Obama's Nobel Prize Speech Masterful

I hope the Obama U.S. Apology tour is officially over. This speech could have easily been given by Truman, FDR, Reagan or even Bush. I especially liked this line:

Whatever mistakes we have made, the plain fact is this: The United States of America has helped underwrite global security for more than six decades with the blood of our citizens and the strength of our arms. The service and sacrifice of our men and women in uniform has promoted peace and prosperity from Germany to Korea, and enabled democracy to take hold in places like the Balkans. We have borne this burden not because we seek to impose our will. We have done so out of enlightened self-interest — because we seek a better future for our children and grandchildren, and we believe that their lives will be better if other people's children and grandchildren can live in freedom and prosperity.

Also we may get a sense of an Obama doctrine as well:

I face the world as it is, and cannot stand idle in the face of threats to the American people. For make no mistake: Evil does exist in the world. A nonviolent movement could not have halted Hitler's armies. Negotiations cannot convince al-Qaidas leaders to lay down their arms. To say that force is sometimes necessary is not a call to cynicism — it is a recognition of history, the imperfections of man and the limits of reason.

The idea of the so-called "necessary war" might be an artifact of this speech. It is also good to hear a liberal actually say evil does exist in the world and that nonviolent movements cannot always succeed.

I hope this rejects all that stuff about if we just negotiate enough and turn the other cheek enough the evil people in the world will be cowed. Some of the far left think if we run away and back off enough times everyone will live in peace.