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It's very apparent you've never left Arlen, TX and get most of your information from mainstream media sources. I do not hold it against you. Your unquestioning attitude toward America's involvement in other countries is EXACTLY what Obama is apologizing for. Unfortunately, American arrogance is something that the world has to contend with; it's not necessarily something that we have to contend with back in our little bubble. The fact that you defend yourself by saying that "some of us think that Obama is apologizing blah blah" is exactly what I am talking about. You have failed to acknowledge the difference that many all over the world sees the US as trying to undermine. In doing so, you're not acknowledging a central global issue. Instead you fall back on the whole "I'm American and we got it right the first time, and everyone else is just jealous argument" which is truly upsetting.
Sorry, Bill Clinton might be great with foreign leaders is not what I am talking about. Obama is able to tap into the criticisms of ACTUAL PEOPLE. And by actual people, I mean, plebeian every day citizens. One of his most "genius" moves was doing a World tour where he addressed the people of different nations. It directly acknowledges that the world, whether the world likes it or not, is involved in US politics. Many people all over the world are aware of the political events of the United States. Are you aware of foreign national politics? Could you tell me who the president of the Ukraine is, much less Russia or the UK, without looking at wikipedia? Probably not. The reason I bring this up is to show how the visibility of US politics is far greater on the global scale than foreign politics are in the US. Obama going on a country to country tour was MASSIVELY successful when it comes to global public opinion. Seriously, he has done wonders for the US in this regard.
And honestly, who gives a fuck if he's muslim? Do you REALLY need a christian president? I feel like this is such a moot, yet infuriating point. While most Americans are christian, many are not, and a lot of those Christian Americans are rational enough to separate their personal religious beliefs from good political representation. Yet again, this idea fails to recognize difference: another shining example of American arrogance. We should all just accept the fact that he could very well be faking his Christianity to get elected. If you want to be President, you pretty much have to say you're a Christian, so it really is impossible to gauge which president was actually a christian and which one wasn't. As such, get over it.
Also, you must have a very liberal definition of history. Most of the events I talked about in my first post happened in 2011.
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