Posted by
Indyconservative on Thursday, March 05, 2009 9:34:10 AM
A new foreign policy mistake for the new administration? I think so. Obama recently sent a letter to the Russian President offering the possibility of dropping the missile shield over Poland for help with Iran nukes. This is an extremely naive move. I thought Hillary had the State department under control. One of the jobs of his foreign policy is to protect him from embarrassing himself publicly. The Russians took the letter as a sign of weakness and rebuffed it in public. The proper way is to feel out the Russians and have secret low-level meetings to feel out the other side before you offer a "tit for tat" proposal. This simply puts all the power in Russian hands. First off they have no incentive to help in Iran and the US simply has nothing to offer. Nothing except less security for our friends. The missile shield over Eastern Europe should be non negotiable, these people are our allies. Pulling the shield down from that section would just acknowledge thier sphere of influence. This relegates Eastern Europe back to a battleground between East and West. These nations have been sold down the river throughout the history of western civilization. Frankly they have been more loyal to the US war on terror, Poland in particular, than most of our Western European allies. The Russians will do anything to embarrass the US right now they have us on the ropes with a naive foreign policy ideology. One that suggests if you just were nice to your enemies they will be nice to you. I hope Obama has learned from this misstep and even if he does gut our defenses and backs down all over the world he at least makes it look like he is negotiating from a position of strength.