Tuesday, October 6, 2015

OBAMA'S WEAK LEADERSHIP DOESN'T MAKE PUTIN OUR HERO


At this point you don't have to be a top notch geopolitical analyst to understand that President Obama has downgraded our international standing in the world. Obama's "JV Team" is now a menace that is better known as ISIS. In the second debate  against Mitt Romney, Obama dismissed his Republican rival for naming Russia as the biggest geopolitical threat to our nation. He quipped that the "1980's called, they want their foreign policy back". Fast-forward to 2015, with Putin having it his way with Ukraine and Syria, it's clear that we have 21st century showdown with Russia whether we like it our not.

Obama's weakness has been rather depressing. However why some conservatives have taken to social media by praising Putin for his leadership is mind   boggling. True, there is nothing to be proud of a president that leads from behind. Praising an authoritarian who has virtually destroyed free speech in Russia, a tyrant who had over two dozen political enemies and journalists imprisoned or have died from all kinds of mysterious poisonings, KGB style. Are we that desperate as a freedom movement that we flock to the leadership of this brute?

Just because Putin does whats best for his country, that doesn't make him any less tyrannical. No, cartoons of  Putin spanking Obama is not funny. It only serves as a reminder of how little clout we yield on the international scene. Not a laughing matter at all. Scoring political points against Obama while praising Putin, misses the point completely.

While President Obama should not be immune to criticism due to to ''patriotic reasons'', We need to channel our critique in fashion that highlights our disgust with our standing in the international arena. Not by turning into cheerleaders for ''Team Putin''. The next President will have to do much better Hillary Clinton's ''reset button''. We can only hope that in 2017 our next commander-in-chief will have a better understanding of Putin's aspirations and which direction our country needs to be headed. Until then, for political inspiration, read up on George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Dwight Eisenhower, and Ronald Reagan. Vladimir Putin has nothing to offer for constitutional conservative who lobby for more liberty and less tyranny.