In the space of little more than one week, President Obama has made two incredible mistakes in attempting to manage the foreign policy of the United States. The first was his unilateral decision to forgo the installation of a missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic. The second was his offer, made at the United Nations, to enter a new disarmament agreement with Russia in which he offered to cut the size of America’s nuclear arsenal.
Mr Obama has handed the Russians two incredible diplomatic victories and he has done so at no cost to the Russians. Even if he was committed to the idea of a defenseless Eastern Europe and reducing the American nuclear arsenal, an effective Chief Executive, who was acting in the best interests of the nation he has sworn to defend, would have extracted huge concessions out of the Russians before handing them everything they desire on a silver platter.
He might have demanded Russian support for a united effort to limit the Iranian nuclear weapon program. He might have sought Russian assistance in dealing with the rogue dictatorship in North Korea. He might have demanded that the Russians desist in their efforts to cozy up with South American dictators. He might even have suggested, dare I mention, that the Russians also reduce their own nuclear arsenal.
The fact is that the Russians need these deals with the United States desperately. They need U.S. cooperation to maintain nuclear parity, or face an expensive arms race they cannot afford, and cannot win. They would have been willing to go a long way to get the deal that Mr. Obama has given them, for free. Vladimir Putin must be chuckling to himself at Mr Obama’s incredible stupidity, even as the President said in his speech before the United Nations, ” I am not naïve.”
Saying so doesn’t make it so, Mr President. This is just another example from the Neville Chamberlin school of international diplomacy; these are acts of an inept and inexperienced bumbler who is rapidly becoming a laughing stock in the international community.
Mr Obama has handed the Russians two incredible diplomatic victories and he has done so at no cost to the Russians. Even if he was committed to the idea of a defenseless Eastern Europe and reducing the American nuclear arsenal, an effective Chief Executive, who was acting in the best interests of the nation he has sworn to defend, would have extracted huge concessions out of the Russians before handing them everything they desire on a silver platter.
He might have demanded Russian support for a united effort to limit the Iranian nuclear weapon program. He might have sought Russian assistance in dealing with the rogue dictatorship in North Korea. He might have demanded that the Russians desist in their efforts to cozy up with South American dictators. He might even have suggested, dare I mention, that the Russians also reduce their own nuclear arsenal.
The fact is that the Russians need these deals with the United States desperately. They need U.S. cooperation to maintain nuclear parity, or face an expensive arms race they cannot afford, and cannot win. They would have been willing to go a long way to get the deal that Mr. Obama has given them, for free. Vladimir Putin must be chuckling to himself at Mr Obama’s incredible stupidity, even as the President said in his speech before the United Nations, ” I am not naïve.”
Saying so doesn’t make it so, Mr President. This is just another example from the Neville Chamberlin school of international diplomacy; these are acts of an inept and inexperienced bumbler who is rapidly becoming a laughing stock in the international community.
I am going to use that phrase..."inexperienced bumbler who is rapidly becoming a laughing stock in the international community."
ReplyDeleteThat is it! You could include smug as an additional adjective.