Posted on 11/18/2008 12:47:20 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
THE best foreign-policy advice any president left behind for his successors was Teddy Roosevelt's admonition: "Walk softly, and carry a big stick." President-elect Barack Obama should take it to heart.
In a "60 Minutes" interview Sunday evening, Obama sounded well-intentioned - but dishearteningly like President Bush at his most naive: He set his own bar for success impossibly high.
Just as Bush vowed to get Osama "dead or alive," Obama suggested - as he did during the campaign - that he'll get the terror master Bush failed to find. Worse, the president-elect stated that he'll "stamp out al Qaeda once and for all."
Good luck.
Let's be clear: No matter whom we supported up until Nov. 4, the American people have spoken. Obama will be our next president. To wish him ill is to wish harm to America for partisan purposes. Let's hope he delivers great accomplishments.
But the fact is that, security-wise, we're paying a price for decades of electing presidents with no military experience and no previous interest in things military. Democrat or Republican, they make unrealistic promises that play into our enemies' hands. They don't know what they're talking about - but they sure do talk.
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I thought it was “Speak softly....”
Even tho not getting Bin Laden, Bush weakened Al Queda more than Hussein would ever be able to do in a thousand years.
related....
http://gunnyg.wordpress.com/2008/11/17/what-congress-the-media-wont-tell-you-by-devvy/#more-4516
Bush got saddam who, I think, was much more dangerous than anyone in al qaeda.
From David Horowitz's FrontPageMag.com/DiscoverTheNetworks.org:
March 6, 1970: "three members of the Weather Underground accidentally killed themselves in a Manhattan townhouse while attempting to build a powerful bomb they had intended to plant at a social dance in Fort Dix, New Jersey -- an event that was to be attended by U.S. Army soldiers. Hundreds of lives could have been lost had the plot been successfully executed."
http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=6808
"The bomb was intended to be planted at a non-commissioned officer's dance at Fort Dix, New Jersey.
The bomb was packed with nails to inflict maximum casualties upon detonation."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weatherman_(organization)#Chronology_of_events
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2007 Fort Dix attack plot
A group of six radical Islamist[1] men, allegedly plotting to stage an attack on the Fort Dix military base in New Jersey, United States, were arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on May 7, 2007. They were subsequently charged with planning an attack against U.S. soldiers. The alleged aim of the six men was said to be to "kill as many soldiers as possible".[2] Their trial began on October 20, 2008. [3]
Opening arguments were presented on October 20, 2008.
Assistant U.S. Attorney William Fitzpatrick said the defendants were inspired by jihad saying "Their motive was to defend Islam. Their inspiration was Al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden.
Maybe 0be will pull a Reagan and get 0sama on Inauguration Day.
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