Obama's Modern Military & Floundering Foreign Policy

by Gary Bauer, Contributing Author: Obama's Modern Military - Pastor Brad Whitt of Abilene Baptist Church in Augusta, Georgia, is in shock. For the first time in 20 years, the U.S. Army is refusing to provide an honor guard from nearby Fort Gordon for the church's annual Independence Day celebration.

Why? Because of a 2011 regulation imposed by the Obama Administration declaring that the Army cannot participate in any event "involving the promotion, endorsement or sponsorship of a religious movement."

This is beyond absurd, and yet another sign of the Obama Administration's hostility toward faith.

As Fox News columnist Todd Starnes notes, Abilene Baptist Church was founded in 1774. Its founding pastor "was a chaplain in the Revolutionary Army."

How on earth can it be a violation of Army regulations to provide an honor guard to a church celebrating Independence Day when the Army employs Christian chaplains? By the way, the Pentagon had no problem providing an honor guard to last year's "Gay Pride" parade in Washington, D.C.

"It was an absolute shock," said Pastor Whitt. "What a sad commentary on the state of affairs in America."

Memo to all GOP presidential contenders: If America is fortunate enough for one of you to be elected president, there are a host of things you can do without one person in Congress voting on it, as Obama has so clearly demonstrated.

If you do not reverse the culture war taking place in the American military, in which religion is seen as an alien force to be scrubbed out while social radicalism is welcomed, you will have betrayed the hopes of millions of Americans.

At the end of the day, the preservation of our Judeo-Christian values is more important to the survival of this country than marginal tax rates or trade agreements.

Obama's Floundering Foreign Policy - A number of headlines from around the world caught my attention today. Taken as a whole, they paint a dire picture of Obama's floundering foreign policy.

General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, spoke to Israeli reporters yesterday and commented on the concerns many have about President Obama's nuclear deal with Iran. Here's what the general said:"My assessment is that I share their concern. If the deal is reached and results in sanctions relief, which results in more economic power and more purchasing power for the Iranian regime, it's my expectation that it's not all going to flow into [Iran's] economy. I think that they will invest in their surrogates [Hamas and Hezbollah]. I think they will invest in additional military capability."

Just to be clear, General Dempsey is agreeing with the critics of Obama's Iranian outreach and disagreeing with the president he serves.

While Obama has been attempting to cut a new deal with Iran, the regime has been caught repeatedly cheating on existing agreements. A new report from -- of all places -- the United Nations calls out the Obama Administration and its European negotiating partners for ignoring Iran's blatant violations. Consider this excerpt:"The current situation with reporting could reflect a general reduction of procurement activities by the Iranian side or a political decision by some member states to refrain from reporting to avoid a possible negative impact on ongoing negotiations."

Lastly, the president's failure to come up with a strategy to defeat ISIS could result in a catastrophic terrorist attack. A year ago, the Iraqi government warned that ISIS had seized nuclear material from a research facility at Mosul University.

Now western intelligence agencies fear that ISIS may have enough radioactive material for a "dirty nuclear bomb."

This chilling warning comes on the heels of a separate analysis suggesting that "ISIS is likely to begin and end Ramadan [June 17 - July 17] with attempted spectacular military offensive actions in Iraq and Syria."
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Gary Bauer is a conservative family values advocate and serves as president of American Values and chairman of the Campaign for Working Families

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