Maintaining relations necessary to future
There is a saying that claims “actions speak louder than words,” and when you compare words President Barack Obama has spoken against his actions, there are contradictions. On Sept. 11, 2012, American embassies were attacked in Libya and Egypt, costing many American lives.
The brutal death of a U.S. ambassador, the tearing down and burning of the American flag and other attacks on American missions across the Middle East elicited an embarrassing response from our president Monday. On “60 Minutes,” Obama described the attacks as “bumps in the road.” In no way are the continual uprisings in the Middle East and Africa simply “bumps in the road,” and the president has failed to give what’s happening in foreign countries the attention it deserves.
Again, he showed a lack of initiative concerning foreign policies when he decided against one-on-one meetings with several of the world’s influential leaders. While he did attend the annual meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, the president let Secretary of State Hillary Clinton do the grunt work.
Robert Gibbs, one of Obama’s campaign advisers, told Chris Wallace on Fox News Sunday that the president doesn’t need to meet face-to-face with world leaders because “they have telephones in the White House.”
These are only two examples from a series of actions through the years of the Obama administration. If our president has time to mingle with Jay-Z and Beyonce, then he should be able to find the time to maintain friendships with foreign countries necessary for America’s future.