We've seen a few New Years go by, haven't we?
Posted on 12/31/2016 2:15:26 AM PST by RoosterRedux
While candidate Trump was demanding that the enemy be named, and me-too Hillary was thus goaded into the occasional mention of “jihadists,” Obama tried to defend his refusal to invoke radical Islam. The defense was classic Obama. Part One was flat wrong: “There’s no religious rationale,” he maintained, that would justify” the “barbarism” in which terrorists engage — something that could only be right if we ignore scripture and adopt Obama’s eccentric notion of “religious rationale.” Part Two drew on Obama’s bottomless supply of strawmen: “Using the phrase ‘radical Islam,’” he lectured, will not make the terrorist threat “go away” — as if anyone had claimed it would.
The point, of course, is not that there is talismanic power in uttering an enemy’s identity. It is to convey, to the enemy and to an anxious American public, that our leader comprehends who the enemy is, what the enemy’s objectives are, and what drives the enemy to achieve them.
Obviously, Obama is too smart not to know this. After eight infuriating years, I am beyond trying to fathom whether his intentional gibberish masks some misguided but well-meaning strategy, some dogma to which he is hopelessly beholden, or something more sinister. The imperative now is to address the mess he is leaving behind, not unwind how and why he came to make it.
I have a friend who drove a forklift for years. He is vastly more intelligent than 0bola, dittos for welders!
0b0la could never operate a forklift or weld properly.
His butler who worked for him for years, said Trump used to always get up at 5 AM and 5 newspapers before doing anything.
His butler who worked for him for years, said Trump used to always get up at 5 AM and READ 5 newspapers before doing anything.
You should submit that article to some of the online news and opinion sites if you haven’t already.>>>>>>>>>
You are too kind. But I am sure Trump has a good handle on the geopolitical BIG picture. What I so humbly summarized will likely be the foundation of Trump’s foreign policy.
I’m thinking it was watching this monstrosity attempt to destroy our way of life in favour of mohammadanism, that persuaded that great man to stand for President; he had no need for the Office, he had a wonderful life.
Dearest Freddie:
Wishing you the most wonderful New Year.
Your loyal Rooster.
I believe Trump “gets it.”
As do we. Happy New Year!
We've seen a few New Years go by, haven't we?
What a cutie.
I remember like yesterday the night you learned how to post images on FR.
Even on my death bed, you will be remembered as my dear friend.
Those were the days...
;-)
But he's got a much better batting average than his critics in general, and McCarthy in particular. So I'll wait to see how it unfolds before I get too excited.
good points, thanks (my awareness on this topic is still at a casual level only)
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