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Obama's Diplomatic Acrobatics

by Daniel Pipes
September 11, 2013
Cross-posted from National Review Online, The Corner

http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/2013/09/obama-diplomatic-acrobatics

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The Obama administration's diplomatic acrobatic over Syria of the past three weeks prove that the president and his team are in way over their heads, amateurs in the deadly game of war and peace. (One wonders if Valerie Jarrett is making the key decisions in this instance, as in so many others.)

Notice a difference? The crowd greeting Obama in Berlin in 2008.

Lurching from self-imposed trap (the "red line" statement) to self-inflicted crisis (the need for congressional approval), the administration erodes the credibility of the U.S. government and increases the dangers facing Americans. Enemies of the United States, its allies, and modern civilization itself will take succor in this ignominious performance and grow in strength.
That Obama seems driven to defend his own honor and credibility, regardless of cost, makes this episode particularly troublesome. A great country finds itself held hostage to the ego of a small man.

And the Berlin crowd for Obama in 2013.

In short, Americans are finally starting to see the consequences of electing and re-electing arguable the worst politician in modern times to inhabit the White House, consequences will only become more apparent in the years ahead. (September 11, 2013)

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