Editorial

A chorus of remorse?

Lenny McAllister Contributor
Font Size:

Remember the rounds of applause from around the world in November 2008 with the Obama victory? The deafening calls of congratulations have been replaced by a deafening round of criticism.

I have read about the recent overseas report where French President Nicolas Sarkozy considers President Obama “insane” for his vision of global relations.  Whether Sarkozy meant that the American president was “insane”, a “mad lunatic”, or merely “naïve”, it would be easy to relegate this report to the back pages of the political tabloids if it were not coupled with the recent refusal of Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu to attend the Obama-led nuclear summit this week.

What was once a reliable chorus of global support for change after the Bush Administration is becoming an audible round of grumbles from historical allies of the United States. To date, this is a problem for America internationally that has been ignored by its citizens due to their focus on domestic issues. Many allies’ primary gripe of the Bush White House – unilateral aggression in the war on terror – is in the process of being replaced by a new frustration: this administration’s unilateral vision of a “new world order” that includes a balance of power amongst traditional foes regardless of the threatening agendas therein.

The disapproval of Netanyahu and Sarkozy – coupled with the continued actions of anti-American regimes such as Iran and North Korea – serve as a warning for Americans that the alliances built by previous administrations to ensure American safety could now come into question due to the Obama Administration’s willingness to “balance” the scales of power. Such moves as the recent START treaty to reduce the American nuclear arsenal by one-third comes at a time when countries that we work to stabilize (e.g. Afghanistan under the Karzai Administration) have thumbed their noses at American efforts and nations that we work to improve relations with (e.g., the aforementioned Iran under both President Ahmadinejad and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei) call America “wicked” with an eye towards justifying their nuclear ambitions. With relations such as these brewing throughout the world, the need for unity with America’s allies only intensifies. Due to this, the longer the simmering tensions between America’s traditional allies and the Obama Administration continue, the more another major aspect of the 2008 Obama Promise comes undone: namely, the Obama ability to “restore America’s standing throughout the world” among our allies and those that once viewed the USA as the “shining city on the hill.”

The hyper-egalitarian approach that President Obama would like to apply globally not only impacts our relationships with historical allies, but it threatens world peace as well. The desire to have a world without nuclear weaponry is a noble one, but the pursuit of such a world by balancing power with nations that have vowed to “wipe” other nations from the map only increases the likelihood that nuclear power will eventually be tapped for sinister and war-time purposes. There seems to be a growing concern from our allies that this basic reality is being overlooked by the current administration due to its willingness to believe that the leadership of rogue nations have, at its core, a desire to live cooperatively as global neighbors. However, rounds of historical evidence highlighting human nature indicate that this never has been the case for very long. Even if well-intended and well-reasoned in private, the public rifts with Israel and France only serve as fodder for inspiration for the growing threats coming from Iran and others.

Those throughout the world inspired to cheer on President-elect Barack Obama back in November 2008 now seem to choose to withhold their applause. The expectation that America would seek a new level of cooperative efforts with its allies is vanishing into the abyss of an Obama-driven vision of less nukes, more balance, and world peace – even if that vision is a unilateral directive that seems to be intolerant of historical precedence or current events in its quest to bring about unwarranted global military equality. Perhaps Sarkozy does not think that Obama is insane, just as Netanyahu may come around to warm back up with the president. However, it does not seem as though either one – or a growing group of American allies – will join in a chorus of applause or a round of “Hail to the Chief” anytime soon.

Lenny McAllister is a syndicated political commentator, podcast co-host, and the author of the book, “Diary of a Mad Black PYC (Proud Young Conservative,)” purchased online at www.tinyurl.com/lennysdiary and www.amazon.com.  He will be featured on featured guest on “The Callie Crossley Show,” (www.wgbh.org/calliecrossley ) out of WGBH Radio in Boston Tuesday April 13. The show will air live between 1-2pm on 89.7FM locally. Follow him at www.twitter.com/lennyhhr and on Facebook at www.tinyurl.com/lennyfacebook .

PREMIUM ARTICLE: Subscribe To Keep Reading

Sign up

By subscribing you agree to our Terms of Use

You're signed up!

Sign up

By subscribing you agree to our Terms of Use

You're signed up!
Sign up

By subscribing you agree to our Terms of Use

You're signed up!

Sign up

By subscribing you agree to our Terms of Use

You're signed up!
Sign up

By subscribing you agree to our Terms of Use

You're signed up!

Sign Up

By subscribing you agree to our Terms of Use

You're signed up!
Sign up

By subscribing you agree to our Terms of Use

You're signed up!
Sign up

By subscribing you agree to our Terms of Use

You're signed up!
BENEFITS READERS PASS PATRIOTS FOUNDERS
Daily and Breaking Newsletters
Daily Caller Shows
Ad Free Experience
Exclusive Articles
Custom Newsletters
Editor Daily Rundown
Behind The Scenes Coverage
Award Winning Documentaries
Patriot War Room
Patriot Live Chat
Exclusive Events
Gold Membership Card
Tucker Mug

What does Founders Club include?

Tucker Mug and Membership Card
Founders

Readers,

Instead of sucking up to the political and corporate powers that dominate America, The Daily Caller is fighting for you — our readers. We humbly ask you to consider joining us in this fight.

Now that millions of readers are rejecting the increasingly biased and even corrupt corporate media and joining us daily, there are powerful forces lined up to stop us: the old guard of the news media hopes to marginalize us; the big corporate ad agencies want to deprive us of revenue and put us out of business; senators threaten to have our reporters arrested for asking simple questions; the big tech platforms want to limit our ability to communicate with you; and the political party establishments feel threatened by our independence.

We don't complain -- we can't stand complainers -- but we do call it how we see it. We have a fight on our hands, and it's intense. We need your help to smash through the big tech, big media and big government blockade.

We're the insurgent outsiders for a reason: our deep-dive investigations hold the powerful to account. Our original videos undermine their narratives on a daily basis. Even our insistence on having fun infuriates them -- because we won’t bend the knee to political correctness.

One reason we stand apart is because we are not afraid to say we love America. We love her with every fiber of our being, and we think she's worth saving from today’s craziness.

Help us save her.

A second reason we stand out is the sheer number of honest responsible reporters we have helped train. We have trained so many solid reporters that they now hold prominent positions at publications across the political spectrum. Hear a rare reasonable voice at a place like CNN? There’s a good chance they were trained at Daily Caller. Same goes for the numerous Daily Caller alumni dominating the news coverage at outlets such as Fox News, Newsmax, Daily Wire and many others.

Simply put, America needs solid reporters fighting to tell the truth or we will never have honest elections or a fair system. We are working tirelessly to make that happen and we are making a difference.

Since 2010, The Daily Caller has grown immensely. We're in the halls of Congress. We're in the Oval Office. And we're in up to 20 million homes every single month. That's 20 million Americans like you who are impossible to ignore.

We can overcome the forces lined up against all of us. This is an important mission but we can’t do it unless you — the everyday Americans forgotten by the establishment — have our back.

Please consider becoming a Daily Caller Patriot today, and help us keep doing work that holds politicians, corporations and other leaders accountable. Help us thumb our noses at political correctness. Help us train a new generation of news reporters who will actually tell the truth. And help us remind Americans everywhere that there are millions of us who remain clear-eyed about our country's greatness.

In return for membership, Daily Caller Patriots will be able to read The Daily Caller without any of the ads that we have long used to support our mission. We know the ads drive you crazy. They drive us crazy too. But we need revenue to keep the fight going. If you join us, we will cut out the ads for you and put every Lincoln-headed cent we earn into amplifying our voice, training even more solid reporters, and giving you the ad-free experience and lightning fast website you deserve.

Patriots will also be eligible for Patriots Only content, newsletters, chats and live events with our reporters and editors. It's simple: welcome us into your lives, and we'll welcome you into ours.

We can save America together.

Become a Daily Caller Patriot today.

Signature

Neil Patel