This column by ACRU Senior Fellow Ken Blackwell was published February 1 on The Patriot Post website.
The Obama administration thinks that George W. Bush was too arrogant, that he liked to throw his weight around in international affairs. The way to win Nobel Peace Prizes was obviously to cut a more humble figure in the world. But can bowing and kowtowing be a foreign policy for the United States?
We all remember, just weeks after his inauguration, that President Obama shocked millions of Americans with his low bow before King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia. Mr. Obama forgot, if he ever knew, that Americans bow to nobody. And nobody should bow to that desert despot, Abdullah. Especially if you want to “reach out to Muslims,” you should recognize that Abdullah is nobody’s idea of an enlightened Muslim ruler.
That low bow was followed up by President Obama standing by while Mexican President Felipe Calderon tongue-lashed Arizona at a White House presser. That was bad enough, but President Calderon then proceeded to denounce an American state in front of a joint session of Congress. Did our elected representatives walk out? No! They applauded. At least, the liberals applauded. Happily, scores of those who applauded as our country was insulted are no longer there. The American voters sent them packing last November.
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