Is Obama Too Nice?

We all know the President’s got more charm than Sinatra, but is it possible that he may be too nice? Of course I’m not just talking about the man himself here, though he does apparently take a foul pretty well.

No, I’m talking about his administration, and more specifically about his foreign policy. In one week, we’ve seen him not only shake Hugo Chavez’s hand like an old college buddy, but also continue promoting an engagement strategy with Ahmadinejad regime, despite his uncalled for rant at the Durban Conference on Racism, which is just one of his many public embarrassments (assuming you, of course, get embarrassed from spewing vilified, hateful propaganda).

Of course, Ahmadinejad was being nice too, or was at least forced to be – UN Secretary General Bak Ki Moon made him omit the Holocaust-denying bits – which was, I believe, a bad move, not only because it promotes censorship, but also because it would’ve silenced those that deny how strongly this man denies the tragedy.

Now, I’m all for an engagement strategy if it leads to honest conversation on all sides. For example, they could let Ahmadinejad know that if he doesn’t stop enriching Uranium with centrifuges (which is only done for weapons purposes), an air strike on his facilities is imminent. It may not come from the United States, but believe me, it’ll come. And oh ya, stop oppressing and executing your citizens. I believe in that kind of talk, because it leads to honest solutions.

But if they start talking in their politically correct way, trying to massage each other’s ego, justifying their actions by claiming this is chess, not checkers, then the results can be disastrous. Because this type of appeasement justifies their regimes, and makes them think that are actually leaders of a country, instead of their kidnappers (it’s bad enough the citizens have Stockholm syndrome).

What I’m trying to say is, we can’t stop trying to catch these criminals. Just because a government has been elected once, it does not give them the right to change the laws to keep themselves in power or rig their elections, which is what both of these regimes have done. They are modern-day dictatorships, and are not legitimate governments. To recognize them as such would be to commit gross complicity in one of the worst crimes humanity can commit.

What the left wing has to realize is that the fight for human rights is just that – a fight. Just because you happen to be nice, it doesn’t mean niceness will fix this situation. In fact, bringing basic human rights to the world would result in the bloodiest conflict known to man. But such is life. You can’t talk one line then walk another. And, unfortunately, spreading human rights is one tough walk, which means there’s no time to be nice.

Written by Joe Schwimmer
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