Posted on 06/18/2013 3:34:32 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The ex-president's willingness to speak out on Syria spells disaster for Obama in more ways than one.
I wish that when President Bill Clinton started spouting off the other day about the need for President Barack Obama to intervene in Syria's horrific civil war or risk looking like "a total fool," Obama had followed the example set by his wife when she was recently confronted by a heckler. I wish that Obama had leaped from his bully pulpit, got in Clinton's face and silenced him with a withering put-down.
But of course, that didn't happen. Instead of resisting the intensifying pressure from political enemies like Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona and ostensible allies like Clinton to take the first steps down the slippery slope to another quagmire in the Middle East, Obama caved.
Trapped by his own rhetorical warning that the Syrian government would cross a "red line" if it used chemical weapons against its opponents, Obama has authorized shipments of small arms to the rebels. That aid, the president's critics warn, is too little and too late to turn the tide against the Bashar al-Assad regime, which has backing from Russia, Iran and the Lebanon-based Hezbollah. His critics will now try to bully Obama into taking more drastic action, such as imposing a no-fly zone.
And the next thing you know, we may be up to our necks in another bloody and horrifically expensive Middle Eastern conflict that, as my Washington Post colleague Eugene Robinson warns, "will not end well."
What troubles me most about this slide into another potential disaster is what it tells us about Obama's lack of political strength. Less than six months into his second term, his presidency appears to be dead in the water.
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That would have been cute to see, for while both obama and clinton are Republic hating progressive leftist communist, at least Billie boy isn't a girlie boy.
The girlie boy winds up and slaps Billie Boy right across the face as Billie boy winds up and throws, what could pass for a boys punch, to the nose of obama, who immediately falls on his butt, pees his pants, and starts crying for his momma.
Oh yeah, I enjoy seeing some one hitting the ball squarely! Bubba wants one or two more tours of the White House and its perks. BTW, when is the last time anyone heard from the "Hill the shrill"? My guess is that she is well ensconced in her bunker waiting for Benghazi and the more recent State Department sex scandals to go away.We can't let that happen, but then again, "What difference does it make".
I took an oath on two separate occasions to defend and uphold the Constitution of the United States and I hold such declarations close. Heart rending to watch our politicians simply mouth the words as they head off to still another banquet or fund raiser.
Very good recollection of the Clinton evil. In my mind, he and Hillary are still absolutely the power in Democrat party, they OWN Obama, and they will never surrender. I hate them even worse than Obama, since I truly believe this.
Obama’s entire administration top to bottom is literally infested with Clintonites. Hate them.
Loose lips sink ships.
It’s amazing that any average intelligent person can take a womanizer and impeached person seriously!!!
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