06-23-2014, 18:17
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WELCOME TO OBAMA'S BRAVE NEW WORLD
Welcome indeed.
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WALTER RUSSELL MEAD
ESSAYS & LONGER THOUGHTS
Published on June 23, 2014
WELCOME TO OBAMA'S BRAVE NEW WORLD The Jihadi Menace Gets Real
http://www.the-american-interest.com...ace-gets-real/
[Excerpted from article at link above.]
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....So here, alas, is where we now stand six years into the Age of Obama: The President isn't making America safer at home, he doesn't have the jihadis on the run, he has no idea how to bring prosperity, democracy, or religious moderation to the Middle East, he can't pivot away from the region, and he doesn't know what to do next. He's the only President this country has got, and one can't help but wish him well, but if things are going to get any better, he needs to stop digging. He probably needs to bring in some new blood, and he must certainly ask himself some tough questions about why so many of his most cherished ideas keep leading him and his country into such ugly places.
Six years into what the President and his supporters thought would be an era of liberal Democrats seizing the national security high ground from enfeebled, discredited Republicans, the outlook is much grimmer than the President's team could have dreamed. Perhaps they should take comfort from the example of George W. Bush; at this point in his presidency things looked pretty bleak, too. Between the surge in Iraq and hard work building bridges with allies, Bush had some positive foreign policy momentum going by the time he left office. It's not a place on Mount Rushmore, but it's better than the alternative. Mr. Obama must now hope he can accomplish as much.
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06-24-2014, 06:32
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Amen!
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06-24-2014, 06:37
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Let me paraphrase
We hope that tomorrow our president, while grunting out a turd, will forcibly dislodge the clot that was blocking the oxygen to his brain and suddenly our president will transform into a competent, vital leader.
....and maybe I'll win the lottery
....even though I didn't buy a ticket
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06-24-2014, 07:14
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No Idiot
All of that is assuming Dear Leader is just incompetent.
I'm of the mind set this is exactly where he wants us to be.
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06-24-2014, 07:23
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Rog - I am no longer referring to it/him as "the administration"; it is now an ongoing criminal enterprise.
He is now referred to as; "Dear Leader".
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06-24-2014, 07:47
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Originally Posted by FlagDayNCO
All of that is assuming Dear Leader is just incompetent.
I'm of the mind set this is exactly where he wants us to be.
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The Muslim Brotherhood and other radicals have been on the White House guest list for a long time.
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06-24-2014, 08:28
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Nice read TR Thanks
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06-24-2014, 12:48
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Could a turd be considered a clot?
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06-24-2014, 13:28
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Could a turd be considered a clot?
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I thought the turd was what the clot was blocking blood flow to....
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