Diehl: A World Of Trouble For Obama

Comment: Sooner or later, no matter how politically incorrect it may be, reality becomes apparent. --JHD

WASHINGTON POST, 4/20/2009 by Jackson Diehl (H/t: John Detweiler) - New American presidents typically begin by behaving as if most of the world's problems are the fault of their predecessors -- and Barack Obama has been no exception. In his first three months he has quickly taken steps to correct the errors in George W. Bush's foreign policy, as seen by Democrats. He has collected easy dividends from his base, U.S. allies in Europe and a global following for not being "unilateralist" or war-mongering or scornful of dialogue with enemies.

Now comes the interesting part: when it starts to become evident that Bush did not create rogue states, terrorist movements, Middle Eastern blood feuds or Russian belligerence -- and that shake-ups in U.S. diplomacy, however enlightened, might not have much impact on them. Read more at the Washington Post...