Posted by
Moshe Phillips on Monday, November 09, 2009 11:30:22 PM
MUST READ OF THE DAY
Ambassador John Bolton in Imprimis - the speech digest of Hillsdale College - gives an important analysis of perception of U.S. power and policy in the Obama era. Bolton states:
"Barack Obama is the first post-American president. And by this I don't mean he's anti-American. What I mean by post-American is suggested by a response the president gave to a reporter's question during a recent trip to Europe. The reporter asked about his unwillingness to discuss American exceptionalism--the notion that the United States has a unique mission, that it's "a shining city on a hill" as Ronald Reagan liked to say (echoing our pilgrim fathers). Mr. Obama responded that he believes in American exceptionalism in the same way that the British believe in British exceptionalism and the Greeks believe in Greek exceptionalism"
The entire speech is a must read. Bolton explains what is at stake in South Korea, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan and why the Obama Administration is headed in the wrong direction.
Read the speech at: