It has been a while since I have read a more devastating article than the one written by Liz Cheney and published in the Wall Street Journal. Apparently tired of the inability of our president to tout the greatness of American and his embracing the liberal version of the history of the Cold War, Cheney unloads with both barrels:
It is irresponsible for an American president to go to Moscow and tell a room full of young Russians less than the truth about how the Cold War ended. One wonders whether this was just an attempt to push “reset” — or maybe to curry favor. Perhaps, most concerning of all, Mr. Obama believes what he said.
Mr. Obama’s method for pushing reset around the world is becoming clearer with each foreign trip. He proclaims moral equivalence between the U.S. and our adversaries, he readily accepts a false historical narrative, and he refuses to stand up against anti-American lies.
She’s on the money. Obama has gone around the world lowering the position of America and raising up the level of our enemies. Cheney details how:
In Cairo, he asserted there was some sort of equivalence between American support for the 1953 coup in Iran and the evil that the Iranian mullahs have done in the world since 1979. On an earlier trip to Mexico City, the president listened to an extended anti-American screed by Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and then let the lies stand by responding only with, “I’m grateful that President Ortega did not blame me for the things that occurred when I was 3 months old.”
Asked at a NATO meeting in France in April whether he believed in American exceptionalism, the president said, “I believe in American Exceptionalism just as I suspect that the Brits believe in British exceptionalism and the Greeks believe in Greek exceptionalism.” In other words, not so much.
Our president’s actions and statements make a person wonder whether he considers America to be better than any other country in the world, Iran and North Korea included. I find it hard to believe he would ever vocalize that belief, if he holds it.
Cheney finally shows more insight in foreign policy in two paragraphs than this administration has shown in six months. She explains how President Harry Truman understood the nature of the enemy, whoever they are:
In April, 1950, Truman signed National Security Council report 68 (NSC-68). One of the foundational documents of America’s Cold War strategy, NSC-68 explains the danger of disarming America in the hope of appeasing our enemies. “No people in history,” it reads, “have preserved their freedom who thought that by not being strong enough to protect themselves they might prove inoffensive to their enemies.”
Peace through strength. It isn’t just a catchy phrase, but the best way to ensure the security of a nation’s people. Obama clearly fails to grasp that idea. Cheney does, and because of her insight, makes herself and attractive and powerful candidate for the GOP. Let’s hope they have enough backbone to support her.
