The last eight years have been one long lecture about how liberals are too worried about what other countries think of us. Now, suddenly, one handshake and a grin are poisonous to world approval.
What we have here, is a failure to communicate.
Look, I didn't get to worked up about casualness with the British queen, was only mildly annoyed at the bow to the Saudi king, and thought Obama actually looked unhappy to be shaking Hugo's hand (sitting through Ortega's rant is another thing), but Powers is confused if she believes that the complaint today is that Obama's actions are affecting world approval of us.
Wrong. The worry is that our president is failing to stand up for America, and that his actions and words are poisonous to the respect and even fear of our power that keep enemies at bay and inspire confidence in our friends.
Liberals truly are too worried about what other countries think of us if they can't grasp this simple complaint.
Big-brained, nuanced thinking just isn't grasping the concept. Perhaps it's a limbic thing, for all I know. But I'm a history major so don't take my medical diagnosis too seriously.
