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OBAMA DOES HAVE A STRATEGY: BURY THE BAD NEWS
The American Spectator ^ | September 10, 2014

Posted on 09/10/2014 7:42:22 PM PDT by Steelfish

OBAMA DOES HAVE A STRATEGY: BURY THE BAD NEWS That's been his vision all along.

By Thomas Sowell

Those people who say that President Obama has no clear vision and no clear strategy for dealing with the ISIS terrorists in the Middle East may be mistaken. It seems to me that he has a very clear and very consistent strategy. And a vision behind that strategy.

First the strategy — which is to get each crisis off the front pages and off television news programs as quickly as he can, in whatever way he can, at the lowest political cost. Calling ISIS a junior varsity months ago accomplished that goal.

Saying before the 2012 elections that “bin Laden is dead” and that terrorism was defeated accomplished the goal of getting reelected.

Ineffective sanctions against Iran and Russia likewise serve a clear purpose. They serve to give the illusion that Obama is doing something that will stop Iran from getting nuclear bombs and stop Russia from invading Ukraine.

This forestalls the massive and enraged outcries there would be if the public were fully aware that he was doing nothing serious enough to prevent either of these things from happening. Generations of Americans yet unborn may curse us all for leaving them hostage to a nuclear terrorist Iran. But generations yet unborn do not vote, so they carry no weight with Barack Obama.

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Politics
KEYWORDS: obamaillusions; obamalies; obamanewisisstrategy; obamanostrategy; obamapr; thomassowell

1 posted on 09/10/2014 7:42:22 PM PDT by Steelfish
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2 posted on 09/10/2014 7:44:17 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey (Please RESIGN Mr. President Its the RIGHT thing to do_RETIRE THE REGIME!)
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To: Steelfish

"ISIL is not Islamic"


3 posted on 09/10/2014 7:55:46 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Hitlery: Incarnation of evil.)
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And the lapdog media helps.


4 posted on 09/10/2014 7:58:49 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (The cure has become worse than the disease. Support an end to the WOD now.)
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To: MeshugeMikey

We’re saved!!!!!


5 posted on 09/10/2014 9:15:29 PM PDT by Huskrrrr
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