Mythical Mantra

There are a lot of legitimate criticisms that one could conceivably level against the President; a lack of leadership pertaining to the stimulus and health care, a questionable strategy regarding Afghanistan (i.e., the sending of 30,000 additional troops to a country in which our enemy apparently no longer resides), etc.. And, then, of course, there are the other, far more, unfair criticisms.......................................................................................Take, for example, this whole "he's constantly apologizing for America" schpeal that the far-right (Monica Crowley being the latest to make this charge) has basically turned into its creed. I mean, yes, I know that I've written about this before and all but, please, PLEASE. President Obama has made but a spate of comments along these lines; America sometimes being arrogant (fairly factual, in my opinion), America acting unilaterally (again, probably factual), etc.. And he always, ALWAYS, makes these comments within the context of infinitely broader speeches, speeches in which he always criticizes the rest of the world, too.........................................................................................Of course, the motivation is obvious here. The far-right wants to portray the President as weak; weak on terror, weak in general. And, yes, to embarrass him, too. It's ridiculous and, yeah, maybe even a little bit despicable..........................................................................................P.S. Yes, folks, the President does from time to time play with the language here. But, really, does it matter all that much whether or not we call it a "war on terror" (this, I'm saying, as opposed to, say, a struggle against armed extremists)? I mean, really, does it?