One President?
By Oliver North
January 9, 2009
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None of this bodes well for the new administration -- or for America's interests in a very dangerous world. The situations in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan are certainly important. But so, too, are outcomes in Gaza and Lebanon, our relationship with India, and the effects of an increasingly tense standoff between Russia and Ukraine. All of these places and problems matter to U.S. national security, and all are perhaps in more urgent need of attention.
PEBO can't have it both ways. He cannot claim that "we have only one president" and then dispatch his future vice president on a thinly disguised CODEL to diddle in diplomacy without having world leaders take note of what the incoming administration considers to be important. In permitting the Biden CODEL to go forward -- and approving the itinerary -- PEBO has sent a signal -- intentionally or not -- to allies and adversaries alike.
From Moscow to Tehran, Caracas to Beijing, London to New Delhi, in virtually every world capital, foreign leaders and their intelligence services are making judgments about the next leader of the Free World. They learned something about his wisdom, seriousness and maturity this week when he picked Leon Panetta, a man with intelligence-deficit disorder, to head the CIA. Perhaps they also had a little chuckle when he chose a TV celebrity doctor to become surgeon general to deal with bioterrorism and possible pandemics. Let's hope the Biden CODEL trip to southwest Asia did not lead them to conclude that PEBO is not a man of his word.
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Oliver North is the host of "War Stories" on Fox News Channel, the founder and honorary chairman of Freedom Alliance, and the author of "American Heroes."
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