When thinking about what defines the Obama doctrine, we might be tempted to say it encompasses blaming America first or apologizing to the world for an unjust America. It would be accurate to observe that Mr. Obama has done both, but those events merely undergird Obama's larger ideological goal.
"Mr. Obama is systematically diminishing the United States, effecting its transformation from what was once called 'the world's only superpower' to a nation subordinated to the demands of international consensus, organizations, 'peer competitors' and even rogue states." So writes Frank J. Gaffney, Jr. in his piece "The Obama doctrine."
Gaffney is correct in concluding that President Obama's foreign policy doctrine is essentially the weakening of America in order to strengthen global governance. Of course, the left wouldn't word it quite that way. Those on the left say that they wish to bring all nations to equal standing, which means lifting others up, not tearing America down.
When thinking about what defines the Obama doctrine, we might be tempted to say it encompasses blaming America first or apologizing to the world for an unjust America. It would be accurate to observe that Mr. Obama has done both, but those events merely undergird Obama's larger ideological goal.
"Mr. Obama is systematically diminishing the United States, effecting its transformation from what was once called 'the world's only superpower' to a nation subordinated to the demands of international consensus, organizations, 'peer competitors' and even rogue states." So writes Frank J. Gaffney, Jr. in his piece "The Obama doctrine."
Gaffney is correct in concluding that President Obama's foreign policy doctrine is essentially the weakening of America in order to strengthen global governance. Of course, the left wouldn't word it quite that way. Those on the left say that they wish to bring all nations to equal standing, which means lifting others up, not tearing America down.
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