Asian Conservatives

Lech Walesa — leader of the Polish Solidarity movement, Nobel Peace Prize recipient, and former president of Poland — has some strong words for President Obama and America under his administration:

He no longer thinks we are the last best hope for mankind.  “The United States is only one superpower. Today they lead the world. Nobody has doubts about it, militarily,” the Polish leader said. “They also lead economically, but they’re getting weak.

“But they don’t lead morally and politically anymore. The world has no leadership. The United States was always the last resort and hope for all other nations. There was the hope, whenever something was going wrong, one could count on the United States. Today, we lost that hope.”

Morally and politically. Did you hear that, Mr. President? During your campaign and now upon your presidency, you have rejected an exceptional America, but clearly the world wants (and needs) us to stand out. Listen to Mr. Walesa’s words — he believed in America more than you do, Mr. President.

Today nobody is counting on the U.S. Our allies like Japan, Australia, and Israel have sensed this. Worse yet, our enemies such as al Qaeda, North Korea, and Iran have too. Our economy is being propped up by China and our foreign policy is non-existent. Ironically, the “hope and change” president leaves no hope in our minds and no change in our pockets.

Thank you, Mr. Walesa, for being a mirror.