So far the President's foreign policy decisions are in tune with his campaign promises when he ran for President. His decisions have worked well for our country, its people and our men and women in uniform. America has not gone to war unnecessarlly and once again our relationship with our allies are strong after the Iraq war debacle.
The President ended the Iraq war that gave much relief to our military who had to cope with multiple deployments and a war that should have never taken place. The war in Afganistan will end next year and another chapter of multiple deployments for the military will end also.
Lybia, Syria and Egypt's civil wars and turmoil would have seen intervention by America had some members of congress had their way, but the President had the wisdom and courage to understand what was going on over there and knew America's military power to intervene was not the right policy. The President's willingness to use military force in Syria if needed and at some point in time brought Syria and Russia to the table of negotiation and before the United Nations. Syria's decision to destroy its stockpile of chemical weapons with Russia's consent will have an oppofrtunity to prove the saying, "sincerity is always subject to the truth." The ball is now in Syria's court and that is where it should be.
President Obama has kept our country and its people safe at home and abroad from any massive terror attacks such as those that happened in the past. The country's drone strikes aganist terrorists abroad have been successful with out committing U.S. forces on the ground and putting them in harms way. Osama Bin Laden was brought to justice because the President made that commitment his number one priority.
And so far the President has had the wisdom to not rush to judgement concerning foreign policy decisions because no issue is cut and dry and void of thought. Those in congress who opposed the President's decisions and want to put every thing in a time frame fail to act timely themselves on issues affecting the country. Israel and Palestine are now talking concerning their ongoing problem. No one has the wisdom to predict where those talks will lead but talking is healthy and does not cost lives. Bad decisions do, remember Iraq?
It is this writers judgement that congress and the American people should support the President's foreign policy. Everything is not perfect and there are always setbacks just as there are in life itself but over all the President has handled the situation well. Wisdom and courage go hand in hand in a complex world. It is easy to oppose but that position has never moved the United States forward or created a successful foreign policy.
This commentary written by John Lucia.
