The Nobel Peace Prize-winning former president of Poland, Lech Walesa, says President Obama has failed to reclaim America's role as a world leader.
In an interview with CNN aired Wednesday, the 70-year-old Walesa — who supported Republican Mitt Romney in the 2012 election — said the Obama administration has been a dangerous disappointment.
"When he was elected... there was great hope," Walesa said. ".... we were hoping Obama would reclaim moral leadership for America," adding: "That failed."
".... in terms of politics and morality, America no longer leads the world," he said. "...America did not regain its leadership status. We were just lucky there were no big conflicts in the world," saying the world has relied on a strong America to maintain the balance of power around the globe.
"... It's a dangerous situation so we are awaiting a president who will understand that," he said.
Walesa went from a shipyard electrician to a union leader who helped overthrow the communist government in Poland, winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983, and seven years later, becoming the first democratically elected president in Poland.
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Mr. Walesa was a guest speaker at SU a few years back. Tremendous, inspirational and courageous leader who led Poland from communist tyranny to freedom.
We should be so lucky to have a president with his integrity and courage. Instead we have a Marxist fop.
Why is it that the rest of the world can see what a POS Obama is yet, the liberals in this country are blind to it?
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