I think the problem is that with President Bush, we could be 100% certain, that whatever he did, it was what he considered in the best interest in the country, NOT for political reasons, and he made those decisions based on the best available information at the time.
In case of Obama, I don’t think we can trust him to make his decisions based on what’s best for the country. If he has any concern for the country, instead of the terrorists, he would not have dismantled the interrogation techniques used on TERRORISTS PLANNING TO ATTACK US.
Obama is making this decision for the “surge” in Afghanistan, but did not tell us whether the commanders in the field are supporting it, and exactly what does it entail. I find that very suspicious, that he made his decision “for show” and to take troops out of Iraq prematurely.
I don’t disagree with your take on it. The one minor difference is this.
While I do think Obama will be much more prone to do things for political gain, I do think he’ll do what he thinks is best for the nation. Now, the major problem I see there is somewhat akin to a ten year old trying to handle grown up situations. The ten year old may be trying to do the right thing with all his heart. He still won’t have the savvy to make all the decisions he would be faced with.
Obama will not have the savvy to handle all he will be faced with. He’s going to make monumental mistakes often. Obama’s moves regarding Gitmo and the other terrorist prisons and abortion have been only the first of those.
Obama is too smart by half. He’s going to destroy himself by implementing policy that he thinks is solid. The problem will be, that it isn’t at all as solid as he thinks.
Our problem is that the policy he thinks is sound and best for this nation, is extremely flawed and absolutely terrible for this nation.
I’m not convinced he’s trying to destroy this nation, as much as I am convinced this pretender is in way over his head.
This guy gives all the appearance of being a puppet. He may agree with what his puppet masters want him to do, but I don’t think he’s sharp enough to be doing this all on his own. He just doesn’t have the background experience to be able to do it on his own IMO.