Barack Obama on America: “Whether we like it or not, we are a superpower”
Somehow I missed Barack Obama’s statement last week on America being a superpower. Here is what he had to say:
It is a vital national security interest of the United States to reduce these conflicts because whether we like it or not, we remain a dominant military superpower, and when conflicts break out, one way or another we get pulled into them
Here is the video:
It seems like an odd statement to make coming from the head of the greatest nation on earth, to say the least. He seems to be admitting that he does not like the idea that America is a military superpower. As if there is something wrong with America having a superior military that is able to defend herself. Would he rather that America was a subservient nation to the other nations in the world?
I can’t even begin to put into words how bothersome I find this comment. The president of the United States has gone on record questioning the role that America should play in the world. He seems upset that America is a powerful nation. Sarah Palin summed it up pretty well with this statement:
I would hope that our leaders in Washington, D.C., understand we like to be a dominant superpower,” the former Alaska governor said. “I don’t understand a world view where we have to question whether we like it or not that America is powerful
It seems evident as Barack Obama travels around the world and apologizes to the countries which we have helped maintain their freedom over the years, and bows to leaders across the globe, that Barack Obama is not proud of America’s rich history in providing freedom to the oppressed peoples of the world. But this statement drives home the point.
Barack Obama would prefer that America not remain a dominate voice in the world; he would rather the United States be subjugated to the United Nations and his actions and his words confirm our deepest fears on his views of America.
I have to give Michelle Obama a little bit of credit here; at least she admitted that as an adult she was never proud of her country until it became obvious that her husband had a legitimate chance to become president. Barack Obama will not admit that he is not proud of his country, but his words certainly tell us that this is true.
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He didn’t say “whether I like it or not”… he said whether “WE” like it or not. He’s talking about ‘we the people’. And some people don’t like the responsibilities that come with being a world superpower. Personally (at the risk of being categorized with a dimwit like Palin) I like that we are a ‘superpower’, but he wasn’t talking to just me was he?
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“We” being himself and those nations that he was talking to. Again apologizing for America.
And just for the record, I am not a Sarah Palin fan either.
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Boy I’ll tell ya, we (that is we as in WE the PEOPLE) are in big trouble when we don’t recognize that “the enemy of my enemy is my friend” meaning Palin is hated for a reason by the left and you two are more interested in the perfection of a political personality. You just jumped right in there with the lefty hate Bush/Palin/Conservatives crowd.
Remember this saying…Perfection is the enemy of Progress.
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I should clarify my statement. I like Sarah Palin as a spokesperson for the party. I believe she is true to her beliefs and is a true conservative. I do not think that she makes for a winning candidate for president. I don’t think that she can win a general elections for president. When I said I was not a fan of her, I meant as a presidential candidate, I do love the fact that she gets under the left’s skin.
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“Like it or now, America is a superpower.” That means that whatever we do has consequences around the world, consequences we sometimes cannot imagine. Pierre Trudeau once said that being Canada is like being a flea sleeping next to an elephant – whenever the elephant gets restless, the flea’s in danger.
The President’s point is that whatever we do will have consequences worldwide. It may be entertaining to some to be a world power, and to have the power to have such impact on others’ lives. It’s also an awful responsibility, though. Frankly, it’s more than a bit troubling to have someone like Mrs. Palin rambling on about what a glorious thing it is to be a superpower when, in all honesty, we have very little idea what her views on American foreign policy are. She’s clearly enjoying her time in the spotlight – perhaps, instead of simply inveighing against the leadership that defeated her aspirations for national office, she could share her thoughts on what, precisely, America should be doing with that mantle of “World Superpower.”
“Like it or not, we are a superpower,” and so we need to be very careful when selecting the people who will actually be able to wield that power. I’d far rather someone who seems to find it a soul-searching inspiration than someone for whom world superpowerdom is simply a cudgel.
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No one asks to be a Superpower.
Being a super power is more a reflection of other nations weakness.
The term Super Power is used to describe a nation with the capacity to project domination, power and influence on a global scale.
That’s supposed to be to protect the interests of a nations people.
What is so wrong with that?.
Do you vote for someone who will represent you in the world stage or would you prefer to be obtuse while the world giggles at your ideologies?
The idea that we need to apologize to the world for being a Superpower is ridiculous.
Sure what “we” do has consequences
How is it that all of a sudden decisions have consequences yet someone can take out a mortgage and not pay it back or skip school and become a failure and THAT not have consequences?
For an individual representing America to subvert the will of a sovereign nation is wrong pure and simple.
And who do you think are such as to yield personal power over others and lord it over other nations if they can?
The very same ones who lord it over us right here in American.
These are the people who say “that a culturally-diverse society can be ruled or dominated by one of its social classes. That the ideas of that ruling class need to become norm, that they are universal ideologies, intent on the benefit everyone”.
You know who else said that?
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Why is it troubling what Sarah Palin says about being a superpower? She is in no position to do anything with that power, and she never will be.
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Exactly what is it about being a dominant superpower that we like? The ability to vaporize entire cities? The ability to impose economic punishment on those whom we dislike? Or maybe it’s the ability to use the influence that goes with the job to get some nice contracts for our friends, see that the people we like can make a profit . . .
Like it or not, our position as a superpower, coupled with friends in high places, didn’t do Haliburton any harm, did it?
As the world’s remaining superpower, we’re denied the luxury of isolationism, and that’s another “like it or not” reality for the many among us who’d like us to be able to concentrate on the afflictions that ail our land and people, and let the rest of the world fend for itself for a while.
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Exactly what is it about being a dominant superpower that we like?
How bout being the most generous nation of individuals on the planet. When tragedy strikes America is always there to help.
How about being one of the most influential allies in WWII
How bout the The Marshall Plan, the economic reconstruction of postwar Western Europe using American money practices and principles
How bout being the leader in the war on terror (or are you going to say there is no war or that we started it)
How bout being the world leader in medical manufacturing, medicine, finance and agriculture.
How bout pioneers in space exploration and Science.
How bout being the only nation in the world where you can come from Germany or Africa or Poland or Vietnam or anywhere else in the world and become an American Citizen with all the rights and privileges bestowed on Americans of birth right.
How bout a Capitalistic economy from which more Millionaires have risen out of poverty then anywhere else in the world…
Just to name a few
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BTW in reference to your silly comment on Vaporizing cities God said it this way…
“I take no pleasure in the death of anyone”
Yet is there a death in which God has not had a hand?
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I was going to respond, but Rick said it all!
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