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Obama Flunks Foreign Policy 101

by Big Dog on Feb 12, 2007 at 14:00 Uncategorized

Since the war on terror started the Democratic Party has told us time and again that we are alienating the world and that our allies are unhappy with us. We need to make nice with them and the rest of the world and the terrorists will stop being bad and trying to kill us. The Democrats have forgotten what allies are and what it means to be an ally. All during the Iraq phase of the war on terror the Democrats have failed to recognize other countries that are helping. They were relegated to the status of insignificant.

Prime minister John Howard of Australia this past week made a comment that indicated the terrorists should pray that Obama wins and the democrats are in charge. This was in response to Obama’s assertions that our troops should be removed from Iraq by March of next year. Howard indicated that this would be a defeat for the US and would impact the security of his nation. He is, of course, correct. Obama’s response demonstrates how he lacks an understanding of the world.

Obama, in Iowa a day after formally announcing his candidacy, responded to Howard’s initial comments by saying he was flattered that one of Bush’s close allies had chosen to single him out for attack.

He then challenged Howard on his commitment to the Iraq conflict, noting the United States has nearly 140,000 troops in Iraq compared with Australia’s about 1,400 forces in the region.

“So if he is ginned up to fight the good fight in Iraq, I would suggest that he calls up another 20,000 Australians and sends them to Iraq,” Obama said. “Otherwise it’s just a bunch of empty rhetoric.” Washington Post

Here is where Obama gets it wrong. John Howard is not one of Bush’s allies. Australia is one of the allies of the United States. While there might be individual friendships, alliances are between nations. Obama should realize that Howard is Obama’s ally too. That is because Howard represents Australia and Obama is a citizen of the US and that makes us ALL allies. For a man who wants to be President it does not seem very wise for him to question the commitment of an ally. Of course, this is what the left has been doing since the war started.

Obama also told us, without realizing it, that the plan by the president to send more troops is the right one. Obama said that if Howard is ginned up for a fight he needs to send 20,000 more troops or his talk is empty rhetoric. So Obama is admitting that if you want to fight you need more troops. Those are his words. Bush has stated that he wants to take the fight to the enemy and decided to send 21,500 more troops. Obama opposes that troop increase. The fact that Obama does not want to send more troops shows that he does not want our President to succeed in Iraq and that he does not want us to fight the terrorists. When Obama tells anyone he wants us to have national security it is empty rhetoric.

Obama admitted that the way to win the fight is to send more troops. Since he opposes sending more of our troops he does not want us to win. For a guy who wants to be President he sure does not act very Presidential.

Cheers to John Howard and all our allies and friends in Australia. I will take a group of Aussie Diggers over any American Liberal any day of the week. With the Diggers you know you have someone who will watch your back, not stab you in it like the Liberals will do. I will take any of our Aussie friends who support us over any of our Liberals. With the Aussie, you get someone you can count on to help you succeed. The same can not be said about an American Liberal.

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