Ralph Peters: Putin Believes in Russia’s Destiny; Obama Does Not Believe in American Exceptionalism.

Ralph Peters: Putin Believes in Russia’s Destiny; Obama Does Not Believe in American Exceptionalism. Video. Real Clear Politics, March 4, 2014. Also at Mediaite, YouTube, YouTube.

Kerry to Putin: Lurch Into the 21st Century; Seminar Caller Reads Leftist Talking Points; WaPo OMG: Obama Lives in Fantasy World. By Rush Limbaugh. RushLimbaugh.com, March 4, 2014.

Obama Wasn’t Alone Misreading Putin. By Michael Rubin. Commentary, March 5, 2014.








LT. COL. RALPH PETERS: Look, the bottom line on this is Russia has a real leader. You may not like him, and I don’t, but he is brilliant and ruthless, he has clear goals and he moves straight toward those goals. The West lacks a leader. Like it or not, the president of the United States is the de facto leader of the West, and our president just is – he’s incapable and unwilling to lead.

 

The weakness is phenomenal. Now, you know, we are not weaker than we were in the Carter years. I was in that military, it was pathetic. Our military today is the best in the world, best in our history, although Obama wants to dismantle it. We’re also immensely wealthier than the Carter years. The problem is, that as a president Obama is far weaker than Carter, and he’s probably the worst president we've ever had.

 

He is a man who's incapable of making a hard decision. And by the way, one other key point, Vladimir Putin believes in Russia. He believes in Russia’s destiny, its mission. Obama does not believe in American exceptionalism. He does not believe in this country.