Empty rhetoric, and giggles
In the course of criticizing President Obama’s strange apology tour of Europe, Charles Krauthammer quotesthe President on North Korea’s missile launch:
“Rules must be binding. Violations must be punished. Words must mean something. The world must stand together to prevent the spread of these weapons. Now is the time for a strong international response.”
These words of Obama give new meaning to the term “empty rhetoric”. The UN didn’t even put out its customary Strongly Worded Communiqué. Russia even defended the NK launch. Re-read the statement by the President, a man who says “words must mean something” and denies it by his own inaction.
What do you make of a man who would say such things, who actually has the power to enforce what he says but clearly has absolutely no intention to do so? Is he delusional? Does he think he is still campaigning for office and can say the most ludicrous things and no one will care? Ask yourself, after this European apology tour and the President’s statements, do our enemies feel emboldened or chastened?
When Hillary Clinton giggles (at 0:33 of this CNN video) about stopping piracy, what do the Somlai pirates think? When Obama breaks into giggles (at 0:10 of this CBS video) about the worst financial crisis since the 1930’s, what are we to make of him?
In the old days, wasn’t it the tin pot dictators of the world who would combine outlandish rhetoric with impotence and inaction, and then break into laughter for good measure? The world has been stood on its head, and some days we can’t believe that everyone doesn’t see the obviousness of it.
Saturday, April 11, 2009
"Words Must Mean Something", But We Sure As Hell Had Better Not Back Them Up With Action Of Any Sort
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The laughter and giggles make me think of lunatics.
Or maybe these laughers and gigglers are on a power trip.
As you know, even Obama’s rhetoric reveals Obama’s abject weakness. After the London G20 Summit on April 2, Obama said this:
"if we neglect or abandon those who are suffering in poverty, [then] not only are we depriving ourselves of potential opportunities for markets and economic growth, but ultimately that despair may turn to violence that turns on us."
Obama wants to appease poor goat-herders; how can he stand up to enemy leaders?
For more examples of rhetoric that reveals weakness, see America’s Empty Foreign Policy: “What Our Enemies Must Understand is … ”.
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