The Patriot Post® · Nation Building at Home?

Mona Charen: “The clearest expression of a foreign policy doctrine President Obama has articulated came in 2012 when he announced that the ‘tide of war in Afghanistan’ had ‘turned’ and that this was lucky because it was ‘now time to focus on nation building here at home.’ Al-Qaida, defined so narrowly as to exclude everyone save Osama bin Laden and his closest friends, was declared ‘defeated,’ and a satisfied commander in chief confidently turned to domestic matters. … One of the aphorisms attributed to Lenin to excuse the massive crimes he committed on the way to building a socialist paradise was: ‘In order to make an omelet, you have to break some eggs.’ Human rights activist Vladimir Bukovsky noted with bitterness that while he had seen many broken eggs, ‘I have not met anyone who tasted the omelet.’ Obama has turned his back on an explosive world to focus on nation building here at home. Where’s the omelet?”