Dear Anonymous,
I can only agree with you. These agencies are spineless. But, beginning with Iraq, it seems that America and the rest of the world agreed not to engage in hostilities unless there was UN consensus. It was a stupid idea then and it is more and more coming home to roost.
But, it wasn't Obama who did it. For once, he is clean. It was President Bush and his team. Did they really know what they were doing? Did they understand the implications? I hope so.
Well, finally, the US went into Iraq against Security Council wishes, even though the wishers were clothed in confused and cloudy tomes of words.
What do we do? That is a question I ask you to answer, please, because the problem now is that with Obama in charge, there is little hope of the US pulling away from the Iraqi era commitments about unity under a UN mandate.
Come on Anonymous, the gauntlet has been thrown.
ReplyDeleteAgreed it was Bush and not Obama in Iraq. Did Bush even with Amb. Rice have a clear cut policy in effect in the Middle East? No I think. I praise Bush for everything he did it retaliation to 911. A beginning, middle, existing plan. The time line may vary within such a plan, but you need a plan. It's like the man who starts a small business. He gets all his supplies, product, goes out and rounds up customers, etc. At the end of the first quarter he hits the panic button, why PROFITS aren't where they should be. Quarter 2 is worse in the owners mind. The problem - he NEVER wrote a business plan.He had No idea after the first day, 60th day, 180th day, etc. if he was doing good or bad. What sees at the end of Q 1&2 are being judged against his expectations. Not hard business planning.
ReplyDeleteThis is what we have right now in the Middle East. a lot of talk about how quickly and efficiently that we could do the job. No body ever knew what the job entailed.
Our senior foreign service people are all left wing, progressive extremists with NO idea of the game they are involved in. they are dealing with lives, security of friendly countries, our tax dollars, and their friends (George Soros type)who have a very destructive plan that they are proceeding with.
Some people who know me and my past may tell you that I'm alarmist.NO WAY, I'm a realist. And reality in the middle east is that we are in very deep trouble.
Go back to the Crusades and King George, etc. What was the prize that they were after? The control of Jerusalem. For different reasons. The Muslim's for religious reasons and a symbolic prize to rally the troops to precede to Europe for more domination. King George for his new found religion, the Muslin's for a "Holy" Site.
Today what is our objective in the Middle east as a whole and then what is our objective in each country. With that information then progress or failure can be judged. gather "intel" can be evaluated. The ball can get kicked down the street in a orderly, progessive maner.
The USS John Stennis has been ordered to the Med 4 count them four months ahead of schedule. As I asked in my first comment. Why are we sending that flat top there early. Are we going to do fly overs, are we invading, are we going after Iran's nuke site. WHAT. I don't expect the answer in the press for general consumption. But do any of us really believe this is anything more than a Obama show of strength, with no military plans for it use at all.
ReplyDeleteLBJ contrived the Gulf of Tonkin situation, but did follow up on the lie. This man won't even do that.
We are Nero without a fiddle.