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In the course of a candid interview with the Washington Post about the presidential race (in which he admits he’s struggled with the 60-second debate format) Barack Obama had this to say about his position on meeting with leaders of hostile regimes:
“Senator Clinton apparently disagrees with me on
this issue of preconditions,” he said. “I think she’s wrong on that
because if we continue to set preconditions for discussions that
are hostile to us, I think that’s what loses the PR battle
worldwide because it implies the United States is the superior
power and other states have to give in to our demands before we
even deign to meet with them. And that reinforces the sense of the
arrogance of U.S. power around the world, which is a source of
great damage — and makes us less safe.”
Let’s take a step back and realize what’s actually going on here. A
top-tier presidential candidate is saying that it’s wrong for the
President of the United States to say that our nation, with the
most freedom in the history of the world, is superior to the
oppressive regimes of Iran, Syria, North Korea, Cuba, and
Venezuela. Aside from being an sickening example of moral
relativism, it’s hard to see how, from a practical policy
perspective, a president would be able to encourage other countries
to improve their human rights records if he can’t assert why
freedom is superior.
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