Would You Describe the Global Community as ‘Tranquil’?
White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest recently claimed that over the past six years the Obama administration has “furthered American interests and substantially improved the tranquility of the global community.”
Really? Let’s take a quick look at the past few years. Six years ago the United States had large armies in Iraq and Afghanistan, and its national debt was $9.5 trillion. Four or five years ago, Egypt, Libya and Syria were comparatively stable and America’s traditional allies still looked to the United States for leadership.
Since 2008, we’ve seen a new administration brush off its traditional allies, embark on an “apology tour,” scale back its military, and encourage its most dangerous enemies to rise in power. We’ve seen its Arab outreach fall flat and a U.S. ambassador murdered in Benghazi. Under Obama, we allowed Russia to assume control of the civil war in Syria, as well as take over Crimea and destabilize Ukraine. We’ve softened sanctions against Iran and on our own soil, we’re seeing thousands of illegal immigrants pour across the southern border. And we’ve seen our national debt accelerate past $17.6 trillion.
It’s hard to believe the president’s press secretary would use the world tranquility to describe the pile of international crises we call the global community.
In a Wall Street Journal article titled “Obama Contends With Arc of Instability Unseen Since ’70s,” Jay Solomon and Carol E. Lee write, “The breadth of global instability now unfolding hasn’t been seen since the late 1970s …. In the past month alone, the U.S. has faced twin civil wars in Iraq and Syria, renewed fighting between Israel and the Palestinians, an electoral crisis in Afghanistan and ethnic strife on the edge of Russia, in Ukraine.”
Is the world today really more calm, peaceful and quiet than it was a few years ago? And the situation only promises to get worse.
George Washington University Law School professor Jonathan Turley warned House representatives today against what he called Obama’s “dominant presidency.”
“The president’s pledge to effectively govern alone is alarming, and what is most alarming is his ability to govern that pledge,” he said. This is from a constitutional scholar who voted for President Obama in 2008. He goes on to say we are facing one of the biggest constitutional crises in our nation’s history.
Political commentator Pat Buchanan has also forecast the possibility of a disintegrating America. In his article “America: No Longer One Nation, One People,” he writes: “We no longer speak the same language, worship the same God, honor the same heroes or share the same holidays. … Our politics have become poisonous. Our political parties are at each other’s throats. Christianity is in decline. Traditional churches are sundering over moral issues like abortion and same-sex marriage. Islam is surging. Our society seems to be disintegrating.”
The path America now finds itself on is not one that ends in tranquility and peace—either for the global community or at home. Watch today’s program for a reality check on what is actually happening in the global community.
