In his State of the Union speech, President Obama will try to make the case that he has been one of the most successful chief executives in American history when it comes to foreign affairs. It takes more than being briefed on the Osama bin Laden takedown to make a great leader. The vast gulf between his promises and results argues against him.
The Obama foreign-policy team came to town with visions of creating a new and more perfect world. It envisaged a break with the policies of the George W. Bush administration, a resurrection of U.S. prestige and a new age of global cooperation and peace. Mr. Obama hoped his pledges to close the terrorist detainee facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; extend full constitutional protection to foreign terrorists; and end the Bush-era enhanced-interrogation techniques - which he called torture - would signal this clean break and immediately establish his credibility.
Link:EDITORIAL: Obama's America: A tired old mare - Washington Times
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