President Barack Obama has gone to great lengths to improve the “image” of the United States in the world. He is concerned that our image is less than it might be. To that end he has traveled extensively making apologies for the bad behavior of his (Republican) predecessors.

So how is the campaign to improve our image working out? That depends upon whose opinion we examine. In the United Kingdom, our oldest and staunchest friend and ally, one pundit has referred to our president in terms less than endearing:
“Obama’s problem is that he does not know who the enemy is. To him, the enemy does not squat in caves in Waziristan, clutching automatic weapons and reciting the more militant verses from the Koran: instead, it sits around at tea parties in Kentucky quoting from the US Constitution. Obama is not at war with terrorists, but with his Republican fellow citizens. He has never abandoned the campaign trail.
President Pantywaist’s recent world tour, cosying up to all the bad guys, excited the ambitions of America’s enemies. Here, they realised, is a sucker they can really take to the cleaners. His only enemies are fellow Americans.”

(http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/geraldwarner/9614177/Barack_Obama_and_the_CIA_why_does_President_Pantywaist_hate_America_so_badly/)

On another front, Mr Obama has cancelled plans to construct a missile defense shield in Eastern Europe, consisting of a radar complex in the Czech Republic and a battery of anti-missile missiles based in Poland. This decision has evoked mixed reviews. The Russian government loves it. The Czech and Polish governments have been stiffed yet again by a Western government intent on currying favor with the Russians.

As reported in the Times of London, Russia's Foreign Ministry welcomed reports of the US decision. A spokesman said: "Such a development would be in line with the interests of our relations with the United States."

While the Russians loved the Obama move, the Czech government had a different take on the cancellation of the program.

“This is not good news for the Czech state, for Czech freedom and independence," said Mirek Topolanek, the former Czech Prime Minister. "It puts us in a position where we are not firmly anchored in terms of partnership, security and alliance, and that’s a certain threat."

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article6838058.ece


It is pretty clear from recent events just whose opinion President Obama’s campaign of image improvement is designed for. He is concerned with improving our image with our enemies, and the devil take the hindmost of our allies.

If Eastern Europe is left wide open to the intimidation and threats of the Russian giant and its Iranian proxy, I guess they will get over it, as they have before. Can anyone say Warsaw Pact?

This would be funny if it was not so deadly serious. The Obama Administration is conducting foreign policy like other democrat administrations have in the past. They are trying to make nice with our enemies on the theory that our enemies will reciprocate with sweetness and all will live happily ever after.

Such naiveté may be understandable if not for the wealth of historical examples of how powerful nations deal with weakness in other governments.