Sticks??

Writing today, former Mayor of New York Ed Koch announced: "Speak softly and carry a big stick, Teddy Roosevelt said. President Obama speaks apologetically and carries no stick at all. No wonder North Korea torpedoed that South Korean warship, something they would not have done in all probability if China had not quietly approved. No wonder Brazil and Turkey thumb their noses at us. We have become a laughingstock."

Koch is pointing out the true harvest of the foreign policy sown by Obama. Outside of Afghanistan and Iraq, our enemies have suffered no cost for the moves they have made against the US. Indeed, all costs seem to have been inflicted on our allies. Obama believes that everything can be resolved by talking, and he has run US foreign policy accordingly. Why take action against the Iranian nuclear threat? Let's just talk about it and threaten sanctions. Why take action against North Korean agression? Let's just talk about it and threaten sanctions. Why help the people of the Falklands when they are threatened by Argentina? Why support constitutional democracy in Honduras when we could support the Chavez clone who is trying to overthrow that country's constitution? Why support Israel against terror coming from hamas and Hezbollah when we can blame the problem on the victim, the Israelis.

The truth is that this is a very dangerous time. the world knows that the USA is not going to take any actions even in the face of severe provocation. This gives most of our adversaries a free pass to do anything that they would like to without fear of consequences. Obama does not perceive reality. Unfortunately for the USA, our adversaries do.