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That is how President Obama feels about America having the most powerful military in the world – a force of good ensuring stability and peace throughout the globe. According to President Obama, “whether we like it or not, we remain a dominant military superpower.”

Unfortunately, we could have guessed as much, as a quick review of the president’s actions gives us a good idea about his feelings on America’s position as a global superpower. President Obama:

• Proposed slashing billions from defense spending in 2009
• Scrapped an important missile defense program in Europe designed specifically to counter missiles from Iran and North Korea
• And continues to sacrifice America’s nuclear deterrence capabilities for the purpose of inspiring rogue regimes to do the same.

And when it comes to allies, President Obama’s “whether we like it or not” attitude has led to public sparring with longtime friends. Under President Obama, relations with Israel are “uneasy,” India is annoyed, Eastern Europe has been forgotten, England has been abandoned, and Colombia and South Korea have been given the cold shoulder – and these actions are emboldening adversaries across the globe in the process.

If this is how Obama acts and speaks about America’s military dominance, then we think it’s fair to ask the president: what’s so wrong with America being the dominant military superpower?