[FONT="]In his final speech to the United Nations General Assembly, President Obama laid out what he views as his foreign policy legacy -- and in so doing, highlighted how America itself still has much work to do. Specifically, Obama found 11 separate opportunities to talk down his own country. [/FONT]
[FONT="]Here are some of the ways Obama told the United Nations America is falling short:[/FONT]
[FONT="]Here are some of the ways Obama told the United Nations America is falling short:[/FONT]
[*=left]In America, there's too much money in politics.
[*=left]There's also too much "entrenched partisanship."
[*=left]Too few Americans are civically engaged.
[*=left]A "patchwork of laws" in America set out to make it hard for Americans to vote.
[*=left]Considering our founding ideals, America has made “our share of mistakes over these last 25 years.”
[*=left]The only way the world will become more secure is for powerful nations like America to “accept constraints.”
[*=left]For believing that all countries must adhere to certain "international norms," many Americans criticize Obama.
[*=left]Too many in Washington believe all of the problems in the world can be solved by Washington.
[*=left]As president, he's helped "curb" America’s “excesses of capitalism.”
[*=left]America has “undermined unions,” which has destroyed manufacturing jobs.
[*=left]In calling for greater respect and tolerance, Obama also likened racial discrimination in the U.S. to ethnic discrimination in Burundi and and religious discrimination in Burma.