Obama living in liberal fantasy land

Over the past few days 3 things have happened that reinforce Obama's complete lack of understanding of reality. Obama is regressing into foreign policy stances even WEAKER than Clinton's, if you can believe it.

Nuke-free world comments raise alarms
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/?pageId=94296

Obama Team Mulls Aims Of Somali Extremists
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/10/AR2009041003734.html?

U.S. navy eyeballs Somali pirates in hostage standoff
http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/idUSN1033510220090411?sp=true

In the case of wanting everyone to just "get along" and give up nukes, "He described the United States' obligation as a "moral responsibility."" A moral responsibility to give up nukes? Ummmm...do you see ANY OTHER COUNTRY chomping at the bit to get rid of their nukes? You think Russia, China, Pakistan, Iran, N. Korea are just excited to GIVE UP their nukes? It's complete FANTASY. Iran is flaunting the Europe, the UN and the US because they CRAVE nukes because of the power it gives. These countries will NEVER willingly give up nukes because there is nothing you could replace them with. What can you give N. Korea that replaces the power thy get with nukes? Money, food, power over their people? No, they can get that WITH their nuclear weapons.

Obama treats nuclear weapons as some sort of GUN CONTROL: if we outlaw guns, nobody will use them. In the real world, gun control just means CRIMINALS would use them because they know nobody else has a gun.

In the nuclear weapons scenario, Obama would have us disarm while the criminal countries of N. Korea and Iran happily use nuclear weapons any way they can.


In the 2nd article, regarding Somali extremists, the article states that "The organization's rapid expansion, ties between its leaders and al-Qaeda, and the presence of Americans and Europeans in its camps have raised the question of whether a preemptive strike is warranted. Yet the group's objectives have thus far been domestic, and officials say that U.S. intelligence has no evidence it is planning attacks outside Somalia. "

OK, so there are a bunch of Somali extremists, with ties to Al Queda, who have carried out attacks, but it's ok because they are only attacking Somalia. WHAT?!? Obama won't attack them because they're only domestic Islamic terrorists?

Why don't we substitute some other countries then. If a group of Islamic militants with ties with Al Queda was ONLY attacking Egypt, or Phillipines, or Thailand, or Saudi Arabia, or...the UK... DOMESTICALLY, then it wouldn't be a concern? Hey, the Taliban is only domestically attacking inside AFGHANISTAN, are they OK too???

And what happens when these trained, funded, and willing terrorists...decide to cross the border?


And lastly, the Somali pirates. I hope that the standoff is ended peacefully, but Obama's lack of decision and not even commenting about it for 3 days belies his overall indecision and weakness in regards to foreigners. If he is too strong he risks those in Africa/Middle East starting not to like him. And gosh, he wants EVERYONE to like him. Clearly the Somali pirates are not afraid of the American Navy (as they have stated); not because they have superioir firepower, but because they have superior WILL.


All in all, Obama's foreign policy picture is one of weakness and abdication of responsibility, reflecting a complete absence of understanding the real world. Really, did we expect anything different?