Posted on 03/30/2011 5:52:02 PM PDT by Starman417
In honesty to you whom are reading, I do not like looking at this man, watching this man nor listening to this man but reading his 3,400 word speech on Libya may be critical to the future of our dear country. I started seeking to measure the context as being either vapid or inspirational, what I found were that the words were very flat. This opinion began where I saw the President wrapped in a background wall of flags being used as props as if the previously used Styrofoam columns were sent into storage so that a new stage manager could bring on a different backdrop turning the location into a pulpit for preaching not a place for an intimate chat among friends. This President likes to speak from pre-prepared settings remaining shy from fielding rhetorical questions or answers. Given the opportunity to question authority, I would have asked, “Mister President, in lieu of your most popular and most loyal ‘No War For Oil’ political electoral base how is it now that you can explain to the American People the vast lease and drill concessions within Libya given to Exxon/Mobil, Total SA, BP/Royal Dutch plus several other oil exploitation corporations from Norway, Italy, Russia among others and our role protecting those assets with American blood and treasure?”; albeit, this president does not have a parliamentary dispatch box and never responds to even the simplest of inquiries.
Hearing the word “dither” came to his attention from several political image consultant sources and fearful of being titled again “Big Ears” or “Pantywaist” this President chose Monday, March 28, 2011 at 7:30 to show the world that that he is a decisive leader that can order killing and mayhem. In deference to our Dear Leader with the rapid information age there exists every hour a tsunami of news and to compare current decision dilemma to previous chief executives would not be fair; but, nevertheless, there are standard protocols which need to be followed when carrying the responsibility for military power; for instance, the notion of “vital interests”. Last night he said, “We are naturally reluctant to use force to solve the world’s many challenges. But when our interests and values are at stake, we have a responsibility to act.”, so it must be our realm to make the world safe for collective “interests and values”. One of those values with interest is “Live and let live!” although that selfish interest may seem callous to a citizen of the world does subscribing higher powers to the United Nations and the conceptualization of R2P (Responsibility 2 Protect) makes that turn either more or less inspirational or vapid? I choose to let those reading decide.
I remain prejudiced, but there remains an image of some latter-day Napoleon with tin soldiers on a flat map of the region. Rightfully, the President praises our military; but, “stopping the Taliban’s momentum in Afghanistan, and going after al Qaeda all across the globe.”, this becomes an open fist – closed fist dichotomy which challenges the nation if this is now the right time taking on such additional extreme risks. I am resentful for the game of charades passing this “kinetic military action” (such verbal nonsense) off to N.A.T.O. as a puppet show with smoke and mirrors. Mister President, investing young American lives wearing designations of the United States of America Armed Forces is war so use the word as universally understood and stop playing with semantics and deception that place you words, like those used last night, on the platform of lies. You tell your non Harvard Law School and Ivy League educated minions that the U.S. will take a “supporting role” passing responsibility on to N.A.T.O. This reasoning confuses many of those whose schools told us that that the United States is N.A.T.O.; perhaps at your posh Honolulu prep school you were told different but for us this is what we know to be true. If your meaning is that Europe take on the major efforts for the Libya mission then speak to your captive audience in the clear without dancing around on the head of a pin.
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How about Obamas lying lies and the lying liar that says them.
It seems the Muslim Brotherhood is taking the reins in Egypt; we do not know WHO these rebels are in Libya. Obama does not inspire confidence; picking basketball team favorites and flying off to Rio during the Japan and Libya crisis while clowning around as well. Does not inspire confidence. . . but, then, I didn’t vote for him and don’t expect him to do so.
Nor do I, which is why I rarely, if ever, watch the news anymore - even Fox News - because it's nothing but All 0bama All the Time! I've never seen a president take over the newspapers and TV like this one has. He's all they ever seem to report on anymore. Presidents were never supposed to have this much influence on the American people.
Ever open the dump valve on an aero-bed? That’s kind of what an 0bama speech sounds like to me. Just a big “whoosh” of air with nothing behind it.
He didn’t give this speech from the Oval Office because he knows he has no Presidential authority for this action. His repeated “thank yous” at the end were also completely inappropriate for a speech of this nature.
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