By William J. Bennett & Seth Leibsohn<\/p>\n
1. Barack Obama\u2019s foreign policy is dangerous, na\u00efve, and betrays a profound misreading of history. For at least the past five years, Democrats and liberals have said our standing in the international community has suffered from a \u201ccowboy\u201d or \u201cgo-it-alone\u201d foreign policy. While politicians with favorable views of our president have been elected in Germany, Italy, France, and elsewhere, Barack Obama is giving cause to make our allies even more nervous. This past Sunday\u2019s Washington Post reported, \u201cEuropean officials are increasingly concerned that Sen. Barack Obama\u2019s campaign pledge to begin direct talks with Iran on its nuclear program without preconditions could potentially rupture U.S. relations with key European allies early in a potential Obama administration.\u201d<\/p>\n
Barack Obama\u2019s stance toward Iran is as troubling as it is dangerous. By stating and maintaining that he would negotiate with Iran, \u201cwithout preconditions,\u201d and within his first year of office, he will give credibility to, and reward for his intransigence, the head of state of the world\u2019s chief sponsor of terrorism. Such a meeting will also undermine and send the exact wrong signal to Iranian dissidents. And, he will lower the prestige of the office of the president: In his own words he stated, \u201cIf we think that meeting with the president is a privilege that has to be earned, I think that reinforces the sense that we stand above the rest of the world at this point in time.\u201d Not only has his stance toward Iran caused concern among our allies in Europe, U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton called it, \u201cIrresponsible and frankly na\u00efve.\u201d<\/p>\n
Barack Obama\u2019s position on negotiating with U.S. enemies betrays a profound misreading of history. In justifying his position that he would meet with Iran without precondition and in his first year of office, Barack Obama has said, \u201cThat is what Kennedy did with Khrushchev; that\u2019s what Nixon did with Mao; what Reagan did with Gorbachev.\u201d<\/p>\n
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