– President Obama on Saturday pledged to shape a new “international order” as part of a national security strategy that emphasizes his belief in global institutions and America’s role in promoting democratic values around the world.
Speaking to the graduating class at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point — the ninth wartime commencement in a row, he said — the commander in chief who is leading two foreign wars expressed his faith in cooperation and partnerships to confront the economic, military and environmental challenges of the future.
“The international order we seek is one that can resolve the challenges of our times,’” he said in prepared remarks. “Countering violent extremism and insurgency; stopping the spread of nuclear weapons and securing nuclear materials; combating a changing climate and sustaining global growth; helping countries feed themselves and care for their sick; preventing conflict and healing its wounds.”
The administration is set to officially release the president’s first national security strategy next week, and Obama’s preview on Saturday suggests it will be far different than the first one offered by his predecessor in 2002. In that prior document, President George W. Bush formally called for a policy of preemptive war and a “distinctly American internationalism.”
Obama has spoken frequently about shaping new alliances with the world, and of attempts to repair the U.S. image abroad after nearly a decade in which Bush’s approach was viewed with suspicion in many quarters. In his commencement speech to the graduates, the president emphasized his beliefs in those alliances.
“Yes, we are clear-eyed about the shortfalls of our international system. But America has not succeeded by stepping outside the currents of international cooperation,” he said. “We have succeeded by steering those currents in the direction of liberty and justice — so nations thrive by meeting their responsibilities, and face consequences when they don’t.”
Obama said the United States will pursue a strategy of “national renewal and global leadership.”
And yet, even as he calls for global cooperation, Obama has intensified America’s own war in Afghanistan. And his administration has repeatedly confronted the dangers of Islamic terrorism on U.S. soil, including unsuccessful attempts to down a Detroit-bound airliner and to explode a car bomb in New York’s Times Square.
To the men and women in the hall, many of whom are headed to Afghanistan because of the expansion of the war he announced here six months ago, Obama pledged “the full support of a proud and grateful nation.”
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May 27th, 2010 at 11:59 am
Jose Cruise ……. …
Jose Cruise …….lol
May 27th, 2010 at 11:59 am
Is that a Bigfoot, …
Is that a Bigfoot, or Michael the transexual at 0:35 ?
May 27th, 2010 at 11:59 am
All the U.S. has to …
All the U.S. has to do is adopt Mexico’s immigration laws. Then the Mexicans can’t call us racist.
May 27th, 2010 at 11:59 am
off with there …
off with there heads…
May 27th, 2010 at 11:59 am
@wolfofworld LMAO
@wolfofworld LMAO
May 27th, 2010 at 11:59 am
@AmericanPowerBase …
@AmericanPowerBase LMFAO!!
May 27th, 2010 at 11:59 am
Fucking A bro!
A bro!
May 27th, 2010 at 11:59 am
Racist KKK …
Racist KKK Demoncrap socialist pig dogs worship Satan, Hitler and Marx.
May 27th, 2010 at 11:59 am
@wolfofworld – The …
@wolfofworld – The US congress is in bed with Cuba and the Sharks. It’s an unbelievable situation.
May 27th, 2010 at 11:59 am
Obama just likes …
Obama just likes looking like he’s Mr. Rork and Calderon is Tatto……da plane boss da plane.
May 27th, 2010 at 11:59 am
@yahazif Maby Cuban …
@yahazif Maby Cuban lawmakers should ask their citizens why they would rather be shark bait than stay in Cuba.
May 27th, 2010 at 11:59 am
HAVANA (AP) — Cuban …
HAVANA (AP) — Cuban lawmakers have passed a resolution denouncing Arizona’s new immigration law as “racist and xenophobic” We have entered the twilight zone..
May 27th, 2010 at 11:59 am
Well put.
Well put.
May 27th, 2010 at 11:59 am
Thank you Roach for …
Thank you Roach for speaking with such clarity–U R a great American patriot.
May 27th, 2010 at 11:59 am
you sound like a …
you sound like a gook to me…
May 27th, 2010 at 11:59 am
Well, as you know, …
Well, as you know, the reason many people are ‘up in arms’ about Calderon’s speech, is he showed the same lack of respect for the 2nd Amendment as has Obama, Feinstein, Schumer, Kagan….the list goes on. This is the last line for some people, to say that protests and picket signs are just not enough anymore.
May 27th, 2010 at 11:59 am
@:51 if that is not …
@:51 if that is not a man in drag I don’t know what is… look at the fuckin’ TRAPS on that dude!! Before Michelle, they called him Michael!
May 27th, 2010 at 11:59 am
@nanquan491 Hard to …
@nanquan491 Hard to get around that refined castillian accent, eh? LOL!
May 27th, 2010 at 11:59 am
From beer summit to …
From beer summit to queer summit for Obama. I wonder if it was difficult to bow down to this midget from Mehico.
May 27th, 2010 at 11:59 am
If obama hadn’t …
If obama hadn’t just bent over and spread his cheecks for every country since his election calderon wouldve had more respect,but we’ve got nuts running the asylum!
May 27th, 2010 at 11:59 am
10-4 …….
10-4 …….
May 27th, 2010 at 11:59 am
LOL that’s the …
LOL that’s the worst mexican accent ever!!!! XD
May 27th, 2010 at 11:59 am
I agree! The …
I agree! The leaders of other countries also think that Obama is a pussy.
May 27th, 2010 at 11:59 am
Calderon and the …
Calderon and the Democrats can Off!!
May 27th, 2010 at 11:59 am
lol
emilio lol
lol
emilio lol