Obama Departs from Revised Policy, Links 'Radical Islam' to Terror Groups

[Penn]

He brings Clinton in on the economy, and now he is placating the American Public; a man of conviction with an election around the corner.


http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010...terror-groups/

[Dad]

He can't win--he is either a hypocrite here or a pussy on the other thread. He wasn't the one who began the delinking of terrorists and Islam. That was the previous administration. He has corrected their error. God Bless him.

[Sigaba]

I am beginning to wonder if the president has a pinwheel or dartboard in his office to decide the administration's policy of the day.

But maybe I'm being too harsh. It must be terrifically difficult to navigate through these trying times when one's political GPS is oriented towards the nearest reflective surface.

[Dad]

ALL the pinheads of BOTH parties use pinwheels. We are governed in the same way CEO's run most major corporations. CEO's make decisions based on short term measures so they can get their bonuses. Politicians govern for the short term because their bonuses are the next election. There are no long term plans or strategies. Well, one correction, the AEI boys had a plan they infiltrated the GOP with but it proved they are a bunch of total dumbasses.

[Richard]

...the AEI boys had a plan...

AEI? I'm hoping it's the first one in the list.

• American Enterprise Institute
• Archive of European Integration
• Automotive Engineering International
• Australian Education International
• Albert Einstein Institute
• Australian Education Index
• Architectural Engineering Institute (Washington, DC)
• ARDA (American Resort Development Association) Education Institute
• Average Earnings Index
• American English Institute
• Automatic Equipment Identification
• Air Express International
• Arab Educational Institute
• Aircraft Engineers International
• Associazione Elettrotecnica ed Elettronica Italiana
• Aerosystems International
• Affiliated Engineers Inc.
• Alternative Energy Institute
• Arts and Exhibitions International
• Assistance Eligible Individual (COBRA rule change under American Reovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009)
• Audubon Expedition Institute
• Asia Electronics Industry
• Automotive Environmental Index (JD Power and Associates)
• Adult Education Initiative
• Albert Ellis Institute
• Asia Europe Institute
• Alleanza Evangelica Italiana
• Access Exchange International
• Argentina En La Era de La Informacion
• Air Emissions Inventory
• Associated Electrical Industries, Ltd.
• Analytical Engineering, Inc.
• Asian Energy Institute
• Association des Études Internationales
• American Education Institute
• Application Enabling Interface (IBM's term for ALI)
• Aide A l'Enfance de l'Inde
• Atomic Energy Insights
• Army Enterprise Infostructure
• Alternative Endoscope Instruments
• Atelier Experimentation et Instrumentation
• Art Educators of Iowa
• Australian Ethical Investment Ltd.
• Appalachian Education Initiative
• Association des Eleves Ingenieurs
• Architectural and Engineering Instructions
• Agencia Europeia de Imprensa
• Advanced Ergonomics, Inc.
• Association des Etudiants Internationaux
• Annular Epidermolytic Ichthyosis
• Aerial Exposure Index
• Australian Economic Indicators
• Artists Embassy International
• Atomic Energy Institute
• Application Enhancements Inc.
• Arthur Engineering Inc.
• Alexander Edwards International, Inc.
• Association des Étudiants en Informatique
• Advanced Environmental Interface, Inc.
• American Eye Institute
• Accelerated and Enriched Instruction
• Amazon Environmental, Inc.
• Arts in Education Institute
• Association of Early Intervention
• Aluminium Extrusion Industries
• Armament Enhancement Initiative
• Academia de Evaluación Institucional
• Architect and Engineers, Inc.
• Air Emissions Industry
• Allied Engineers, Inc.
• Action Environmental, Inc.
• Average Efficiency Index
• Advanced Endovascular Institute
• Amusement Enterprises, Inc.
• Axe Empowerment Institute
• Auxiliar Euro Industrial
• Astro Eight Inches
• Analyste, Exploitation Informatique
• Accountable Equipment Index
• AFMC Enterprise Intranet
• Azimuth Error Indicator
• Audio End Instrument
• Angle Error Indicator
• Ampul Electric, Inc.
• Avalanche Electron Injection
• l'Action Educative et Innovante
• Ateliers d’Échanges et d’Innovation
• Alimentation en Eau Industrielle
• Alianza Espiritualista Internacional

And so it goes...

Richard

[Sigaba]

Originally Posted by Dad

There are no long term plans or strategies.

Dad--

This comment is, IMO, interesting. MOO is that the private sector is enamored with the word 'strategy' but has little grasp of the concept. Consequently, company after company has "strategies", as do the component divisions, departments, and teams. This leads to an inability to focus on a single big picture, which leads, in turn to the dynamic you described.

I do respectfully disagree with you about the political side of it. IMO, the previous administration had a pretty good grasp of things when it came to grand strategy but was felled by poor attention to detail. By contrast, the current administration has compromised its strategic vision--which I think is flawed--through its devotion to 'pragmatism.'

YMMV.

[Utah Bob]

Originally Posted by Sigaba

Dad--

This comment is, IMO, interesting. MOO is that the private sector is enamored with the word 'strategy' but has little grasp of the concept. Consequently, company after company has "strategies", as do the component divisions, departments, and teams. This leads to an inability to focus on a single big picture, which leads, in turn to the dynamic you described.

I do respectfully disagree with you about the political side of it. IMO, the previous administration had a pretty good grasp of things when it came to grand strategy but was felled by poor attention to detail. By contrast, the current administration has compromised its strategic vision--which I think is flawed--through its devotion to 'pragmatism.'

YMMV.

Correct. The law enforcement agency I worked for had, with much pomp and fanfare, yearly Strategic Planning Meetings. We had an agency 5 year strategic plan. The goals and objectives were seldom achievable or even realistic given budget constraints and personnel shortages. They forged ahead nonetheless and published glossy pamphlets singing the praises of the PLAN.

The plan was revised whenever it became obvious the goals would not be reached. Then new glossy pamphlets spinning the new direction would be printed.
Then, before the 5 years were up, the administration would change.

[Richard]

We had an agency 5 year strategic plan. The goals and objectives were seldom achievable or even realistic given budget constraints and personnel shortages. They forged ahead nonetheless and published glossy pamphlets singing the praises of the PLAN.

The plan was revised whenever it became obvious the goals would not be reached. Then new glossy pamphlets spinning the new direction would be printed.
Then, before the 5 years were up, the administration would change.

Ahhhh...the old nebulous "5 Year Plan" concept sure brings back memories for us aging Cold Warriors.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five-Ye...e_Soviet_Union

And so it goes...

Richard's $.02

[greenberetTFS]

Originally Posted by Utah Bob

Correct. The law enforcement agency I worked for had, with much pomp and fanfare, yearly Strategic Planning Meetings. We had an agency 5 year strategic plan. The goals and objectives were seldom achievable or even realistic given budget constraints and personnel shortages. They forged ahead nonetheless and published glossy pamphlets singing the praises of the PLAN.

The plan was revised whenever it became obvious the goals would not be reached. Then new glossy pamphlets spinning the new direction would be printed.
Then, before the 5 years were up, the administration would change.:

UB,

New glossy pamphlets,huh............

Big Teddy