America is known as one of the strongest powers in the world, because of this, we are the guideline that many countries follow. The way our government as well as our citizens react to events says a lot about our values and the way we want to be perceived to the world. Obama concentrated much of his state of the union speech on the issue of unnecessary fear and overreaction of the American people. I agree with the President in the sense that we as American’s should be more confident in our country and what we stand for. When citizens seize control of situations instead of letting our military handle things, the world notices, and both America and our morals get degraded. Obama uses examples such as the vandalizing of mosques, Islamophobia,
