In a speech on October 2, 2007, then-Sen. Barack Obama pledged that if elected commander in chief, “I’ll give an annual ‘State of the World’ address to the American people in which I lay out our national security policy.”
It’s another promise the President has broken. And small wonder he’s broken it. The past six years have decisively proved the fallacy of equating rhetoric and set piece public events with effective global leadership.
As a result, the “State of the World” is quite bad and getting worse all the time. From a failed Russian “reset” that beget an invasion of Ukraine to an Iran continuing to pursue nuclear weapons to the chaos that ISIS has created in Iraq to a rearmed and aggressive China to an unstable North Korea, global threats — including threats to the vital interests of the United States — have increased.
via Jindal: Strong defense is critical to America (Opinion) – CNN.com.
