[John123]

he can't simply vote "present" this time.

Obama's legacy...

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

Good lord.

Et tu, brute?

VDH “empathizing” with Obammie the Commie?

Hey, if Obammie the Commie hadn't gone on a worldwide Denunciation of America tour, maybe these demented dictators wouldn't be rushing to test him.

I don't empathize for Obammie the Commie. He made this bed himself by joining with America's enemies.

And if his decision does more harm to America, what then VDH? Republicans should NOT go barn-storming saying, “See? Elections have consequences! The Presidency is NOT a popularity contest.”

Damn straight we should yell it from the rooftops: “We do NOT support a CIC that DENOUNCES America!”

I'm really disappointed to read this commentary from someone who is an expert in Western civilization supporting someone who loathes Western values, history, and accomplishments.

[To Hell With Poverty]

[neverdem]

Is VDH is mocking the great empath? The irony is rich. We’re having these dilemmas with North Korea and Iran because we opposed international communism during the Cold War, meanwhile the two biggest communist countries, the Soviet Union and the Peoples Republic of China, renounced communist economics, and our government wants to adopt features of communism.

[1951Boomer]

Obama is meeting his match. These thuggish world dictators are doing to the world what Obama is doing to us: keeping everyone off balance and fearful. How does it feel, Obama?

[happygrl]

Karma for 0bama.

[Grampa Dave]

I am so glad that none of our younger relatives are in the military under 0b0z0.

I pray for our friends with sons/daughters/grandchildren/nieces and nephews in the military under this disaster of a president and the safety of their endangered younger relatives.

[SunkenCiv]

I have a great deal of empathy for President Obama on matters like North Korea and Iran -- both lunatic players that I think represent firsts in his own experience. You see, there are no good choices, and he can't simply vote "present" this time. Any decision he makes will be evaluated not necessarily on the basis of its superior logic or the eloquence with which it is presented, but solely on whether it works or not... both these problems not only antedated Obama, but antedated Bush as well, yet they cannot be massaged with "reset" button and a "Bush did it," nor by soaring "hope and change" rhetoric. Neither Ahmadinejad nor Kim Jong-il care a whit about Obama's landmark advance to the presidency, or his sober and judicious efforts to show rational concern for their own predicaments; instead, they calibrate only the degree to which Obama poses an obstacle to their regional ambitions, whether they be rational or not. In short, Obama will be dealing with two cruel entities, irrational at times, and both capable of great evil -- thuggish regimes that laugh at calls for UN solidarity or multilateral fronts. Worse still, the soft-power advocates and internationalists abroad who praised Obama to the skies for his restraint and postmodern campaign rhetoric will be the first to damn him as Carteresque and hesitant should these two rogue nations begin to act a little crazy and start testing the waters.

Thanks neverdem.

[Cyber Liberty]

Worse still, the soft-power advocates and internationalists abroad who praised Obama to the skies for his restraint and postmodern campaign rhetoric will be the first to damn him as Carteresque and hesitant should these two rogue nations begin to act a little crazy and start testing the waters.

I disagree with this statement because we at FR have been calling him "Carteresque" for years.