Ken Blackwell: Obama's indecision is hurting foreign alliances | Washington Examiner: "Our NATO allies joined us in Afghanistan because the United States had been attacked by al Qaeda. It was an acid test of the NATO alliance: For the first time since 1949, NATO went to war. Can we afford this extended failure to act?
What will become of NATO, the most successful example of Democratic Party leadership? Let's not forget, it was Harry Truman and his party that put NATO together. Ohio's 'Mr. Republican,' Sen. Bob Taft, wanted no part of NATO. That's why Ike challenged Taft and beat him for the 1952 Republican presidential nomination.
All of that is now at risk. Well, liberal Obama supporters say, Afghanistan's Hamid Karzai is corrupt.
Right. And have you heard that Churchill drank too much? That's what opponents of a forceful U.S. policy in World War II said in defending their indecision.
The Karzai regime is guilty of human rights abuses, liberals say. I wonder how long the allies considered Joe Stalin's crimes before pledging aid to 'the Russian people.'
After Hitler's unprovoked attack on the USSR on June 22, 1941, Churchill responded with speed. 'If Hitler invaded hell,' said the prime minister, who had been a lifelong anti-communist, 'I would at least make favorable reference to the devil in the House of Commons.'"
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