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On 9/29/2012 1:36 PM,
MikeHall@outlook.com wrote:
Leaving this here for your benefit,
http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2009/06/barack-obamas-top-10-apologies -how-the-president-has-humiliated-a-superpower
The following is a list of the 10 most significant apologies by the
President of the United States in his first four months of office as
they relate to foreign policy and national security issues.
1. Apology to France and Europe ("America Has Shown Arrogance")
Speech by President Obama, Rhenus Sports Arena, Strasbourg, France,
April 3, 2009.[1]
So we must be honest with ourselves. In recent years we've allowed our Alliance to drift. I know that there have been honest disagreements over policy, but we also know that there's something more that has crept into
our relationship. In America, there's a failure to appreciate Europe's
leading role in the world. 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.
2. Apology to the Muslim World ("We Have Not Been Perfect")
President Obama, interview with Al Arabiya, January 27, 2009.[2]
My job to the Muslim world is to communicate that the Americans are not
your enemy. We sometimes make mistakes. We have not been perfect. But if
you look at the track record, as you say, America was not born as a
colonial power, and that the same respect and partnership that America
had with the Muslim world as recently as 20 or 30 years ago, there's no
reason why we can't restore that.
3. Apology to the Summit of the Americas ("At Times We Sought to Dictate
Our Terms")
President Obama, address to the Summit of the Americas opening ceremony,
Hyatt Regency, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, April 17, 2009.[3]
All of us must now renew the common stake that we have in one another. I
know that promises of partnership have gone unfulfilled in the past, and
that trust has to be earned over time. 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. But I
pledge to you that we seek an equal partnership. There is no senior
partner and junior partner in our relations; there is simply engagement
based on mutual respect and common interests and shared values. 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.
4. Apology at the G-20 Summit of World Leaders ("Some Restoration of
America's Standing in the World")
News conference by President Obama, ExCel Center, London, United
Kingdom, April 2, 2009.[4]
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. And although, as you know, I always mistrust
polls, international polls seem to indicate that you're seeing people
more hopeful about America's leadership.
I just think in a world that is as complex as it is, that it is very
important for us to be able to forge partnerships as opposed to simply dictating solutions. Just to try to crystallize the example, there's
been a lot of comparison here about Bretton Woods. "Oh, well, last time
you saw the entire international architecture being remade." Well, if
there's just Roosevelt and Churchill sitting in a room with a brandy,
that's an easier negotiation. But that's not the world we live in, and
it shouldn't be the world that we live in.
5. Apology for the War on Terror ("We Went off Course")
President Obama, speech at the National Archives, Washington, D.C., May
21, 2009.[5]
Unfortunately, faced with an uncertain threat, our government made a
series of hasty decisions. I believe that many of these decisions were motivated by a sincere desire to protect the American people. But I also believe that all too often our government made decisions based on fear
rather than foresight; that all too often our government trimmed facts
and evidence to fit ideological predispositions. Instead of
strategically applying our power and our principles, too often we set
those principles aside as luxuries that we could no longer afford. And
during this season of fear, too many of us--Democrats and Republicans, politicians, journalists, and citizens--fell silent.
In other words, we went off course. And this is not my assessment alone.
It was an assessment that was shared by the American people who
nominated candidates for President from both major parties who, despite
our many differences, called for a new approach--one that rejected
torture and one that recognized the imperative of closing the prison at Guantanamo Bay.
6. Apology for Guantanamo in France ("Sacrificing Your Values")
Speech by President Obama, Rhenus Sports Arena, Strasbourg, France,
April 3, 2009.[6]
Our two republics were founded in service of these ideals. In America,
it is written into our founding documents as "life, liberty, and the
pursuit of happiness." In France: "Liberté"--absolutely--"egalité, fraternité." Our moral authority is derived from the fact that
generations of our citizens have fought and bled to uphold these values
in our nations and others. And that's why we can never sacrifice them
for expedience's sake. That's why I've ordered the closing of the
detention center in Guantanamo Bay. That's why I can stand here today
and say without equivocation or exception that the United States of
America does not and will not torture.
In dealing with terrorism, we can't lose sight of our values and who we
are. That's why I closed Guantanamo. That's why I made very clear that
we will not engage in certain interrogation practices. 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.
7. Apology before the Turkish Parliament ("Our Own Darker Periods in Our History")
Speech by President Obama to the Turkish Parliament, Ankara, Turkey,
April 6, 2009.[7]
Every challenge that we face is more easily met if we tend to our own democratic foundation. This work is never over. That's why, in the
United States, we recently ordered the prison at Guantanamo Bay closed.
That's why we prohibited--without exception or equivocation--the use of torture. All of us have to change. And sometimes change is hard.
Another issue that confronts all democracies as they move to the future
is how we deal with the past. The United States is still working through
some of our own darker periods in our history. Facing the Washington
Monument that I spoke of is a memorial of Abraham Lincoln, the man who
freed those who were enslaved even after Washington led our Revolution.
Our country still struggles with the legacies of slavery and
segregation, the past treatment of Native Americans.
Human endeavor is by its nature imperfect. History is often tragic, but unresolved, it can be a heavy weight. Each country must work through its
past. And reckoning with the past can help us seize a better future.
8. Apology for U.S. Policy toward the Americas ("The United States Has
Not Pursued and Sustained Engagement with Our Neighbors")
Opinion editorial by President Obama: "Choosing a Better Future in the Americas," April 16, 2009.[8]
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. My Administration is
committed to the promise of a new day. We will renew and sustain a
broader partnership between the United States and the hemisphere on
behalf of our common prosperity and our common security.
9. Apology for the Mistakes of the CIA ("Potentially We've Made Some Mistakes")
Remarks by the President to CIA employees, CIA Headquarters, Langley, Virginia, April 20, 2009.[9] The remarks followed the controversial
decision to release Office of Legal Counsel memoranda detailing CIA
enhanced interrogation techniques used against terrorist suspects.
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. That's how we learn. But the fact that we are willing to
acknowledge them and then move forward, that is precisely why I am proud
to be President of the United States, and that's why you should be proud
to be members of the CIA.
10. Apology for Guantanamo in Washington ("A Rallying Cry for Our Enemies")
President Obama, speech at the National Archives, Washington, D.C., May
21, 2009.[10]
There is also no question that Guantanamo set back the moral authority
that is America's strongest currency in the world. Instead of building a durable framework for the struggle against al Qaeda that drew upon our
deeply held values and traditions, our government was defending
positions that undermined the rule of law. In fact, part of the
rationale for establishing Guantanamo in the first place was the
misplaced notion that a prison there would be beyond the law--a
proposition that the Supreme Court soundly rejected. Meanwhile, instead
of serving as a tool to counter terrorism, Guantanamo became a symbol
that helped al Qaeda recruit terrorists to its cause. Indeed, the
existence of Guantanamo likely created more terrorists around the world
than it ever detained.
So the record is clear: Rather than keeping us safer, the prison at
Guantanamo has weakened American national security. It is a rallying cry
for our enemies.
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