Last week, President Obama spoke to the United Nations about the growing threat of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. In the course of that speech, he discussed a wide variety of threats to Western civilization, ranging from Ebola to global warming, from chaos in Syria to Chinas incursions in the South China Sea. The speech seemed unfocused, meandering. But it held together thanks to one common thread: Barack Obama believes that words solve everything. Particularly his own. Obamas narcissism isnt mere arrogance. Its messianism. Its pure faith that his verbiage can alter the course of history. We are here, Obama said, because others realized that we gain more from cooperation than conquest. Well, actually, no -- the United Nations exists because evil nations were forced through conquest to admit that cooperation might be a more advantageous strategy. While small gains can be won at the barrel of a gun, Obama said, they will ultimately be turned back if enough voices support the freedom of nations and peoples to make their own decisions. Not exactly -- millions of voices in North Korea have not altered the fate of those stuck in the worlds largest gulag, nor have millions of voices in Iran freed them of the tyranny of the mullahs.
Posted on: Wed, 01 Oct 2014 14:04:05 +0000
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