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RedStatehttps://redstate.com/erick/2011/04/26/leading-from-behind/feed/Conservative News & Politicsen-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 14:34:08 -0400Leading From Behind<![CDATA[Many of us have been struggling to make sense of Barack Obama’s erratic foreign policy. He says he doesn’t want to fight “dumb wars” and then goes and acts stupid in Libya. He constantly seems to be working to undermine the United States’ role in the world and bows to every foreign crowned head except Queen Elizabeth II, who he gives an iPod. He returns the Churchill bust. He bends over backwards to kiss up to Hu Jintao. It makes you wonder.Well, wonder no long. Over at the New Yorker, Ryan Lizza sums up the erratic foreign policy of Barack Obama and it is worse that you or either imagined.In a very long piece, we are shown an adult Hillary Clinton having to prod Barack Obama who flips between realism and idealism hoping that if he flips back and forth he can blur the two. Ultimately, you can figure out all you need to know from a Presidential advisor who describes Barack Obama’s foreign policy as “leading from behind.” Seriously. Leading from behind is premised on two thoughts within Barack Obama’s head:(1) We have been replaced on the world stage by China as the pre-eminent super power; and, (2) Everyone else hates us.To sum it up, Barack Obama’s foreign policy is based on the belief that we have surrendered or had taken from us our leadership role in the world. He’s operating intentionally as a failure.]]>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 04:45:00 -0400<![CDATA[Erick Erickson]]>https://redstate.com/erick/2011/04/26/leading-from-behind-n38796