Posted on 03/28/2011 3:57:29 AM PDT by Scanian
Polls show that President Obama's Libya intervention has the lowest public support of any US military action in three decades. That's not surprising, because Obama seems ambivalent about the enterprise himself. Whatever he says tonight to rationalize it, Americans are learning a sober truth.
America's chief executive isn't simply one step behind events in Libya; he seems determined to miss a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the free world in the Mideast.
From Tunisia to Iran, the region is in the midst of a democratic seismic shift as autocracies old and new, friend and foe, rock on their foundations. Like most earthquakes, it has no predictable direction. The motives for those in the streets run from wanting a less repressive government and lower taxes (what set the whole thing off in Tunisia in the first place) to religious fundamentalism and sheer boredom.
A Ronald Reagan or a Harry Truman would realize that this is a chance not only to foster a freer and more open Mideast but also to bolster America's long-term strategic interests -- perhaps even cut off radical Islamism at the knees.
Instead, we have a president so determined not to be George W. Bush that he has preferred to lapse into total passivity. Even worse, he seems to see his passivity as helpful restraint, when it is just the opposite.
Go back to his reaction, or nonreaction, to the uprising in the streets of Iran in the wake of the flawed 2009 election. Instead of seizing the opportunity to put the Ahmadinejad regime on the defensive, Obama chose caution over freedom and remained silent -- even though that meant betraying the promise he'd made in his 2009 Cairo speech that it was time to support Mideast governments "that reflect the will of the people"
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"America Will Not Lead!"
Well, you certainly wouldn't think so going by the reaction of the republicans in Congress.
***crickets***
Perhaps not enough constituents are sending emails so they think all is well with the people.
“From Tunisia to Iran, the region is in the midst of a democratic seismic shift”
BS! There is nothing democratic about any of this.
They know how we feel... they don’t give a damn.
LLS
It would not surprise me in the least bit if the only reason Obama went to war with Libya was to build up more resentment against the USA.
LLS
I wish it was that simple.
All of “Obama”s fundamental objectives are being achieved.
Obama will stand up for Islamic terrorists, assorted murderers, rapists, thieves, and all other filth.
This dictator will never stand up for anything even remotely decent and is deliberately trying to “fundamentally change” the human condition for the worse.
“There is nothing democratic about any of this”
Wrong!
It’s perfect democracy. The falling regimes have been keeping Sharia and war from the people, which is what they want.
Now, the people will install new governments which will use the Koran as the law, and will make war on Israel and America until the last Jew is dead and America is Islamic.
What’s undemocratic about that?
Bonus question: why did the Founders fear democracy?
Refusing to lead...
No, the correct description is “unable to lead”. This POS has no experience in anything whatsoever...
“What’s undemocratic about that?”
I am referring to western style democracy, not uneducated masses being ruled by the Koran and Sharia. And I don’t believe that is what the people want.
Correct. All one need do to determine Obama's objectives is to ignore what he says (or believe the opposite) and observe the results of what he does. To reverse an adage, "Never attribute to incompetence that which can be attributed to malice."
Did Obama lead on TARP? No
Did Obama lead om GM/Chrysler bailouts? No
Did Obama lead on financial reform? No
Did Obama lead on healthcare? No
Did Obama lead on Afghanistan? No
Did Obama lead on Libya? No
Did Obama lead on the economy? No
Did Obama lead on the debt? No
Serious healthcare, NO.
But OBAMACARE, Porkulus, fake financial reform, bowing, scraping, apologizing, and butt-kissing his way around the world, yes.
“And I don?t believe that is what the people want”
Why not?
Is your favorite ride at Disney “It’s a Small World”?
OK, you win.
We don’t have a leader, just a “me too” President. He waits for a coalition to form, then agrees to join because its what the global community wants to do.
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