America's new face abroad
In his inauguration speech today, President Obama addressed the Islamic world directly, saying that those who were willing to work with us in building things, rather than destroying them, would receive the hand of friendship.
Here is one place where his heretofore burdensome middle name probably helps him. He has an enormous reservoir of political capital abroad as well as in this country. If he uses it more wisely than his predecessor, it could go a long way toward alleviating at least one of the many vexing problems that face us--that being our standing in the rest of the world.
I understand that one of Obama's first overseas trips will include Indonesia, the land where he spent a portion of his childhood. Can you imagine the reaction in the world's most populous Muslim nation when he makes a few remarks to them in their own language?
A far cry from a President who even had difficulty making a few remarks to the American people in their own language.
CHAN LOWE has been the Sun Sentinel’s first and only editorial cartoonist for the past twenty-six years. Before that, he worked as cartoonist and writer for the Oklahoma City Times and the Shawnee (OK) News-Star.
Comments
"A far cry from a President who even had difficulty making a few remarks to the American people in their own language."
I thought you said you were done taking shots at Bush?
Still, OUCH! 8-)
Posted by: No more Bush shots? | January 20, 2009 5:28 PM
That part if fine, but what is going to be done to deal with the genocidal sociopaths who want us dead?
Posted by: Marty | January 21, 2009 4:38 PM
That part if fine, but what is going to be done to deal with the genocidal sociopaths who want us dead?
Posted by: Marty | January 21, 2009 4:39 PM
A 200 million dollar deficit looks pretty good right now compared to 1.5 trillion and climbing as does 5 persent unemployment vs. 10
Posted by: savant | May 24, 2010 9:02 AM