Posted on 09/10/2013 3:13:47 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
In the oft-admired model of a decisive lone warrior, President Obama could have ordered strikes on Syria without asking Congress. Instead, the commander in chief chose to ask lawmakers. At the least, all Americans should now reciprocate. They could suspend judgment and listen to what Mr. Obama has to say in his Tuesday evening address to the nation.
In decisions of war, bravery is needed in knowing when to be humble – in listening for one’s biases and evaluating new evidence. “Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen,” said Winston Churchill.
Obama is hardly a warmonger, thus he deserves attention to his arguments for a “limited” attack on Syria’s military. He has not told other nations “if you are not with us, you are against us.” He is being a listener in chief even as he asks Americans to join him in pursuing the goal of curbing Syria’s use of chemical weapons and reestablishing a global norm.
“I’m not itching for military action ... and if there are good ideas that are worth pursuing, then I’m going to be open to them,” he told one reporter, in a statement that suggests he is the type of leader who is comfortable with his doubts.
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Tuesday’s speech should be an opportunity for Americans to ultimately listen to Obama’s case for a military strike. The strike itself would be done by old-style command-and-control management. But the decision to do it must be done by a new style of leadership, one in which leaders and followers have a conversation in which listening is as important as talking.
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I have it in "Protected" mode on my DVR
I think I have a few episodes of, “Hoarders” recorded that I’ll watch again.
Why watch?
It will be the best fiction program on TV tonite.........
Nice! But I think it’s missing two:
1) millionares and billionares
2) most folks out there...
Good question.
You know, that looks like something you would read in the old Pravda.
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It sure does. The current Pravda has some truth at times. Better than US media sometimes.
“Why listen to Obama’s speech on Syria?”
I dunno, so we can hear what an asshole sounds like when he’s not blowing just blowing it out of his ass?
I don’t listen to any thing that POS has to say. It’s all lies.
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Agreed. One-hundred-plus percent
Or cataloging my butterfly collection.
What? No box containing, “Moving forward”?
Why in the world would you “LIKE to like” an imposter who is fundamentally trying the destroy America?
Ah, shut up Christian Science Monitor. I will listen to that jackass the same way he listened to the American people who told him they didn’t want Obamacare.
This communist is owed absolutely nothing.
Most likely, Mom and I will be watching “Hogan’s Heroes” and “F-Troop.”
Well, grapevine says BH0 departed this earth on June 13, 2013, and a substitute sits in the 0val 0ffice.
It took them a bit over a year to get Steve Bridges perfected in the role...
I knew id get in trouble for saying that when I typed it
ha
ok
I just don’t have any animosity towards him is all
I just hope we can get thru these next 3 years
but anyway I do understand your point
thanks
YEah but she’s hard to take(and hard to ignore...)
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