Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Pakistan 1, Obama 0

Other nations continue to push their foreign policy objectives as they test the boundaries of how strongly Barack Obama will defend America's interests and values in the world.

Russia is posing obstacles to our efforts in Afghanistan and is flexing its muscles regarding its gas exports to Europe, and we have rewarded their behavior with a softening on our position on stationing a missile defense system in Eastern Europe and on Georgia's ascension to NATO.

Pakistan has released from house arrest A.Q. Khan, who sold nuclear weapons technology to North Korea.

North Korea appears to be making preparations for another test of its ballistic missile capabilities.

Iran launched a satellite into orbit, now the only country in the world who can launch a satellite but doesn't possess nuclear weapons. Yet.

If Barack Obama doesn't start making other nations pay a price for thwarting important goals of our international diplomacy, we should expect more of these disturbing developments.

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