JustRalph
02-20-2009, 07:03 PM
Obama's Supine Diplomacy
By Charles Krauthammer
Friday, February 20, 2009; A23
The Biden prophecy has come to pass. Our wacky veep, momentarily inspired, predicted in October that "it will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama." Biden probably had in mind an eve-of-the-apocalypse drama like the Cuban missile crisis. Instead, Obama's challenges have come in smaller bites. Some are deliberate threats to U.S. interests, others mere probes to ascertain whether the new president has any spine.
Preliminary X-rays are not very encouraging.
Consider the long list of brazen Russian provocations:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/19/AR2009021902579_pf.html
much more at the link
By Charles Krauthammer
Friday, February 20, 2009; A23
The Biden prophecy has come to pass. Our wacky veep, momentarily inspired, predicted in October that "it will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama." Biden probably had in mind an eve-of-the-apocalypse drama like the Cuban missile crisis. Instead, Obama's challenges have come in smaller bites. Some are deliberate threats to U.S. interests, others mere probes to ascertain whether the new president has any spine.
Preliminary X-rays are not very encouraging.
Consider the long list of brazen Russian provocations:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/19/AR2009021902579_pf.html
much more at the link