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Foreign policy is weak

Let’s forget about President Obama’s lack of job creation, sick health care act and the sluggish economy. These are important, but what about his failed foreign policy?

In the last six years, this nation has become a joke in the eyes of much of the world. In 2008, in Germany, he drew a crowd of over 200,000 and spoke at the Brandenburg Gate like presidents John Kennedy and Ronald Reagan. During his visit last June, on the cusp of the spying scandal, he was met by just a few thousand and wasn’t even allowed to speak at the Brandenburg Gate. The world and the United States are weary of Barack Hussein Obama.

His Middle East policy is in ruins. He can’t get along with Afghanistan President Harmid Karzai. China declares a no-fly zone. Would that have happened under President George W. Bush? Syrian President Bashar al Assad kills tens of thousands, gases some. Remember the red line? Obama didn’t really mean it. And now the Ukraine; more presidential threats. Does anyone think Russian President Vladimir Putin is paying any attention to Obama?

Our foreign policy is in shambles. The U.S. is becoming unimportant.

John Miller

Spokane Valley

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