Obama the Uniter

David Brooks has an important and insightful column today on the disturbingly anodyne worldview laid out by Obama in Berlin. According to Obama, the solution to the world's problems is (and has always been) to "bring people together" -- something he immodestly claims the ability to do. Brooks points out that, in the real world, conflicts often must be resolved through confrontation if they are to be resolved at all. JFK and Reagan both knew this, as did Harry Truman. As these presidents would testify, the way to bring an end to tyranny is to stand up to the tyrants. It's certainly not to unite with them. Clearly, there will be no "coming together" between the civilized world and radical Islam. If the next U.S. president doesn't understand this, we're in big trouble.