Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Obama’s upside down foreign policy in Kyrgyzstan

EXPOSE OBAMA

April 12th, 2010
By Rick Moran, American Thinker 

 Which one is the champion of human rights? 

What are the consequences of having a president who doesn’t know what he’s doing with regard to our foreign policy? 

For one thing, he makes Vladmir Putin look like a champion of human rights: 

In a remarkable role reversal, Russia has positioned itself as a supporter of democratic reform and the protests that toppled this nation’s autocratic president, while the United States is increasingly viewed here as a cynical bully, backing a corrupt, abusive leader who refuses to resign. 

Those perceptions, expressed by ordinary people as well as members of the opposition coalition now in control of most of Kyrgyzstan, have been fueled by Moscow’s quick embrace of the new government and Washington’s more cautious response — and it could spell trouble for a U.S. air base here critical to the NATO campaign in Afghanistan. 

Anyone see a pattern here? The US fails to embrace the Iranian reformers, favoring the mullahs instead. We have also been nearly silent as Hugo Chavez has cracked down on dissent even further, arresting independent media leaders and opposition figures. From the Americas to the steppes of Asia, this administration has utterly failed to back the forces of reform – even, as in Kyrgyzstan, where vital American interests are at stake. 

This is the topper; the thug Russian autocrat is seen as being on the side of democracy while Obama’s America is hesitant and confused.