Margret Thatcher once said, that being powerful is like being a lady, if you have to tell people you are you aren’t.
At the Group of 20 Summit in Seoul, President Obama asserted that the results of the midterm elections have not diminished his power internationally and that in some ways, he is even stronger, thanks to the friendships he has allegedly developed with world leaders.
World leaders may indeed like Mr. Obama on a personal level but that has little to do with his stature as a national leader.
Niccolo Machiavelli’s the Italian Philosopher and Writer once said, it is better for a Head of State to be feared than loved still applies and it is clear that there is no reason for any country to fear the affable Barack Obama.
President Obama once again casually confirmed in the decline of America’s “outsized” influence in world affairs noting, “We are now seeing a situation where a whole host of countries are doing well and coming into their own and naturally they’re going to be more assertive.” Obama seems to believe this greater assertiveness is “a healthy thing” but didn’t elaborate for whom it was healthy–certainly not the United States.
For some inexplicable reason, President Obama welcomes the decline of America’s role on the international stage. It is most certainly not his most notable accomplishment.
Full editorial here Obama’s International Strikeout –Washington Times
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