Obama continues "apology tour" across the world
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America degraded before the foreign nations
President Obama added to the list of countries to his "apology tour" when
speaking in Cairo, Egypt on June 4, 2009. He lived up to his reputation as the
self-aggrandizing "grand appeaser" who takes every opportunity when visiting
foreign lands to belittle the United States.
Obama delivered a much
heralded speech to an audience at Cairo University.
Nine-eleven was an enormous trauma to our country, . The fear and anger that it provoked was understandable, but in some cases, it led us to act contrary to our traditions and our ideals. We are taking concrete actions to change course. I have unequivocally prohibited the use of torture by the United States, and I have ordered the prison at Guantanamo Bay closed by early next year.
Obama called the enhanced interrogation techniques that the CIA
used on certain high level al Qaeda detainees "torture," although the techniques
were taken from Survival Evasion Rescue and Escape (SERE) training that has long
been given to some U.S. military personnel.
In the past, it was literally
unheard of for a president to criticize those who had been in office while in a
foreign country. Obama, however, has jabbed at his predecessor, apologizing and
expressing regret for American behavior.
Obama has, unfortunately used
the world stage to degrade his own country.
The following is a list, in
reverse chronological order, of the Obama administration's overseas apologies
and clarifications to date as listed by Fox News:
April 18: "We
have at times been disengaged, and at times we sought to dictate our terms. But
I pledge to you that we seek an equal partnership. There is no senior partner
and junior partner in our relations."
-- President Obama, at the Summit of
the Americas in Port of Spain, Trinidad
April 16: "Too often,
the United States has not pursued and sustained engagement with our neighbors.
We have been too easily distracted by other priorities and have failed to see
that our own progress is tied directly to progress throughout the Americas. My
administration is committed to renewing and sustaining a broader partnership
between the United States and the hemisphere on behalf of our common prosperity
and our common security."
-- President Obama, in an op-ed that appeared in
U.S. and Latin American newspapers prior to the Summit of the
Americas
April 6: "I know there have been difficulties these
last few years. I know that the trust that binds us has been strained, and I
know that strain is shared in many places where the Muslim faith is practiced.
Let me say this as clearly as I can: the United States is not at war with
Islam."
-- President Obama, in Ankara, Turkey
April 3:
"In America, there's a failure to appreciate Europe's leading role in the world.
Instead of celebrating your dynamic union and seeking to partner with you to
meet common challenges, there have been times where America has shown arrogance
and been dismissive, even derisive. But in Europe, there is an anti-Americanism
that is at once casual but can also be insidious. Instead of recognizing the
good that America so often does in the world, there have been times where
Europeans choose to blame America for much of what's bad. On both sides of the
Atlantic, these attitudes have become all too common. They are not wise. ...
They threaten to widen the divide across the Atlantic and leave us both more
isolated."
-- President Obama, in Strasbourg, France
April
2: "It is true, as my Italian friend has said, that the (economic) crisis
began in the U.S. I take responsibility, even if I wasn't even president at the
time."
-- President Obama, at the G20 in London, as reported by Germany's
Der Spiegel
April 2: "I would like to think that with my
election and the early decisions that we've made, that you're starting to see
some restoration of America's standing in the world."
-- President Obama,
at G20 summit in London
April 1: "If you look at the sources
of this crisis, the United States certainly has some accounting to do with
respect to a regulatory system that was inadequate."
-- President Obama,
at a press conference ahead of the G20 in London
March 25: "I
feel very strongly we have a co-responsibility (for drug-fueled violence in
Mexico). ... Our insatiable demand for illegal drugs fuels the drug trade. Our
inability to prevent weapons from being illegally smuggled across the border to
arm these criminals causes the deaths of police officers, soldiers and
civilians."
-- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, en route to Mexico
City
Jan. 26: "All too often the United States starts by
dictating ... and we don't always know all the factors that are involved. So
let's listen. And I think if we do that, then there's a possibility at least of
achieving some breakthroughs. ... My job to the Muslim world is to communicate
that the Americans are not your enemy. We sometimes make mistakes. We have not
been perfect."
-- President Obama, in an interview with Al
Arabiya
The question now is whether his words will come back to haunt
him and the United States if its enemies see his apologies as a sign of
weakness.
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