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All Us "Citizens of the World"

Brian804 Wrote: Sep 09, 2010 6:42 AM
Apparently, Obama is so far removed from mainstream American thought and philosophy that he does not realize some basics. Our forefathers moved over here and built by blood, sweat and tears, a pretty good country. One of the purposes of doing so was to get away from those people still over there. If he intends to fritter away our national sovereignty, he had better realize that he is not speaking for me. Brian Conway Valatie, N. Y.

As a candidate for the U.S. presidency, Barack Obama touted himself to foreign audiences as a "citizen of the world." As President, Mr. Obama is determined to make sure we are such citizens, too.

The President's serial apologies, bowing and pandering to various unsavory international leaders has gained the most notoriety for his policy approach - giving rise to this column's characterization of the "Obama Doctrine" as: "Emboldening our enemies; undermining our friends; and diminishing our country."

More worrisome are myriad other steps largely being taken out of the public eye. Particularly when such actions are taken together, they will have...

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