The disingenuous “Hello, everybody” routine is getting old, as well, O
The Defense Editor of Britain’s influential The Telegraph said Tuesday that “the longer the Obama presidency continues, the more America’s status as a superpower ebbs away.” Harsh rhetoric – or reality?
Con Coughlin, world-renowned expert on global security and terrorism, and author of several critically acclaimed books, summed it up this way:
“For a country that is supposed to be the most powerful in the world, the fact that Americans have today woken up to find large swathes of their nation closed for business is humiliating.”
The Brits sure do have a way with words, don’t they? Here’s more:
“Thanks to President Barack Obama obduracy over his flagship healthcare policy, Democrats and Republicans have failed to reach agreement in Congress on the federal budget, forcing the US Government to close down for the first time in 17 years, with around 700,000 federal workers being placed on indefinite leave.There was a time not so long ago when the world looked to America for both political and economic leadership. But now that can no longer be taken for granted thanks to Mr Obama’s inability to provide decisive leadership on either front.The emergence of Russia, meanwhile, as the main power broker in the Syria crisis has severely damaged America’s standing as a major global player.”
While Mr. Coughlin is an obvious conservative, does that make his words any less true?
Is not Barack Obama’s intransigence and unwillingness to negotiate with Congress at least equally responsible for the federal government shutdown?
Did his abysmal handling of the self-created Syrian “red line” crisis not only diminish American stature in the Middle East and around the world – but open widely the door for Vladimir Putin to eagerly enter and assume leadership in the region?
The answers are yes. And Con Coughlin is – at the very least – partially right.
Obama’s America.
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