Obama makes world safer, already

I saw the above headline on The Standard, and I thought I was on a conservative blog, and that sarcasm was in strong evidence.

Not so.

n response to U.S. President Barack Obama’s review of the proposed U.S. missile defence system in Eastern Europe, Russia is scrapping plans to deploy nuclear capable Iskander missiles in Kaliningrad, just north of Poland. The Guardian reports:

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And so the value of a sane U.S. president is demonstrated. Obama’s tactics are conciliatory, non-confrontational and will create a safer world. But don’t take my word for it. If a radical left-wing revolutionary like Fidel Castro can call Obama “a man who seems absolutely sincere,” who believes strongly in his ideas “and who hopefully can carry them out”, can we really expect Obama to yield to the neo-conservative legacy?

So

a) removing a system designed to shoot down missiles from rouge regimes

b) bowing to pressure from a bully who’s missiles aren’t being targeted*

makes the world safer how exactly?

My take: Obama just sacrificed freedom for temporary security.

*Russia can easily overwhelm any defense system by sheer numbers, but Iran cannot

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