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Obama's foreign policy now boils down to 'Let's pretend'
[NYPOST] President B.O.'s policy -- well, his lack of one -- when it comes to confronting America's enemies was on full and embarrassing display Tuesday.First, the president unveiled his long-delayed plan to close the terrorist detention center at Guantanamo Bay, saying that keeping it open is "contrary to our values." It was dead before arrival. Even Democrats weren't rushing to endorse it. After all, just three months ago, Congress overwhelmingly passed a bill that bans moving the detainees to the United States. (The Senate vote was 91-3.) And moving them here is the only way to close Gitmo. Second, Secretary of State John F. I was in Vietnam, you knowKerry Former Senator-for-Life from Massachussetts, self-defined war hero, speaker of French, owner of a lucky hat,conqueror of Cambodia, and current Secretary of State... conceded that his much-touted ceasefire in Syria, set to take effect Saturday, "may be" little more than what a Democratic senator called a "rope-a-dope deal." With Washington as the dope. "I'm not going to vouch for this," said Kerry. With good reason: It doesn't cover ISIS, the al Qaeda-affiliated Nusra Front and other terrorist groups -- nor anyone who cares to fire at them. For months, Russia's been bombing anyone it wants to while claiming to be targeting ISIS. Plus, no one knows how (or even if) violations will be handled. The whole thing depends on the good will of Iran, Bashir al-Assad and Vladimir Putin  ...Second and fourth President and sixth of the Russian Federation and the first to remain sober. Putin is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from polonium poisoning. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to Putin. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead...-- who's sure to continue The Gitmo plan is just as hollow -- and with even less justification, despite the president's repeated and dubious claims. The remaining detainees aren't "low risk" -- those were mostly freed before Obama took office. They're very much high-risk -- like the five top Taliban capos Obama sprang in exchange for Bowe Berghdal, who now faces court-martial for desertion. On Tuesday, in fact, a Gitmo "alum" was tossed in the clink You have the right to remain silent... by Spanish officials, who said he was part of an ISIS recruiting cell. Just more proof that when it comes to threats to the nation, this president lives in the land of make-believe. Posted by: Fred 2016-02-25 |
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