"In light of all this, it’s worth posing a few questions:"....
What he does see is a political (and geopolitical) disaster in the making. And so what is emerging is what comes most naturally to Mr. Obama: Blame shifting and blame sharing.Voting "present", in other words.
Barack Obama's pusillanimous bumbling brings powerfully to mind Winston Churchill's condemnation of the Baldwin government in 1936: "So they go on in strange paradox, decided only to be undecided, resolved to be irresolute, adamant for drift, solid for fluidity, all-powerful to be impotent." The President's staggering incompetence is, to me, the most cogent argument against striking Syria. We may as well have Bradley Manning in the Oval Office.From the comments to this article.
By the way, does anyone remember this from Letterman? Letterman Writer Boasts of Discrediting McCain, Obama 'Too Competent' to Joke About
"Scheft insisted the only reason the comedy shows don't make fun of President Barack Obama is because he's “a little too damn competent and we ain't used to that.” (emphasis in the original)
Anyway, back to the original subject:
Iran plans retaliation if US bombs Syria "But the kind of retaliation detailed in this Wall Street Journal article can be seen as escalating beyond anyone's ability to control:" Full article here.
How big will Obama lose on Syria resolution in the House? "This has the makings of an old fashioned hide beating."
House Whip Count Shows Syria Resolution in Deep Trouble "If Obama fails, it will have been a disaster 4 years in the making. His arrogance, his inability to work effectively and consult with Congress, his sneering condescension toward his opponents, and a glaring lack of leadership have all combined to set him up for a bi-partisan fall on Syria."
(Just making sure you saw this one)
Charles Krauthammer; Unserious Commander-in-Chief ...."Assad has to go, says Obama, and then lifts not a finger for two years. Obama
lays down a red line, and then ignores it. Shamed finally by a massive
poison-gas attack, he sends Kerry to make an impassioned case for righteous and
urgent retaliation — and the very next day, Obama undermines everything by
declaring an indefinite timeout to seek congressional approval."....
From France: The American Paradox in Syria "Finally, to explain this weakening of America’s influence in the Middle East, there is the Obama factor...."
From Russia: Being Barack Obama "It is much more reasonable to assume that Obama’s caution and his concept of “leading from behind” are not the marks of a new foreign policy, but an attempt to cover up a complete lack of strategy." Dmitry Drobnitsky
From Syria: America’s Calculation Errors "Fighters have come from all around the world — mercenaries, criminals, bandits, drug dealers, al-Qaida members, former offenders and thieves."
From the military blog, Blackfive: Unicorns, Rainbows, Lollipops and Puppies "Wasn't it awesome when the Anti-war Left actually had the courage of their convictions to protest both LBJ and Nixon instead of just protesting a Republican president who went to war in a Middle Eastern country based upon a brutal dictator suppressing his own people, using and possessing chemical weapons, using them on innocent people, using "hard intelligence" about WMD and terrorism as justification and getting approval from Congress and making his case to the American people."
Oh, yeah; remember those antiwar " human shields" who went to Iraq to protect Iraqis from the evil American bombing?
How big will Obama lose on Syria resolution in the House? "This has the makings of an old fashioned hide beating."
(Just making sure you saw this one)
From France: The American Paradox in Syria "Finally, to explain this weakening of America’s influence in the Middle East, there is the Obama factor...."
From Russia: Being Barack Obama "It is much more reasonable to assume that Obama’s caution and his concept of “leading from behind” are not the marks of a new foreign policy, but an attempt to cover up a complete lack of strategy." Dmitry Drobnitsky
From the military blog, Blackfive: Unicorns, Rainbows, Lollipops and Puppies "Wasn't it awesome when the Anti-war Left actually had the courage of their convictions to protest both LBJ and Nixon instead of just protesting a Republican president who went to war in a Middle Eastern country based upon a brutal dictator suppressing his own people, using and possessing chemical weapons, using them on innocent people, using "hard intelligence" about WMD and terrorism as justification and getting approval from Congress and making his case to the American people."
Oh, yeah; remember those antiwar " human shields" who went to Iraq to protect Iraqis from the evil American bombing?
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