Liz Cheney writes in the WSJ about President Obama’s recent visit to Russia and sheds some light on the president’s world view of historical events:
Speaking to a group of students, our president explained it this way: “The American and Soviet armies were still massed in Europe, trained and ready to fight. The ideological trenches of the last century were roughly in place. Competition in everything from astrophysics to athletics was treated as a zero-sum game. If one person won, then the other person had to lose. And then within a few short years, the world as it was ceased to be. Make no mistake: This change did not come from any one nation. The Cold War reached a conclusion because of the actions of many nations over many years, and because the people of Russia and Eastern Europe stood up and decided that its end would be peaceful.”
That doesn’t sound right. Undoubtedly there was competition, but I can’t believe the president didn’t mention anything about military buildups and the nuclear arms race. Instead, he insults the students’ intelligence by examples of astrophysics and athletics. I think these Russian students knew very well within their hearts that it was President Reagan and America that dealt the death blow to Communism in Europe and ended the Cold War. Yet our president didn’t have the guts to declare that historical fact in front of a group of students…
And how does the president feel about America’s greatness?
Asked at a NATO meeting in France in April whether he believed in American exceptionalism, the president said, “I believe in American Exceptionalism just as I suspect that the Brits believe in British exceptionalism and the Greeks believe in Greek exceptionalism.” In other words, not so much.
…so we’re exceptional like everyone else? In other words, he thinks America is just average. His supporters may call him humble, but I believe the proper lexicon is wuss.
