Day By Day© by Chris Muir.

April 06, 2009

Obama and Arrogance

Last Friday, President Obama said America has been "arrogant" in its dealings with other nations around the world - we have failed to recognize Europe's leadership, blah blah blah.

Leftists in Europe and leftists at home must be gloating with glee: an American president "admits" to the stereotype of the ugly American.

Hearing the audio, my blood was boiling. How dare the man who was elected to represent us call us "arrogant?" Our troops are stationed all over the world, in Japan, Germany, South Korea, etc., protecting their sorry asses from aggression. Whenever there's a flood, hurricane, earthquake, or other natural disaster, who sends the most money and other humanitarian aid (and gets criticized when we don't act fast enough for the recipients' liking)? Who stepped in during two World Wars to keep Europe from imploding? Which nation on earth is the biggest magnet for immigrants desperate for a better life? Who spends big bucks on military security in Europe so they can spend their own money on failing cradle to grave social programs?

He bows to the Saudi king, cozies up to the Russians, and tells the rest of the world we're a bunch of contemptuous losers. If we're such a sorry lot, why did he want to be our president?

And for all his sucking up and Bush bashing, what does it get him? Nada, zip, zilch. Because as much as they despise us, the world expects us to continue to do all of the heavy lifting. And we have a president who is not a leader, but a bower and scraper who wants to be part of the global in-crowd rather than a proud President of the United States. And, he wants to spend us into oblivion while he's at it.

It's going to be a very long four years.