First, Pres BO took the apology tour to Europe.
They jumped up and down and said "yes we can".
However, no one decided to support the NATO mission in Afghanistan.
They are not crazy about BO's protectionism over in Europe either! Like Mexico and Canada, the Euros are not in love with the protectionist tone coming out of the Dem Congress!
Where are we after the apologies? It will be the US, UK and Canada doing the fighting.
Bush is gone. Obama is in. Yet, it's the same three countries fighting in Afghanistan.
Why do we need Euro troops in Afghanistan?
Check out: As Iraq winds down, Afghanistan heats up
Have you seen the headlines about casualties in Afghanistan?
Now, we have Sec Clinton going to India and apologizing for our "carbon print"!
The Indians listened and said no to any climate change agreement:
"The rejection of the U.S. proposal was made in the middle of Mrs. Clinton’s first visit to India as secretary of state and came just as the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama is gearing up to push for a new global pact on climate change." (Greenwald)
India needs jobs and growth. Like China, they are in no mood to listen to prosperous Western liberals lecture them about "climate change".
We were told that Obama would make every one love and cooperate with us.
Yes, we have a new president but there are no Euro troops in Afghanistan or much appetite for climate change regulations in India or China.
Why is "hope and change" so unpersuasive here, there and everywhere?
P.S. David Brooks has an interesting analysis of BO's problems with his own party:
"Machiavelli said a leader should be feared as well as loved.
Obama is loved by the Democratic chairmen, but he is not feared."
I think that Mr. Brooks' analysis extends to the world.
