Neocons take note: Obama has reduced global tensions

By GottaLaff

Watch and learn, neo-con-artists. Oh wait. I forgot. They never learn:

Conservative critics of President Obama's foreign policy initiatives are having a tough week. On Thursday, Obama achieved a signature victory when the U.N. Security Council unanimously approved his resolution aimed at halting nuclear proliferation. His warm reception by the General Assembly [...] stood in sharp contrast to the welcome accorded George W. Bush, whose U.N. speeches were typically met with stony silence. Even the implacably hostile Russians suddenly seem amenable to U.S. desires.

"Fluff and stuff," groused Bush's former ambassador to the U.N., John Bolton, in reference to the nuclear weapons limits. [...]

Yet what neither Bolton nor other neoconservative thinkers have ever understood is that words, resolutions and friendly dialogue have considerable power in themselves.

International tension fuels extremism, oppression, terrorism and war. [...] Under Bush, eight years of unilateral actions, disrespect for international institutions, violations of international law and needless antagonism of countries such as Russia increased tension to nearly unbearable levels, served as a recruiting device for terrorists and produced gridlock at the U.N. that made addressing global problems all but impossible. It also strengthened hostile regimes in Iran, Sudan and Venezuela, among other countries, where leaders needed only to defy the United States to heighten their popularity. The result was a more dangerous world.

No, Obama hasn't produced world peace. But he has palpably reduced global tensions and deprived America's enemies of propaganda points. Isolationists, nationalists and neocons, who tend to do the opposite, should take note.

The Rushpublics, as is obvious by their recycled fear sloganeering, have been reduced to scraping the bottom of the desperation barrel.