From Wednesday, we have Mark Burch of FWB, who grumbles that Obama “only eight months into his on-the-job training, has wasted no opportunity to apologize for past American greatness and exceptionalism to any socialist, tyrant or Muslim who can fog a mirror.”

So, Mr. Burch, should I assume that you think being Muslim is as bad as being a socialist or a tyrant? And that it wouldn’t be so bad if Obama apologized to Christians?
And why do I have the feeling that if McCain were eight months in, nobody would accuse him of being untrained?
And let’s see, America’s greatness over the past eight years has involved waging a war on a nation that didn’t attack us and wasn’t a threat, locking up countless people who hadn’t committed any crimes, openly discussing the possibility of war on more nations … We’ve done some great things, but “exceptionalism” is a delusion, and an excuse to pretend that when we do bad things, it doesn’t count.

Burch again: “President Obama once again made it known the United States has no intention of exerting its influence on other nations …The primary flaw in Obama’s campaign of contrition is that, to succeed, America must be diminished.”

It’s not a bad thing not to influence other nations, since our main way of doing it is to threaten force. Maybe we should try it for a while.
Instead, of course, Obama is still hinting about sanctions on Iran, waging war in Afghanistan, etc. We’re hardly folding up our tent and going home.
Burch also complains that the one nation we are exerting influence on is Israel. Given the amount of money and arms we support Israel with, that seems reasonable to me.

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