Negative. It is an attack piece. Nothing more. Nothing less.
You & Karl Rove call it denigrate. I call it having a president who understands that American foreign policy has international consequences. Now I know for a fact that Karl Rove knows that no U.S. president could seriously maintain the same perspective that made Bush President the most unpopular president ever and expect to serve more than one term. So why would Obama engage in such a stereotypical 'AMERICA! **** YEAH'-attitude? He wouldn't.
Because it is their only bargaining chip. They threaten war whenever they want food or need help ensuring that their entire country doesn't revolt. This is irrelevant of whomever is in power. How many rockets has NK sent in the last 50 years?
Because it is not in their best political interests to alienate the few people who would stand against the U.S. on the international stage.
Because the mullah's are not interested in diplomacy. It is a matter of what is politically advantageous. The power structure in Iran feeds itself off radicalized interpretations of the Koran. Without an enemy these interpretations are meaningless. So the Iranian government
must continue to portray the U.S. government as an enemy of not just the leaders but of the people within that country.
BBC News - Nato members 'to send more troops to Afghanistan'
You were saying?
I've already addressed this. Your entire post is just a rehashing of non-points from your article. Is it my fault you do not understand politics above a Reagan level? Not really. Is it my fault you rely on Karl Rove to explain things to you? Not really. What is my fault is that I've given you a feeding ground for you to throw out your red herrings.
While political opinion
is indeed important and American foreign
policy does have repercussions. I honestly could care less what the self professed enemies of America say about the sitting President. What I do care about is what our allies think us. So far? China, Cuba, Iran and North Korea saying that they hate Obama is not in my list of concerns. I'm glad
they dislike Obama. When Germany, England and France start saying the same thing? Then call me. Until then you're using the opinions of people who for political reasons
need to hate us to make your point about how bad Obama is.