Who's Diminishing America?

For nearly five years, I have described the Obama Doctrine with nine words: Embolden our enemies. Undermine our friends. Diminish our country.

Virtually everything President Obama has done falls into one or more of those categories.  He promised to fundamentally transform America and he is doing so with a vengeance.

So imagine my surprise yesterday when Mr. Obama denounced his political opponents in Congress with the following words: “…Probably nothing has done more damage to America's credibility in the world, our standing with other countries, than the spectacle that we've seen these past several weeks. It's encouraged our enemies, it's emboldened our competitors, and it's depressed our friends, who look to us for steady leadership.”

If he’s really worried about our diminished standing in the world, Mr. Obama should look in the mirror.