How Obama’s Foreign Policy Is Failing

There are many examples of the Obama Doctrine in action, but here are just a few of the ways its four tenets have failed America and its allies

Amy Payne, --October 9, 2012

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Libya. Egypt. Syria. Iran. Russia. China. America’s relations with the world aren’t looking too good.
President Obama said that in his Administration, America would reach out to other countries as “an equal partner” rather than as the “exceptional” nation that many before him had embraced; that “any world order that elevates one nation or group of people over another will inevitably fail.” His political approach to foreign policy—making decisions that appeal to a political base rather than making military sense—is putting American lives and American interests in danger. All the while, he is gutting the defense budget, supposedly to free up money for his domestic agenda. This is weakening defense and military readiness, which is a perilous strategy. More...

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