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| 2015-02-05 |
| h/t Instapundit The Wise People of American foreign policy — Madeleine Albright, General Jack Keane, Henry Kissinger, General James Mattis, George Shultz, and others — recently testified before Congress. Their candid and insightful collective message dovetailed with the worries of many former Obama-administration officials, such as one-time defense secretaries Robert Gates and Leon Panetta, as well as a former director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, Lieutenant General Michael Flynn. Their consensus is that the U.S. is drifting, and with it the world at large: The Obama administration has not formulated a consistent strategy to cope with the advance of second-generation Islamic terrorism. It is confused by the state upheavals in the Middle East. It is surprised by the aggression of Putin’s Russia and the ascendance of an autocratic China. Our allies in Europe, much of democratic Asia, and Israel all worry that the U.S. is rudderless, as it slashes its military budget and withdraws from prior commitments. While I think the symptomology of an ailing, herky-jerky United States is correct, the cause of such malaise is left unspoken. The Obama team — with its foreign policy formulated by President Obama himself, National Security Advisor Susan Rice, Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes, White House consigliere Valerie Jarrett, Vice President Joe Biden, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and present Secretary of State John Kerry — is not in fact befuddled by the existing world. Instead, it is intent on changing it into something quite different from what it is. So far from being chaotic, current U.S. foreign policy is consistent, logical, and based on four pillars of belief. 1. Readjustments in the global order are long overdue. 2. All nations and interests act rationally — if given a chance. Except the inherently evil Zionist Entity 3. Do abroad as we try to do at home. 4. Don’t sweat the details. Obama himself is a prophet, not a bureaucrat. The details of his grand vision will be left to younger, fresher functionaries who can sort out the confusions of implementation ...Prophets are not like us and have no responsibility to articulate details or insist on logical consistency, much less to worry about how others of less talent implement their grand visions. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #8 What did you expect when you took a two bit crook and made him POTUS, rjschwarz? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2015-02-05 16:07 |
| #7 The first rule of the Obamagenda is that one must never describe the Obamagenda. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2015-02-05 15:58 |
| #6 I think he just thinks he is super smart because others believe so and he's surrounded by yes men that rationalize all the damage he's doing so he has no idea he's burning the world down. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2015-02-05 14:41 |
| #5 |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2015-02-05 12:27 |
| #4 S0r0s |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2015-02-05 10:40 |
| #3 Anarchy is not a plan. I'm sure they're hoping Steiner will come to the rescue. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-02-05 08:48 |
| #2 @#1: Agreed, but who has their hand up his arse? |
| Posted by: Hupineger Glomomp0036 2015-02-05 08:45 |
| #1 I've been saying this for years, with one difference: Obama's not a prophet, he's a puppet. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2015-02-05 08:43 |