By Michael Goodwin,FOXNews
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There was much to like in President Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize speech,including admitting his achievements are "slight"and others are more deserving. Candor becomes him.
Other welcome passages defended the "just war"in Afghanistan and sang the praises of America as a peacemaker in ways that contradict his misbegotten apologies.
Whether these sentiments are one-offs or herald a new and improved Obama remains to be seen.
For me,the most important part of the speech came in the one paragraph where he invoked two Republican predecessors as models for international engagement. It’s got to be driving the lefties nuts,both in Europe-istan and at home.
"In light of the Cultural Revolution’s horrors,[Richard] Nixon’s meeting with Mao appeared inexcusable —and yet it surely helped set China on a path where millions of its citizens have been lifted from poverty and connected to open societies,"Obama said. And later:"Ronald Reagan’s efforts on arms control and embrace of perestroikanot only improved relations with the Soviet Union,but empowered dissidents throughout Eastern Europe."