Talk about the White House’s lack of leadership! The concluding remarks of the annual Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation that took place in the Philippines, with the participation of both Barack Obama and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, brushed aside any concrete action against Beijing’s aggressive land reclamations in the South China Sea. Despite arguably being one of the most important security concerns faced by America, and despite numerous claims that China’s actions must be met head on, when push came to shove, our president folded and exposed once again this administration’s weakness in standing up for this country’s core interests abroad. The draft communiqué avoided any mention of the territorial disputes pitting the U.S., Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines and Vietnam against China, going instead for the wooly language of “greater regional integration.” But just how did the lame duck administration of...(Read Full Article)