http://garnetspy.com/2009/09/18/the-lessons-of-history/ Thoughts and ideas on the American condition in the 21st Century. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:59:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://garnetspy.com/2009/09/18/the-lessons-of-history/#comment-1171 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 21:28:45 +0000 http://garnetspy.com/?p=2131#comment-1171 [...] The Garnet Spy | The Lessons of History [...]

]]> http://garnetspy.com/2009/09/18/the-lessons-of-history/#comment-1166 Sat, 19 Sep 2009 05:50:55 +0000 http://garnetspy.com/?p=2131#comment-1166 “Those who ignore the lessons of history…”
In Obama’s case, he will certainly ignore history. He thinks everything the US has done in the past to project power is wrong. He is out to change that.
1961 — “Khrushchev lectured him(Kennedy) on the hypocrisy of American foreign policy…”
2009 — Obama has been lecturing the American public for more than six months on the hypocrisy of American foreign policy.
Obama’s fantasy that his mere physical presence, the power of his personality, his apologies for our past international injustices, and giving up these missile systems will serve the US well is just misguided. A finger in the eye may be overly optimistic for an eventual outcome. A “bend over and grab ‘em” scenario may be played out.
“Barack Obama is no John F. Kennedy…” But Neville Chamberlain would be proud. Where’s Jimmy Carter when you need him? We could have given up an embassy like Iran, we could have given away a major asset like the Panama Canal, we could have seen our military neglected into a state of disarray,we could have been taken into an energy crisis, etc..etc..

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