HUH? – AT 8:17 A.M. ET:  Once again, President Obama seems to relish in the subject of American decline.  From The Times of India:

MUMBAI: Implicitly acknowledging the decline of American dominance, Barack Obama on Sunday said the US was no longer in a position to "meet the rest of the world economically on our terms"...

...Obama's remarks at the town hall meeting exposed his tremendous anxiety over the failure of his policies to spur the US economy fast enough and create jobs for Americans facing nearly 10% unemployment rate.

Obama, who just lost control of the House of Representatives to the Republicans, unbashedly said the objective of his visit was to find jobs for his voters. "I want to make sure we are here because this will create jobs in the US," he said, but stressed he was for a kind of relationship which will create jobs in India as well. As he put it: "A win-win proposition."

COMMENT:  Oh, dear, oh dear.  Barack Hussein Obama Jr. doesn't understand what George Bush understood instinctively:  The United States must not only be respected, it must be feared.  That's one way you keep the peace.

To go hat in hand and acknowledge American decline is unprecedented for an American president.  The laughter you hear is coming from the foreign ministries of the world.

Some of what Mr. Obama said made much sense.  But it's the way he says it that grates.  Nations must not only understand that America has a way of roaring back, but they must also understand that we can be depended upon, that we aren't going to fold in a fit of weakness.

Would you depend on Obama?  For anything?

November 9, 2010