Obama Shallow Foreign Policy Learning Curve

Obama's foreign policy appears less founded in principles than in his desire to create the illusion of having been on the right side all along.

"President Obama likes to hedge. If he puts four chips on black, he almost immediately wants to put three chips on red."
 
Lizza gives a detailed account of how Obama and his advisers have been putting chips on black and red in Egypt and Libya over the past two months. And he provides a revealing summing up. "One of his advisers described the president's actions in Libya as 'leading from behind,'" he writes. 

"It's a different definition of leadership than America is known for, and it comes from two unspoken beliefs: that the relative power of the U.S. is declining, as rivals like China rise, and that the U.S. is reviled in many parts of the world."

"That's not," Lizza, who often writes on domestic politics, interjects, "a slogan designed for signs at the 2012 Democratic National Convention." No, it's not. But it's one you may hear about from Republicans.

Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://washingtonexaminer.com/politics/2011/04/obama-learning-foreign-policy-hard-way#ixzz1L6wZPaWq