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Investigators cannot yet tell whether the bombings at the Boston Marathon,  which so far have killed three and wounded more than 170, are the product of  domestic or foreign terrorist(s).

But whether foreign or domestic, America’s enemies are colorblind.

Our enemies don’t care.

They don’t care that then-Sen. Barack Obama called the Iraq War a “dumb  war.”

They don’t care that the new Obama administration refused to use the term  “war on terror.”

They don’t care that former Clinton Secretary of State Madeleine Albright  said most of the international community thought the U.S. had “lost our minds”  because of Bush’s supposedly reckless foreign policy. Or that Albright asserted  that George W. Bush had made “a big mistake” for labeling Iran, Iraq and North  Korea the “axis of evil.”

They don’t care that Obama’s first interview as President was with Al  Arabiya, a pan-Arab channel, and that the new president promised “an extended  hand” to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran, if only his country would  “unclench their fist.”

They don’t care that Obama doubled-crossed our allies Poland and the Czech  Republic by abandoning his predecessor’s promise to install a missile defense  shield as protection against attacks by Iran and North Korea. The motive? To  enlist Russia, which adamantly opposed the defense installations, to help us  deter Iran from acquiring the ability to build a nuclear bomb.

They don’t care that presidential candidate Obama said, “Nobody is suffering  more than the Palestinian people.” Or that the new president angered Israel by  publicly opposing the building of so-called settlements: “I think that  additional settlement building does not contribute to Israel’s security. I think  it makes it harder for them to make peace with their neighbors. I think it  embitters the Palestinians in a way that could end up being very dangerous.” Or  that Obama insulted the “intransigent” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu  by leaving him standing in the West Wing for more than an hour when he abruptly  exited their meeting to have dinner with the first lady and his girls.

They don’t care that Obama calls waterboarding “torture” and promised to end  the practice (after Bush already promised to do so). Or that one of presidential  candidate Obama’s many “I’m-not-Bush” promises included a commitment to swiftly  close Guantanamo Bay.

They don’t care that Obama embarked on what some called an “apology tour,”  during which he said: “There have been times where America has shown arrogance  and been dismissive, even derisive,” or that in some cases “fear and anger”  after 9/11 “led us to act contrary to our traditions and our ideals.”

They don’t care that then Massachusetts Sen. and current Secretary of State  John Kerry charged that President Bush “intentionally misled the country into  war,” or that Kerry said he regretted his vote for the Iraq War resolution  because he failed to realize how badly Bush would “f—” it up.

They don’t care that Obama literally bowed in greeting foreign leaders in an  attempt to show the world that America has a new, more humble foreign policy,  where, as Obama put it, in the past we too often “dictated” to other  nations.

Our enemies don’t care that President-elect Obama blamed Bush for failing to  improve our relationship with North Korea. On his president-elect transition  website, Obama said: “And if America is willing to come to the table, the world  will be more willing to rally behind American leadership to deal with challenges  like confronting terrorism and Iran and North Korea’s nuclear programs.”

They don’t care that the American left hated Bush. Just before Obama’s  election in 2008, The New York Times editorialized: “The United States is  battered and drifting after eight years of President Bush’s failed leadership.  He is saddling his successor with two wars, a scarred global image and a  government systematically stripped of its ability to protect and help its  citizens.”

They don’t care whether our commander in chief is a swaggering, ignorant  cowboy incapable of pronouncing the word “nuclear” – or whether he or she is an  articulate, urbane Ivy League-educated lawyer.

Obama’s former pastor and self-described “spiritual adviser” knows how our  enemies feel. The Sunday after 9/11, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright said from the  pulpit: “We are indignant because the stuff we have done overseas is now brought  right back into our own front yards. America’s chickens are coming home to  roost.” Osama bin Laden or Timothy McVeigh couldn’t have put it better.

Today, in parts of the Muslim and Arab world, America’s favorability numbers  are even lower than under the “divisive” Bush. Iran still insists on pursuing  its nuclear program, with tension between the U.S. and North Korea worse than at  any time since the Korean War.

Americans may argue and scrap over issues like minority “underrepresentation”  and whether this justifies race-based preferences. But Boston reminds us:  America’s enemies are colorblind.