Posted by
Tom L. on Monday, June 22, 2009 6:00:00 AM
During the 2000 presidential campaign, George Bush said: “I'm not so sure the role of the United States is to go around the world and say, ‘This is the way it's got to be.’”
He was right.
Unfortunately, driven by 9-11, President Bush adopted the policy of nation building.
President Obama, in Cairo, spoke of his “unyielding belief” in a set of universal principles, including “the ability to speak your mind and have a say in how you are governed, confidence in the rule of law and the equal administration of justice, government that is transparent and doesn’t steal from the people, the freedom to live as you choose”.
Unfortunately, as with his predecessor, reality bites.
When it comes to the suppression of the protests in Iran, Mr. Obama seems unwilling to speak out for the protester’s rights to speak their minds and have a say in how they are governed, or confidence in the rule of law and the equal administration of justice.
There is not always an American solution to every problem in the world. Certainly, America should not try to impose solutions.
America and the American president MUST stand on the hilltop and shout that we believe in the principles on which our nation was founded and believe those rights and freedoms are universal.