EGYPT & LIBYA ARE THE PRICE OF INEPTOCRACY
The events of yesterday, more than any scholarly paper, underscore the craven cowardice and geopolitical ineptness of the Obama Administration.
Far from being a surprise, the sacking of two of our embassies and the slaughter of our ambassador in Libya can be rightly described as the logical outcome of the feckless fascination this administration has had with any group of armed thugs who lay claim to being freedom fighters. In short, what happened was a feature of American foreign policy under Obama, not a bug.
What Obama has tried to do is create an aura of action and progress by glomming onto breaking events and trying to gain credit from them. There is no rhyme or reason in our foreign policy that cannot be adequately contained in the next State Department press release or by inserting Obama, in Kim Il-Sung fashion, into the lives of previous presidents.
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"Abe" 2012/09/13 19:19:57
Get everyone you know to boot these idiots out of power Nov 6th !
Obama issued a statement on the matter to the press, taking NO questions afterward.He had to read notes! Mitt Romney then held a press conference where he criticized the Obama administration for its Cairo embassy’s apology to Muslims for some of America’s anti-Islamic sentiments, and this time took questions from reporters afterward. This same day, President Obama scheduled an appearance on David Letterman’s late-night talk show for September 18 (tune in, folks).
Putting on full display their tendency to apply the blame to anybody but the culprits, liberals all over Twitter and the “blogosphere” took to blaming the attacks on Pastor Terry Jones. Because, hey, what can you expect? I mean, the guy distributed a movie that hurt Muslims’ feelings, so of course the rational response to that is to kill some Americans. Jones, you see — not the Libyans and Egyptians — should be blamed for the Libyans’ and Egyptians’ killing of Americans.
The truth is that Muslims — okay, “radical” Muslims — don’t need provocation. They kill at the drop of a hat. Saturdays in the Middle East aren’t called Saturdays, but Slaughterdays.
But liberals, so averse are they to the virtue of accountability, choose, if not exactly to pardon the violence, to make an excuse for ...
Obama issued a statement on the matter to the press, taking NO questions afterward.He had to read notes! Mitt Romney then held a press conference where he criticized the Obama administration for its Cairo embassy’s apology to Muslims for some of America’s anti-Islamic sentiments, and this time took questions from reporters afterward. This same day, President Obama scheduled an appearance on David Letterman’s late-night talk show for September 18 (tune in, folks).
Putting on full display their tendency to apply the blame to anybody but the culprits, liberals all over Twitter and the “blogosphere” took to blaming the attacks on Pastor Terry Jones. Because, hey, what can you expect? I mean, the guy distributed a movie that hurt Muslims’ feelings, so of course the rational response to that is to kill some Americans. Jones, you see — not the Libyans and Egyptians — should be blamed for the Libyans’ and Egyptians’ killing of Americans.
The truth is that Muslims — okay, “radical” Muslims — don’t need provocation. They kill at the drop of a hat. Saturdays in the Middle East aren’t called Saturdays, but Slaughterdays.
But liberals, so averse are they to the virtue of accountability, choose, if not exactly to pardon the violence, to make an excuse for the violence. Even Hillary Clinton spoke out of both sides of her mouth on this, saying that the violence is inexcusable, but that, you know, certain Americans on the Internet do incite violence.
Enjoy your Vegas and Colorado fundraisers at taxpayers’ expense, Obama. If through your handling of this Libyan situation the Independent Americans realize what a hapless leader you are, you won’t be having too many more of them.