Posts belonging to Category Foreign Policy

Obama’s Lip Service On Trade

Just last week, President Obama praised the 2007 Peruvian Free Trade Agreement signed under President Bush for “creating jobs and prosperity” in both the United States and Peru. Unfortunately, you will not hear such talk today when…

“Political Correctness Run Amok”

That is how The Los Angeles Times’ Editorial Board describes the Obama Administration’s continued refusal to acknowledge the clear threat posed by Islamic extremism.
The administration has assiduously avoided terms that recognize t…

Failing To Face The Threat

President Obama claims that the “greatest threat to U.S. and global security” is “nuclear terrorism by violent extremists and nuclear proliferation to an increasing number of states,” yet a new report from his Justice D…

When Should Senior U.S. Government Officials Applaud?

Perhaps not when a foreign leader is criticizing a U.S. state’s law that they have not yet read. But this situation arose earlier today, when both Secretary Janet Napolitano and Attorney General Eric Holder applauded Mexican President Fe…

Actions Speak Louder Than Words On Mexico

As President Obama praises his Mexican counterpart President Felipe Calderon at tonight’s White House State Dinner, President Obama’s actions are not following suit. During a time of record violence across Mexico, the White House i…

Obama’s “Early And Often” Moral Equivalency

In human rights talks with China last week, Obama’s envoys did not confront the Chinese regime’s repressive history that includes the slaughter of its own citizens, both born and unborn, and the ongoing use of slave labor camps and…

Obama’s “Weak And Inconsistent” Democracy Policy Continues

Last week, we noted that human rights and democracy were two issues not on President Obama’s foreign policy radar, as the Obama administration could not find the time to object when Libya was elected to the United Nations Human Rights Co…