Die Welt ist ein besserer Ort wegen der Aktionen und Führung von Amerika und die Menschen.
You probably don’t know what that means. It is German.
It is a language that we would probably be more familiar with had the United States not stood up to tyranny and finally came to the rescue of the world when Adolf Hitler was on the march.
In English, it means “the world is a better place because of the actions and leadership of America and its people.”
Whatever language you may wish to say it in, that statement is true and accurate.
It is also true that America is a conglomeration of people from allover the world. There are Germans who are American. There are Italians who are American and Japanese, Pakistanis, Indians, Nigerians, Iranians, and people of every single nationality found in the world, who call themselves American . They come seeking a better way of life, a life of increased freedom and opportunity because, like it or not, the United States of America is a shinning city atop the hill. A city whose sparkles of security and prosperity and glimmers of hope, attract the oppressed who are held back by socialism, fascism, totalitarianism , communism and even terrorism.
After breaking free from the ties that once bound them, together, under the banner of the United States of America, these people embrace the values of independence and freedom, the values that make us strong.
Those are the very same values that many nations are either incapable of defending or whose leaders are afraid to be put in harms way for.
Yet despite this truth, on his first trip to Europe as President, our Commander in Chief has taken it upon himself to go to a continent that Americans died defending, and called our American efforts “arrogant” and “divisive”.
Was it arrogant when America provided the essential leadership and blood that freed Europe? Was it divisive when President Reagan reunited East and West Germany after standing up to the Soviet Union and called upon Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear down this wall?”
In the past, American Presidents like Roosevelt, Kennedy and Reagan went to Europe and provided the leadership that achieved peace and saved nations. Yet President Obama goes to Europe to practically apologize. He goes abroad feeling guilty for leading a nation that saved other nations and recently rid the world of a violent dictator and freed the people once tormented by that dictator.
There is no need to apologize or to make excuses for America’s efforts to bring peace and democracy to suffering nations. There exists no reason to apologize for our generosity to the world's nations or for our leadership in combating pandemics or generous assitance in rebuilding after natural disasters.
Yet President Obama speaks of our nation’s role in the world as something we need to make amends for.
The last time he went to Europe, he appeared before the people of Germany when he was running for President, and spoke to them as a “citizen of the world”. There he said “our actions around the world have not lived up to our best intentions.”
Which actions? The actions to end slavery? The action taken to extend the blessings of liberty? The action taken to combat Islamic terrorism?
I am sorry.
I am sorry that President Obama holds such a view. I am sorry that he feels America is merely just one among twenty of the worlds strongest economies. I am sorry that President Obama finds it necessary to consider the leadership that America, can and does provide, as a source of our problems rather than as a solution to our problems.
Such a view does not bode well for either us or the rest of the world. Such a view puts us at risk.
Without our willingness to undertake the efforts that other nations are less willing to involve themselves in or unable to undertake, the world we live in would succumb to the enemies of freedom and the threats to our lives.
Who among us expects France to stand up to another Russian invasion of Poland or any of the newly established soveriegnty of former Soviet bloc nations? Who among us believes that France even could stand up to them if they so desired? Just the mere fact that a strong and righteous America exists is enough to keep some potential aggressors at bay.
Would NATO have any teeth were it not for the intelligence, technology, strength and capabilities of America’s will, concern, leadership and military?
Could the United States rely on India, Germany or Mexico or Sweden to aggressively pursue organized, internationally networked, Islamic terrorist cells on their own?
President Obama is correct in asking other nations to join the current effort to combat Islamic terrorism. He is right to warn them that the risks are as high to them as they are to us. But he is not right for condemning America for facing the threats that other nations neglect to address.
Maybe I am an arrogant American.
Maybe I believe my nation is special.
The fact that my nation has been the savior of others and that in many instances, our strength and generosity, is what continues to stand between them and the end of their sovereignty, helps to promote my so called arrogance.
Yet that so called arrogance is tempered by my knowledge of the fact that we are not invincible. It comes with the knowledge that although freedom is an inalienable right, it is not the natural state of humanity. It is not something that you can just talk about. It is something that has a cost. Unlike the view of other nations, I know that my country must defend freedom. I know that we must allow it to prosper here, at home, in order to remain the shinning city atop that hill to those abroad.
My so called arrogance is really not arrogance. It is respect and understanding. Respect for all that makes us great and an understanding that our greatness is not something we need to apologize for. It is something that should be appreciated.
Europe and other regions of the world should thank God for the creation of an America that always stands at their side. An America that twice defended them against German militarism, communist barbarism, and today against Islamic terrorism.
I just wish America’s President thought that we were as special as I think we are. I wish he saw the value of America’s leadership and our invaluable contribution to the world.
Gott segne Amerika. (God bless America.)
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It wouldn't surprize me to see him bend over and drop his drawers in apology "here spank me" The man has no sense at all.
Democrats keep going back to their party cronies like an abused wife, is it any surprise that the leader of their party, and now our President, wouldn't apologize to the world in hopes that they don't hit us again?
thats okay Hawk.
oops, I forgot I logged in under my bird.
yes its been pretty discouraging and fustrating. Though I am sure something will turn up I hope its sooner rather then later.
What kind of job are you looking for?
That sucks
Rough can not find work. Only had 2 interviews in over 3 months now.
Thanks Erock... How's life?
Well said Hawk.
Very well put hawk.
You know Imagine, I doubt anyone would be sad if you stopped using this website.
This blog is well written. I am waiting for Obama to apologize to North Korea. He is going to weaken Missile defense, he will cut back on military spending, he will give more power to the UN, he will bow down to the european"s and we will pay the price. For the last few months I have been watching this guy and at first I was just a little pissed, I figured he would push some Jimmy Carter like policy's through and in 4 years we would elect a real president and then fix it but now... I am starting to get worried. This guy is more worried about his image than the country he is sworn to defend. He apologized to everyone on this trip. Fine, you may say that Bush was wrong about Iraq but my God,,, this guy is making America sound like the bad guy. I wish just once he would remind those Europeans that they would all be speaking German today had it not been for America. I look back on our history and I see all the good we have done in the world. I see a world where most country's do not need to spend there wealth building a military because we defend them, I see a world where, if it were not for US treasure they would have died from disease or been eradicated by a dictator. I see a world where America uses its super power status for good! Obama sees aAmerica as the bad guy, the bully, an unjust nation. I had a feeling this would happen and I hate the fact that I was right. We can all just hope that he does not take away our super power status over the next few years. He will be a one term president and I think our job is to make sure he does not completely destroy what our brave men and women have defended over the years.
I don`t understand why either.
You're fucking insane. I have no idea why I use this site. Its just a bunch of delusional conservatives jerking each other off. You'll be surpised to find that a slim minority of people view the world in the fucked up ways that you do.
You still didn't answer the question, to top it off you admitted that Obama used foreign influence to win ............. Thank you
I forgot that giving to a campaign and having a vote legally counted are the same thing. You're asserting that Europe and Acorn combined forces to fraudulently win the election for Obama. face the facts. You sound goddam insane. Just face the fact. Millions and millions of people are tired of being lead by ignorant hicks like Bush.
And you didn't answer the question Imagine .... I'll put it in crayon so you can read it WHY DID OBAMA CAMPAIGN IN EUROPE?
Don't insult the intelligence of the majority here Imagine........ have you ever heard of campaign money?...... perhaps a lobby? you are almost so obtuse I wonder if you graduated kindergarten!!!
Why else would they campaign in Europe ... Imagine open your eyes !!!!!!!!!!!
do you really think Europeans can vote in a presidential election?
Then why did he campaign in Europe ?
Erock, I didn't say they always a agree with him. and musicman, nice job putting words in my mouth. what the fuck are you even talking about? The world loves Obama. They didn't elect him. The majority of american citizens voted for him.
Bush was elected to 2 terms Imagine... what are you realyl that retarded???? second Obamas in certain parts of the world is being greeted with death threats and violent riots ... oh yeah they just LOVE Obama haha Imagine get a clue!!!
Ahhhhh so you admit the "world elected Obama " thank you very much
Imagine and look who world leaders respond to Obama. they are offering little to no help with Afghanistan.
Really, Jackie? From what I've seen, the world loves Obama. And FDR was elected to 4 terms. George W. Bush was only elected to one.
Obama is another Jummy Carter, he is going weaken our world view even more than more than it is now. Obama is a coward and make the rest of the world think the same, giving them the opportunity to crush us. Obama nees to be thrown out of office!!!!
Obama is another Jummy Carter, he is going weaken our world view even more than more than it is now. Obama is a coward and make the rest of the world think the same, giving them the opportunity to crush us. Obama nees to be thrown out of office!!!!
Lets see how much history you know imagine....... how many times was FDR elected?
Imagine I might not like Bush but to say that he was a retard is wrong and shows you need to go hang out with a truely retarded person for a day.
No. They saw that america twice elected a retarded guy. I don't blame them for not having a high opinion of us from 2000 to 2008.
Then by that logic Imagine, we should still be apologizing for FDR.
If the world thought that about all Americans then maybe they are the ones that need to learn more about the US.
I assume thats sarcasm
Obama needed to apologzie for Bush. He made us all look like ignorant red necks.
MM- we as republicans have to like alll republicans only liberals have a choince in who they like and dislike
Did I ever say I liked Cheany? Please post that
It is funny you mention those atrocities- most of them occured when a demoncrat was in office.
where was your rage for Cheney than because he is a complete chickenhawk!!
Weak defense libby very weak. Thats not Obama. you define chickenhawk as someone who hasn't served but advocates war. Obama fits that to a tee......
Once again MM, Cheney got 4 derferments to avoid vietnam, as did just about every member of the Bush war machine.
well he was way over the enlistment age unlike Dickface Cheney, Paul Wolfowitz, Douglas Feith, or just about everyone from the Bush Iraq war cabal!
He advocates war in Afganistan, pakistan, where was he during the war?
I see that Obama served in desert storm ,just as you did? I think not libby.
he was not a chickenhawk, nice try though. A chickenhawk is someone who advocates war but doesn't have the balls to serve. Clinton dodged the draft, while Dickface Cheney was A FUCKING CHICKENHAWK!!!
Did I question you patriotism? I don't recall doing that. I questiond HIS fucking respect for US who fought while HE was a goddamned chickenhawk
no actually I am not. MM patriotism is more than a lapel pin or waving the flag. MM as you're very well aware of America's sordid history of enslavement of blacks, genocide against the Native American peoples, suppression of women’s rights, internment of Japanese Americans, enforcement of Jim Crow, and now suppression of our civil rights through Presidential decree. Does my being an American signify a total acceptance of all that is wrong with this country and history? Am I less of a patriot? Hell no! I remained with my country because of its being “an imperfect union” and Obama has remained the same way!!! And as a vet you are to respect and obey your commander in chief!!!
You sir are in the vast minority of veterans
As a vet, I am damn proud of PRESIDENT OBAMA, and was happy as a pig in shit when shit-4-brains waddled his sorry ass back to Texas!
Sorry lib but any "president" that shits on and despises the veterans who protected his ass while he sat at home screwing susie rottoncrotch has earned MY despite, if you don't like it too bad thats what the man did talk to him.......
Everytime A democrat is in power the conserva-turds come out from under their rocks. Everyday we hear why President Obama is wrong about ... well everything. Conserva-turds explain apparently quite seriously that the American people "fired" the Republicans in power last year because the electorate was tired of too much big government, etc. etc. which is why Obama should really cut taxes and spending and everyone will be happy. Hold on while I piss in mypants with laughter!
Anyways, it reminded me of a question that pops into my head every time I hear a conserva-turd explain that Republicans lost their way with unpopular big government policies, why did the GOP
lose its way pursuing policies voters don't like? How does that happen?
So let's quickly remove the conserva-turd bullshit' that the 2008 elections were a vote for change toward more conservatism. Clearly to anyone with the IQ of 2, the exit polls showed voters thought that the government "should do more" by a 51-43% margin over those who thought it was "doing too much." And McCain won the "doing too much" group by a 71-23% margin. So while very conserva-turd voters undoubtedly were dissatisfied by 8 horrorendous and insufficiently conservative years of GOP rule, that was not an issue for most of the rest of the country. Oh and here's one other data point for you conserva-turds to consider, public approval of Congress shot up a dozen points last month to a four year high of 39 percent, according to Gallup. Of course these facts cannot penetrate the tin-foil hat, but what can you do?
Let me ask you this Rob "why was he campaigning in berlin"? I thought America elected American presidents.
This is no different than his speech in Berlin during the campaign...when he was apologizing for america...to bad the MSM didnt pick that up then
It would also be nice to see the US act with some humility as well.
I agree 99% with this blog. I do think we could look back in our history and admit to a few mistakes but I think the President is way out their on this.
I like the blog kempite. It clearly shows the lack of leadership in the White House.
where you in a comma for the last 8 years? I just said why! Put your glasses numbnuts!
Besides causing hurricanes and tornadoes, killing 'man-made disasters', and keeping our taxes LOW, what did George W. Bush do that was so wrong?
This is complete garbage! We DO owe the world an apology for the abhorration that was George W Bush. With Bush's and Republicans unprovoked and disastrous war of aggression in Iraq and monstrous deficits, Bush and the republicans set this country on a course that will take decades to correct!! When future historians look back to identify the moment at which the United States began to lose its position of world leadership, they will point rightly to the Bush presidency. Thanks to his policies, it is now easy to see America losing out to its competitors in any number of areas, China is rapidly becoming the manufacturing powerhouse of the next century, India the high tech and services leader, and Europe the region with the best quality of life. So it takes balls and LEADERSHIP to admit to ones shortcomings!! I am DAMN PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN AND HAVE PRESIDENT OBAMA IN CHARGE!!!
This is complete garbage! We DO owe the world an apology for the abhorration that was George W Bush. With Bush's and Republicans unprovoked and disastrous war of aggression in Iraq and monstrous deficits, Bush and the republicans set this country on a course that will take decades to correct!! When future historians look back to identify the moment at which the United States began to lose its position of world leadership, they will point rightly to the Bush presidency. Thanks to his policies, it is now easy to see America losing out to its competitors in any number of areas, China is rapidly becoming the manufacturing powerhouse of the next century, India the high tech and services leader, and Europe the region with the best quality of life. So it takes balls and LEARDERSHIP to admit to ones shortcomings!! I am DAMN PROUD TO BE AN AMERICAN AND HAVE PRESIDENT OBAMA IN CHARGE!!!
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