Bob Barr Quotes
The main international problem facing America is our lack of - our loss of influence in the world and our lack of an ability to define what U.S. interests really are.
Barr, Bob. "Bob Barr on the Issues." OnTheIssues, www.ontheissues.org, 2008.
Muslim clerics usually have little education beyond their study of the Koran and other holy books. Unlike most Western clerics who are college graduates, they often have little non-religious sophistication. This quotation is a great example of this. Al-Bouti, interviewed on Syrian TV accuses the United States of something that almost all basic students of political science and international relations know is true of every country including his own. However, the fundamentalist Muslim is supposed to be governed in all things by only one thing—the word of Allah as revealed by His Prophet Muhammad. So he believes that good, moral nations—especially Islamic ones will view the entire world, not through the lens of self interest but through the Koran. Syria, in particular, is one of the most selfish and least moral nations in its diplomacy and foreign policy and much of its activity would even be considered morally wrong by most moderate Islamic clergy.
The American concepts of democracy and human rights have been resented when U. S. policy advocated other nation’s adhering to them.
Warning Donald Trump and his administration of the consequences of the United States that withdrawing from many of the major world issues would result in other nations replacing the US as world leaders on these issues.
Robert Laurence Barr Jr. is an American attorney and politician. He served as a federal prosecutor and as a Congressman. He represented Georgia's 7th congressional district as a Republican from 1995 to 2003. Barr attained national prominence as one of the leaders of the impeachment of President Bill Clinton. During his time in the House of Representatives, he famously authored the Defense of Marriage Act, which was later overturned.
