‘Free Beacon’ Montage: Obama Relies on ‘Clichés’ of Foreign Policy

Leading by Cliché (Washington Free Beacon)

The Obama White House thought it wise to sum up its foreign policy approach with the puerile expression, “Don’t do stupid stuff.”

Not exactly Theodore Roosevelt’s “Speak softly and carry a big stick.” For all its implications about being cautious and restrained, not doing “stupid stuff” has failed as a means of conducting foreign affairs and asserting American interests.

To that end, Commentary‘s Peter Wehner wrote an article outlining President Obama’s proclamations and clichés of foreign policy that have been debunkedas he unwillingly faces realities created in part by his passivity and an ever-changing, straw man-attacking Obama doctrine.