The Obama Assault on Sovereignty

Kim Holmes / April 06, 2009

G20 leaders Saudi King Abdullah Bin Abdel Aziz (first row L), Chinese President Hu Jintao (first row R), (second row from L to R) US President Barack Obama, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) Meles Zenawi pose for a family photo during the G20 summit at the ExCel centre, in east London, on April 2, 2009.

President Obama’s trip to Europe has been revealing. Many people had high hopes that Obama may turn out to be a closet moderate. After all, his position on Afghanistan wasn’t all that bad, some said. Unfortunately, the picture is now clearer; his statements and actions in Europe show just how unrealistic those hopes were.

Consider what Obama did in Europe:

1. The day after North Korea launched a missile that someday may be capable of delivering a nuclear weapon against the United States, who did he put in the nuclear dock with North Korea? The United States! (more…)