HEY, MICHELLE, THAT GENOVESE CHICK IS SCREAMING AGAIN:

Taking the Measure of Obama's Foreign Policy (ELIOT A. COHEN, 1/10/10, WSJ)

Part of un-Bushism as foreign policy has been a self-inflicted muteness by this most articulate of politicians on the topic of democracy, freedom and human rights. American foreign policy has always been a long and difficult dialogue between realpolitik and our values, our pursuit of our own interests, and our deliberate efforts to spread freedom abroad. Saying that the U.S. will "bear witness" to abuses and brutality around the world is, in effect, to say that we will send flowers to funerals.