Obama's Foreign Policy in Three Simple Rules

Now that Obama has held office for over a year, certain basic elements of his foreign policy have come into focus.  They can be summarized in three simple rules.

Rule No. 1:  Make every effort to kiss up to America's enemies.

No doubt about it -- Obama is doing his best to kiss up to America's enemies.  Venezualan Communist Hugo Chavez was an early beneficiary of this new foreign policy approach, not that it has done anything good for America. 

Of course, America's enemies often fail to reciprocate or respond with outright ridicule.  The latest case in point:  Bowing to Tehran.  Obama has stood idly by as Iran moves toward full nuclear weapons capability.  His overtures to Iran and threats of sanctions have met with nothing but ridicule.  Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's latest remark to Obama:  "Mr. Obama, you are a newcomer (to politics). Wait until your sweat dries and get some experience."

Taken to the extreme, kissing up to America's enemies may include attempting to define them out of existence.  Obama seems to think that if he doesn't let anyone in his administration call an Islamic terrorist an islamic terrorist, or call a jihadist a jihadist, Islamic terrorism and jihad will just go away.  We'll see how well that works out.

Rule No. 2:  Treat America's allies like something that got stuck to your shoe.

In light of his attempted kowtowing to the likes of Venezuela and Iran, one would think Obama would show even better treatment to America's allies.  Sadly, not so much.  "In the era of Obama, American allies have their loyalty met with humiliation, arrogance and incompetence."  Liz Cheney:  Maybe We Should Be Nice to Our Allies. 

Be nice to allies?  It's just a thought, Mr. Obama -- one that has generaly worked pretty well for presidents throughout America's history.  But I suppose if we're reinventing the wheel, the first step is to turn everything upside down and see how well that works out.

Rule No. 3:  Show indifference to American exceptionalism and its patriotic traditions.

As we all know, Obama transcends America.  Yes, he's that good.  So don't expect him to wax eloquent too often on what makes America special and unique.  And as for petty little rituals like the pledge of allegiance and national anthem -- well -- they're not really his thing.  So it's not surprising to see him standing by, hands folded, at such moments.

Sure, he'll usually play along if pressed -- but we are dealing with The One here, so let's not weigh him down with too many of these narrow-minded patriotic rituals, m'kay?

So there you have it -- Obama's foreign policy in three simple rules.

How well is it working out, you ask?

About as well as his domestic policies.  (Ahem.)

Yeah, that bad.

You think anyone has noticed?

Comments

[WeOPine.com]

I am no fan of Obama, but fair is fair. The picture of him with his hand NOT on his heart is misleading. This video at http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=3759803 clearly shows that this picture was taken during the singing of "The Star Spangled Banner" not during the pledge of alliegence.

It is not necessary to place one's hand on one's heart during the singing of the song though doffing headwear is customary.

[Jack]

So, Obama isn't nice to our allies? Liz Cheney says so, so it must be true. Is this the same Liz Cheney whose father insulted half of Europe [the chocolate making half] as irrelevant. Perhaps conservatives no longer think of Europe as our ally? I believe if you ask our allies how they view Obama you would get a very positive response, especially in relation to our previous President. But please don't feel constrained by facts.