Obama's Disastrous Lack of International Leadership

I think we’ve reached an historic turning point - even UN Secretary General Ban-ki-Moon is calling for action against Qadhaffi.

Is anyone in the real world listening?

Every country has its priorities. America wanted to get its nationals out before closing its Tripoli embassy and imposing sanctions on Libya’s leader and his cronies. Europe is worried about its petroleum supply, in particular Italy.

French President Sarkozy is planning a reshuffling of his government because his minister of foreign affairs had the bright idea to take a vacation in Tunisia when the riots were starting. She even called Ben Ali to say hello and took a ride on the private plane of one of his allies. But, even with this mess on his plate, Sarkozy has found time to call for Qadhaffi to resign - the first head of state to do so.

Pity America. Its president is still trying to figure who to send where for what talks - the subject for the talks is fuzzy at best.

Mr. Obama has failed every test put to him in the international arena, but the magnitude of his failure in Libya may be his tombstone. To summarize:

          1. he has equivocated constantly about whether he supports Israel,

          2. he has not summoned the nerve to confront Iran over its nuclear weapons program and now, over its warships safely in the Mediterranean,

          3. he has yet to decide if he wants to win the war or withdraw from Afghanistan, all the while costing the USA multi-billions of dollars and the precious lives of its soldiers,

          4. he has abandoned the North Korean nuclear problem without so much as an  excuse,

          5. he has allowed the bloody drug war in Mexico to spill over into Texas and the Southwest without the first word from him showing that he has noticed.

If, as may be possible with his army and air power, Qadhaffi regains control of Libya, we can all thank President Obama for Qadhaffi’s inevitable renewal of despotism and the destruction of every point of light that has recently, and with great personal danger, flickered in its people.

To be clear - I do not care what Barak Obama thinks. I care even less about his sloppy leftist social ideas. I wish him a long and happy retirement.

But, I do care about the image of America and its degradation at Obama’s hands. And I care enormously about the future of the world and its freedom from the terrorists who would destroy all that we have fought hard and long to gain for people everywhere.

Let’s vote Obama out of the White House while there is still something to salvage from his disastrous effort at being president.