It’s time now, after many months of watching the Obama disaster before our eyes, to define what looks like “The Obama Doctrine”, his ideological belief system now put into practice.

First off, Barack Obama frequently downplays American Sovereignty. We have:

1. New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) with Russia;
2. the U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities;
3. the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT);
4. the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOST);
5. the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW);
6. the Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space (PAROS).

On the surface these treaties with an international flair may seem quite admirable on the surface but digging deeper into Obama purpose always reveals more. These treaties leak into American domestic affairs and not on the positive side.

Recently submitting its “Report of the United States of America” to the UN Human Rights Council (HRC), whose dubious members include Cuba, Russia and Saudi Arabia, not necessarily stalwarts of human rights discipline.

In the report the Obama administration attacks Arizona immigration law which attempts to provide law enforcement where the Federal government is failing. This is not a human rights issue but the administration woefully portrays the Arizona law as an infringement on human rights. In the end, this attack upon Arizona is an attack upon American Sovereignty. Certainly, enforcing immigration law and border security upholds the US Constitution and is not violating anyone’s human rights.

Donald Rumsfeld used the term “light footprint” when the US invaded Iraq to liberate its people. Barack Obama wishes to reduce American power to “Soft-Power” to demonstrate to the world that American exceptionalism is nothing and we are all equals on God’s green earth. Upon taking office in 2009 Obama said “[if] countries like Iran are willing to unclench their fist, they will find an extended hand from us.”

However, French President Nicholas Sarkozy has a different view of the world:

“We live in the real world, not a virtual one… President Obama himself has said that he dreams of a world without nuclear weapons. Before our very eyes, two countries are doing exactly the opposite at this very moment… I support America’s ‘extended hand.’ But what have these proposals for dialogue produced for the international community? Nothing but more enriched uranium and more centrifuges.“

Some like the Taliban, al-Qaeda and Iranian tyrant Mahmoud Ahmadinejad cannot be persuaded to lay down their arms under a doctrine of soft power and they prove that each day.

Further, Barack Obama wishes to Restrain American power by reducing its nuclear armaments. Sadly for Obama he states:

“Whether we like it or not, we remain a dominant military superpower.“

Obama actions speak louder than words. Funding has been cut for the F-22 fighter jet and the administration is now looking into terminating the development of the next generation Navy Cruiser with missile defense capabilities.

A strong and vibrant US Military is not only about fighting wars. Setting a perception to the world about American military power provides what Ronald Reagan emphasized – Peace through strength. American security is most reliably assured by having military forces that are fully trained, equipped and ready to deter or defeat the nation’s adversaries. If the world has a perception of American weakness it becomes a destabilizing force across the globe.

How can we forget Obama’s Apology Tour and his Top Ten apologies to the world?

10. Apology for Guantanamo in Washington: “There is also no question that Guantanamo set back the moral authority that is America’s strongest currency in the world. … Rather than keeping us safer, the prison at Guantanamo has weakened American national security. It is a rallying cry for our enemies.”

9. Apology for the Mistakes of the CIA: “So don’t be discouraged by what’s happened in the last few weeks. Don’t be discouraged that we have to acknowledge potentially we’ve made some mistakes.”

8. Apology for U.S. Policy toward the Americas: “Too often, the United States has not pursued and sustained engagement with our neighbors. We have been too easily distracted by other priorities, and have failed to see that our own progress is tied directly to progress throughout the Americas.”

7. Apology before the Turkish Parliament: “The United States is still working through some of our own darker periods in our history. … Our country still struggles with the legacies of slavery and segregation, the past treatment of Native Americans.”

6. Apology for Guantanamo in France: “I don’t believe that there is a contradiction between our security and our values. And when you start sacrificing your values, when you lose yourself, then over the long term that will make you less secure.”

5. Apology for the War on Terror: “Unfortunately, faced with an uncertain threat, our government made a series of hasty decisions. … In other words, we went off course.”

4. Apology at the G-20 Summit of World Leaders: “I would like to think that with my election and the early decisions that we’ve made, that you’re starting to see some restoration of America’s standing in the world.”

3. Apology to the Summit of the Americas: “While the United States has done much to promote peace and prosperity in the hemisphere, we have at times been disengaged, and at times we sought to dictate our terms. … So I’m here to launch a new chapter of engagement that will be sustained throughout my administration. The United States will be willing to acknowledge past errors where those errors have been made.”

2. Apology to the Muslim World: “We sometimes make mistakes. We have not been perfect.”

1. Apology to France and Europe: “Instead of celebrating your dynamic union and seeking to partner with you to meet common challenges, there have been times where America has shown arrogance and been dismissive, even derisive.”

Obama has only been able to portray the United States as weak. Jimmy Carter apologized to the world for America’s “excessive fear” of Communism. After Carter spoke the Soviet Union embarked on the invasion of Afghanistan and Iran took American’s hostage.

Woodrow Wilson demonstrated America as weak by proposing an “ethical” foreign policy and a “concert of nations.” America didn’t fend off World War I with Wilson’s weak America stance and we actually took on an isolationist policy during the 1920s and 30s which ultimately led to World War II. We waited to get bombed at Pearl Harbor before entering the war.

Other US Presidents held a different vision for America:

• George Washington’s first State of the Union address reminder that: “To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.”
• The Monroe Doctrine ideal that America is committed to the principles on which republican self-government is based.
• Truman’s Doctrine of support for peoples threatened with Communist aggression.
• Reagan Doctrine’s “peace through strength” strategy of revitalizing the US military while promoting economic growth at home and increasing support for oppressed people around the world.

American exceptionalism shows an indispensable nation in the defense of liberty around the world. The Obama Doctrine demonstrates the opposite – nations will look elsewhere for help and our adversaries will see the United States as weak and powerless. The Obama Doctrine creates a more dangerous world by emboldening our enemies. Indeed!

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