Heritage foreign policy expert Helle Dale puts the new presidency in
historical perspective. Other new Presidents --Bush, Reagan,
Nixon, and Truman -- faced "raging storms, far more worthy of the
name than the clouds under which Obama's presidency begins," says
Dale.
She continues:
The world Obama inherits today is clearly complex, but thanks to the
tireless efforts of his predecessor, far less dangerous than the
impression created [in his inaugural address on Tuesday]. Indeed,
Obama owes a debt of gratitude to Bush for the tough decisions he has
taken to keep this country safe and the sacrifices he made in
political capital and personal popularity to do so. Bush may be
vilified, even booed by the crowd of Obama supporters on the Mall, but
he kept each and every one of them safe from terrorist attacks for
seven years...Obama of course questioned those very policies
during the campaign and indeed in his speech [Tuesday], postulating a
false dichotomy between our safety and our ideals.
Dale concludes that Obama obviously differs from Bush philosophically,
but that "how far world events will allow the Obama foreign policy to
diverge from that of the Bush years remains to be seen."
Now, I really, really like President Bush (I guess he's our former president now!) I know I didn't agree with everything he did, but I certainly think he was a God-fearing, honest man who did the best he could in a very difficult time in our nation's history. I was proud to support him and proud to call him my president. I'm just glad someone is finally saying what so many conservatives are thinking: "Yeah - you Obama-ites are in for a RUDE awakening when your Messiah suddenly starts whistling a different tune than the idealist, liberal one he tooted during his wacko campaign!"
But maybe he won't sing a different tune. If he doesn't - hopefully the citizens won't reap too many horrific consequences as a result. By the way - did you know that Obama isn't in the Blogspot dictionary? I had to add it just now on my computer! Hahahahaha...oh, I'm not very nice....
But maybe he won't sing a different tune. If he doesn't - hopefully the citizens won't reap too many horrific consequences as a result. By the way - did you know that Obama isn't in the Blogspot dictionary? I had to add it just now on my computer! Hahahahaha...oh, I'm not very nice....
