Geee Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 Investors Business Daily: A very strange story, a 6,000-word front-page New York Times piece on how, every Tuesday, Barack Obama shuffles "baseball cards" with the pictures and bios of suspected terrorists from around the world and chooses who shall die by drone strike. He even reserves for himself the decision of whether to proceed when the probability of killing family members or bystanders is significant. The article could have been titled "Barack Obama: Drone Warrior." Great detail on how Obama personally runs the assassination campaign. On-the-record quotes from the highest officials. This was no leak. This was a White House press release. Why? To portray Obama as tough guy. And why now? Because in crisis after recent crisis, Obama has looked particularly weak: standing helplessly by as thousands are massacred in Syria; being played by Iran in nuclear negotiations, now reeling with the collapse of the latest round in Baghdad; being treated with contempt by Vladimir Putin, who blocks any action on Syria or Iran and adds personal insult by standing up Obama at the latter's G-8 and NATO summits. The Obama camp thought that any political problem with foreign policy would be cured by the Osama bin Laden operation. But the administration's attempt to politically exploit the raid's one-year anniversary backfired, earning ridicule and condemnation for its crude appropriation of the heroic acts of others. A campaign ad had Bill Clinton praising Obama for the courage of ordering the raid because, had it failed and Americans been killed, "the downside would have been horrible for him." Outraged veterans released a response ad pointing out that it would have been considerably more horrible for the dead SEALs. Obama only compounded the self-aggrandizement problem when he spoke a week later about the military "fighting on my behalf." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argyle58 Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 Obama only compounded the self-aggrandizement problem when he spoke a week later about the military "fighting on my behalf." Oh, pish and posh. He merely "misspoke". He meant to say ........ "fighting at my behest." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCTexan Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 Barry is the Air General in Charge... a regular Curtis LeMay. His plan to replace the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clearvision Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 I hope he tries to run with this "tough guy" story and see how far it gets him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evad Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 Tough?? Posh!! How is it tough to sit at a command desk and fire missiles from miles away? Now, don't get me wrong, I love the predators and I would use them at EVERY opportunity. But tough...nah!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raygun Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 Nope. He's at the top of the food-chain. Advisors to the Presiden inform the President every morning what is going on. There are particular departmental heads, e.g. Cabinet posts, Czar-posts, et ali, that have particular lattitude of authority. There's only one man that can rain death from upon high: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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