Obama’s souffle words in Berlin go pouf!
Here’s a wonderful piece by Rich Lowry about Obama’s failure to visit Berlin for the anniversary of the fall of Communism. In it he calls the snub “the most telling nonevent of the Obama Presidency.”
The excuse Obama has given—that he’s too busy—is a transparent absurdity (maybe that’s what Obama meant by “transparency?”). Somehow he’s got plenty of time to accept his Nobel Peace Prize. First things first, right?
As Lowry puts it:
John F. Kennedy famously told Berliners, “Ich bin ein Berliner.” On the 20th anniversary of the last century’s most stirring triumph of freedom, Obama is telling them, “Ich bin besché¤ftigt” – i.e., I’m busy. It doesn’t have quite the same ring, does it?
No, not quite. And whatever ring it does have (narcissim comes to mind, for starters), it’s not the ring of freedom.
Here’s more from Lowry:
Obama famously made a speech in Berlin during last year’s campaign, but at an event devoted to celebrating himself as the apotheosis of world hopefulness. He said of 1989, “a wall came down, a continent came together, and history proved that there is no challenge too great for a world that stands as one.”
The line was typical Obama verbal soufflé, soaring but vulnerable to collapse upon the slightest jostling from logic or historical fact. The wall came down only after the free world resolutely stood against the Communist bloc. Rather than a warm-and-fuzzy exercise in global understanding, the Cold War was another iteration of the 20th century’s long war between totalitarianism and Western liberalism. The West prevailed on the back of American strength.
But Obama doesn’t think in such antiquated, triumphalist terms. Given to apologizing for his nation abroad, he resolutely downplays American leadership.
Read the whole thing.
[ADDENDUM: Here’s another take on Obama’s foreign policy that’s well worth reading.]
It will be interesting to hear what the pundits say about Merkel’s speech to Congress today. I’m pretty sure the Dems will say it shows that Obama has improved our image in the world.
Obama’s souffle words in Berlin go Plouffe!
Little inside political humor there….
Souffle.
Perfect image.
President Souffle. I like it.
“a wall came down, a continent came together, and history proved that there is no challenge too great for a world that stands as one.”
Barack is willing to concede that the wall – the barrier – was wrong. The protege of Frank Marshall Davis is not willing to concede that communism is wrong. His statement carefully avoids any implication that communism was wrong.
Barack’s attendance at the tear down anniversary would amount to implicit acknowledgement that communism was wrong. Barack is not willing to acknowledge any such thing; in fact does not believe any such thing.
I haven’t seen anyone else, here or anywhere else, say it, so I will say it: Avoiding the tear down anniversary is not narcissism. It’s communism.
I’m willing to be convinced, by Barack, that I am wrong to say he believes communism is right. I doubt he will try to convince me. He believes communism is right. I will not give him the benefit of the doubt. He deserves no benefit of the doubt which leans towards free market capitalism. He deserves benefit of the doubt for an entire life which leans towards communism. I’m willing to take his New Party Membership at face value; his attendance in Rev. Wright’s Communist/Christian theology church at face value; his radio criticism of the Constitution for not saying what government must do for it’s citizens at face value; his ownership of auto companies at face value; and his failure to decry Communism and appear at the tear down anniversary at face value – just to name a few things.
Obama is circumstantial, like his morals.
so he says what he thinks will work at that time without any care for comparing these things in time. his morals are communist pragmatism, the science of morals without god.
its is pragmatic to win this way, and handle any problems later, than it is to lose and not have to handle anything.
a part of something is better than all of nothing.
but alas, such ways of working are alien to most people since most here come from a semi factual meritocracy, to a conceptual meritocracy
not the same thing by a long shot.
The wall came down only after the free world resolutely stood against the Communist bloc. Rather than a warm-and-fuzzy exercise in global understanding, the Cold War was another iteration of the 20th century’s long war between totalitarianism and Western liberalism. The West prevailed on the back of American strength.
if the west prevailed then why did not russia clean house. and why are we worried about a communist converstio now?
i mean if its dead and gone why is more of the world communist than free?
if Golitsyns point about the falling of the wall facilitatign access and he being part of that planing is at all correct, then wouldnt it parallel these things?
the kgb only changed their names. the leaders are all ex kgb men high up. etc.
i wish someone here would list out the number of free countries left now that commnuism has lost
ZERO…
EVERY country of any note is now socialist.
so please explain how we won?
by the way.
when the enemy falls back, restructures (peristroika), and then moves forward to attack thorugh a new set of ideas…
we dont generally claim a win from the fall back sans the future…
but we did with the wall…
how is that a win?
as history would have it, disbanding the KGB was not enough. By the time a certain Mr. Vladimir Putin took over (an ex-KGB man himself), it was back to its old ways. It again became an intimidating secret police killing people for corrupt business deals, threatening others due to vested political interests, beating up the rest for speaking out and gagging the media; all this under a new name- the FSB. Till today, it is said that anyone who dares to come in its way is taken care of.
which was why the moscow assasination the past few days…
nothing has cahnged… other than now they dont need to work through diplomatic attaches but move aroudn freely… and can more easily exchange money..
and people haev no understanding of how much they can do… why? because people are usually helpless about arranging a super bowl party and so cant see how agencies, money, psych games and such can get others to do what one wishes.
OT: Anne Applebaum’s analysis of Merkel in today’s WaPo is excellent.
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