Where liberals see a more sophisticated and nuanced approach to global affairs, one that dismisses the crude moral tone of George Bush, these states see a weakness to be exploited in order to achieve their own national interests, which necessarily must often conflict with ours. Weakening America’s security is too large a price to pay for transient popularity.”
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