Obama Rewrites The Cold War -- A Commentary

Russians Snubbed Obama-- Refused to Shake His Hand!
(Hat Tip: Gateway Pundit)

From The Wall Street Journal:

The President has a duty to stand up to the lies of our enemies.

There are two different versions of the story of the end of the Cold War: the Russian version, and the truth. President Barack Obama endorsed the Russian version in Moscow last week.

Speaking to a group of students, our president explained it this way:

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My Comment: After his Moscow speech, many of these same Russian students refused to shake President Obama's hand, but were more than eager to shake the hand of President Medvedev (see above video) .... I guess they were not impressed with President Obama's speech.

In the Russian press and news media, President Obama's twisting of Cold War history was also mentioned ... and he was derided for it.

Lynn Cheney is right in her Wall Street Journal opinion piece .... President Obama would have been more effective in Moscow if he had not made this speech ... but telling President Obama to not make a speech is like telling me to stop blogging. An impossible scenario.