With friends like U.S.

Well, President Obama has found another “teaching moment”; he has shown the world what happens when you actually get what you wish for…sadly, very often you are sorely disappointed.

After receiving unwarranted praise from around the planet just this past year while running for President, headlines today regarding Obama are now proclaiming loudly: “Dismay in Europe as Obama ditches missile defence” and “Betrayal! The U.S. sold us to Russia and stabbed us in the back”.

Oh what a difference a year makes.

Continuing his disturbing attraction to abandoning America’s allies (Israel, Honduras, etc.) to side with undemocratic forces around the globe, President Obama announced yesterday that he is scrapping the long promised U.S. missile defense system, leaving many of our allies in a lurch and having to reassess the reliability of the United States as a dependable partner.



So let’s recap. After bolding stating in Prague in April of this year (less than five months ago):

“So let me be clear: Iran's nuclear and ballistic missile activity poses a real threat, not just to the United States, but to Iran's neighbors and our allies. The Czech Republic and Poland have been courageous in agreeing to host a defense against these missiles. As long as the threat from Iran persists, we will go forward with a missile defense system that is cost-effective and proven. (Applause.) If the Iranian threat is eliminated, we will have a stronger basis for security, and the driving force for missile defense construction in Europe will be removed. (Applause.)”

President Obama has broken all of his pledges to the contrary and done a complete 180 on this issue.

Color me not surprised.

By breaking his word yet once again, Mr. Obama continues his steady march to marginalize himself and the United States as a serious player on the world stage; not to mention undercut our moral authority and our trustworthiness as a partner in international affairs.

This type of underhanded activity is not only blatantly treacherous and disloyal to our allies and the cause of democracy, but weakens our position in international circles and places our nation in danger and jeopardizes our national security by alienating us from our historic allies and leaving us to face an increasingly hostile and anti-American world on our own.