At a time where President Obama’s bumbling diplomacy and incoherent rhetoric on Syria has ceded international leadership to Russia’s dangerous Vladimir Putin, America suffers more blows to its prestige.
As someone in frequent touch with those in Europe I cannot overstate the role gun violence, the death penalty and Guantanamo Bay plays in the diminishing prestige of America abroad.
This is a bi-partisan problem. President Obama’s weaknesses were exposed by Syria, but the policies advocated by conservatives continue to weaken the United States prestige.
Story from the Guardian.
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I really take great issue with your opening “bumbling” line! No one outside of the inner circle in the WH and Department of State has anything close to enough creditable information needed to make intelligent decisions let alone policy! My choice is to trust the President I voted for twice rather than the bloggers, tea leaf readers, backbiters and political pundits who in large measure are interested only in readership and a following.
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I was astounded when I heard friends in Europe say they were afraid to come to America because of guns. I was also embarrassed.
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