Posted on 05/26/2009 7:15:53 PM PDT by neverdem
Agreed. Actually, any president "chooses" to put himself in difficult positions.... it's more a matter of their reasons for doing so.
Some, such as Ronald Reagan, do so primarily out of of duty. Obama's (and Clinton's) reasons included a significant component of self-gratification. And in Obama's case, I think narcissism plays an unduly large role both in his decision to run, and in his subsequent behavior.
Obama's position is indeed absurd; but Obama almost certainly does not see it that way.
I wish there were a coterie of "Scoop Jackson Democrats" today.
They had Joe Lieberman, but they gave him the boot.
We are in trouble, as you point out, because politics makes hash of any national defense policies.
Go read my other posts before you open your yap.
Oh I have.... unfortunately, I have.
And, unfortunately, I’ve read your naive responses, too.
Go stick your head in the sand again, because, poor, poor O is in a rough situation.
He is purposefully pushing us and our children into utter hell on earth, and you choose to empathize with him.
Brilliant.
Yawn.....
The ultimate reply of the soundly defeated.
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