Ok, had enough of this - heard again from liberal, or maybe even wasn't a liberal, whatever - some so called expert going on about how Obama's approach to foreign policy will be an improvement over Bush's because he recognizes that America can't do it alone and therefore is willing to accommodate other view points etc etc etc and how this will make foreign partners more willing to participate - subtext: they'll like us more now because we're becoming more like them. This is idiocy: countries cooperate out of self interest and therefore it is incumbent upon America to make the parameters of that self interest evident as regards itself because what other countries see as important may work to the disadvantage of America - in short, like has nothing to do with it. That your partners have to be happy in some to be determined context is obviously true, but America must substantially dictate that context if it wants to lead and as the most powerful member it has no choice but to lead.
I'm not gonna sit here and judge Obama's presidency after one bloody month [although concerns are rising] but this constant wrapping of the man and his supposed 'approach' to things in this new age gauze is quite frankly disturbing - and full of dangers, the way I see it.
