So, we’ve already gotten a pretty good taste of what’s in store domestically under the guiding wisdom of The One.  Let’s now turn our eyes to foreign policy.

Ed Morrissey notes that our Nobel laureate leader is, well let’s be generous and just say clueless.

Barack Obama campaigned on restoring America’s standing with its allies, accusing the outgoing Bush administration of insulting and alienating our closest friends with his alleged unilateralism.  How has Obama done as President?  He has repeatedly insulted the British, insisting that there is no “special relationship” and demonstrating it by denying Gordon Brown the usual joint press conference on his visit to the US.  Reuters reports that another close ally has taken the measure of Obama and started looking elsewhere for cooperation:

French President Nicolas Sarkozy, initially dubbed Sarko the American for his pro-U.S. stance, is finding it much tougher to deal with Washington than he had anticipated and is recalibrating his policies accordingly.

Now who’s the go-it-alone cowboy?  Obama has damaged relations with the UK, France, the Czech Republic, and Poland, which even Joe Biden was forced to admit yesterday.  Instead, Obama has focused his friendlier attention on Russia and Iran.  What has Obama and the US received in return?  Laughter over Hillary Clinton’s amateurish “reset button” and zero cooperation on Iranian nuclear weapons.  And this is “smart power”?

I’m finding it increasingly impossible to believe the Obama’s ultimate goal is to dismantle the U.S. status as a superpower.  If that is what his mission is then I have to admit he’s off to a fine start.

Hope and change.