FTA: This particular president, for all his gifts, is woefully ignorant of history. He has shown this on many occasions. Some of these instances are insignificant, like not knowing how many states are in the USA. He said 57, but every school child knows that it is 50, and has been so since 1959. In and of itself, this is not a big deal. More troubling was Obama's comment that JFK's fiasco with Khrushchev in Vienna in 1961 marked the beginning of the end of the Cold War. Say that again, what? JFK was humiliated by Nikita Khrushchev in Vienna. The Soviets took the wrong lesson from this meeting and placed missiles in Cuba a year later. For Mr. Obama's information, the Cold War ended in 1989 following the fall of the Berlin Wall. That was 28 years after JFK let Khrushchev eat his lunch in Vienna. [end]
IMHO, there remain too many Americans who are also woefully ignorant of history. I refer to those who think impeaching 0bama is at all possible, and believe it is a good idea as well as those who voted for this inexperienced 'community organizer'. The fact remains that America elected lil 0, along with his Communist styled Democrat Congress.
The problem we now face wasn't created by the democrats. The problem was created by those who don't know their American history. ;o)
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Obama and History
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October 24, 2009
One of the principal reasons that policymakers should study history is to avoid repeating the mistakes of their predecessors. Mistakes in the realm of economics, social policy, defense, and foreign policy all come to mind.... Read full article »
October 24, 2009
One of the principal reasons that policymakers should study history is to avoid repeating the mistakes of their predecessors. Mistakes in the realm of economics, social policy, defense, and foreign policy all come to mind.... Read full article »
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After that we can follow through with an economy course, on what to do in adverse situations. HE NEEDS TO STOP SPENDING US TO DEATH, WHILE IN THIS RECESSION, OR WE WILL NEVER GET OUT OF THE SITUATION WE ARE IN.
And you know they haven’t really have a clue.
Semper Fi
And your service honors all of us, hawk!
IMHO, there remain too many Americans who are also woefully ignorant of history. I refer to those who think impeaching 0bama is at all possible, and believe it is a good idea as well as those who voted for this inexperienced 'community organizer'. The fact remains that America elected lil 0, along with his Communist styled Democrat Congress.
The problem we now face wasn't created by the democrats. The problem was created by those who don't know their American history. ;o)