Obama Rewrites the Cold War

Liz Cheney, writing in the WSJ, explains that Obama prefers revising real history to suit his own notions of American un-exceptionalism. First, Obama on the Cold War ending:

"Make no mistake: This change did not come from any one nation. The Cold War reached a conclusion because of the actions of many nations over many years, and because the people of Russia and Eastern Europe stood up and decided that its end would be peaceful."

And of course, this is a repeat of what has become Obama's favorite pastime - ripping the U.S.:

In Cairo, he asserted there was some sort of equivalence between American support for the 1953 coup in Iran and the evil that the Iranian mullahs have done in the world since 1979. On an earlier trip to Mexico City, the president listened to an extended anti-American screed by Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and then let the lies stand by responding only with, "I'm grateful that President Ortega did not blame me for the things that occurred when I was 3 months old."

Asked at a NATO meeting in France in April whether he believed in American exceptionalism, the president said, "I believe in American Exceptionalism just as I suspect that the Brits believe in British exceptionalism and the Greeks believe in Greek exceptionalism." In other words, not so much.

One of these days, Americans are going to get tired of a President preaching that the U.S. is no better than any other place in the world...or maybe that's his goal.