Saturday, August 09, 2014

The Friday Foreign Affairs Forum at Lakeside

At yesterday's Foreign Affairs Forum one woman said, "I still support President Obama. . . yada, yada" and that in itself didn't surprise me--Lakeside is a highly educated community with progressives retired from university faculties as common as summer flowers and perch sandwiches. But I was tempted to say, "Why? Can you name anything, particularly in foreign affairs, that he has touched that has gone well?" What country where we have national interests is better off than in 2008? We were discussing Gaza, Ukraine, and ISIS. Has he shown leadership there or in Libya, Pakistan, Nigeria, or Somalia? American women get free birth control with bragging rights for the president, and middle eastern women and girls get rape, slavery and beheading. Then he wines and dines African potentates at the White House who suck up American aid for lavish life styles. But I kept quiet. I'm just telling you.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/us-africa-leaders-summit

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2014/08/05/photos-obama-toasts-african-leaders-at-white-house-dinner/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/reliable-source/wp/2014/08/05/live-watch-as-african-leaders-and-vips-arrive-at-the-white-house/

2 comments:

PEACE KIDS said...

coward and out of character for YOU to keep quiet

Norma said...

Can you name anything, particularly in foreign affairs, that he has touched that has gone well?