Obamathello
If you caught the Sunday talk shows this week, you witnessed yet another poor Not Ready For Primetime Player trotted out to defend policies so flimsy that they would collapse under the weight of an anorexic butterfly.
John Brennan, assistant to the president for homeland security and counter-terrorism, was the latest somnambulant sinecure to take a bullet for the evermore astonishing ineptitude of this administration. Among the gems he uttered, and there were many, was something to the effect of: The failed Christmas Day terror attack was a "unique incident" that won't affect the process of closing the Guantanamo facility. More remarkably, he indicated that many of the Gitmo-housed detainees of Yemeni descent are still on track to be returned to their home country, which just so happens to be the latest prime breeding ground of global extremists. Really.
I could almost hear Janet Napolitano muttering, "Tag; you're it." "It," of course, being—Foolish Incompetent of the Day.
As ineffectual as dozens of Obama appointees have proven to be, shouldn't we really be focusing on who writes the script, rather than those who deliver the dialogue? This is, after all, as most would agree, the most scripted administration ever. And, the screenwriters of the current drama happen to be Messrs. Obama, Axelrod, and Emanuel—-a.k.a. BadDreamWorks.
Obama's day one "commitment" to close Guantanamo was the drama's first act. Our protagonist, Obamathello, did so, foreshadowing subsequent trouble, with hope in his heart, but not a trace of a plan on his brain. The Enlightened One stood on the grand stage and sermonized about how Gitmo functions as a recruiting tool for our enemies. In a later plot twist, it turns out he was correct, but in a wholly unexpected fashion. The terrorists are energized by their ability to affect policy changes from a weak-kneed government, more concerned with offending than defending. Recruiting skyrockets.
The second act centers around the failed Christmas day attack and ensuing debate over how to respond. It highlights a central and ongoing conflict. Do we succumb to the self-anointed, hypocritical global moralizers that constantly strive to weaken America, and return enemy combatants to the battlefield, or do we recognize that a strong, aggressive defense of the homeland is completely consistent with our values, and THE primary obligation of government?
Act III is not yet fully written. The decisions made in Act II will determine whether or not this play turns out to be a tragedy or a triumph.
In a subplot, it should be noted, the protagonist's nemesis, Lord MacBush, releases, against his better judgment, numerous combatants from Gitmo in an ill-advised gesture to the aforementioned self-anointed, hypocritical global moralizers. Those combatants come back to haunt Obamathello. Will Obamathello choose to make the same mistake, or recognize it as a sign of what not to do? Will he see the truth and aggressively prosecute the war on terror, or choose to commit national security suicide?
"This is the night that either makes me or fordoes me quite." —Othello. Act V. Scene 1.
John Brennan, assistant to the president for homeland security and counter-terrorism, was the latest somnambulant sinecure to take a bullet for the evermore astonishing ineptitude of this administration. Among the gems he uttered, and there were many, was something to the effect of: The failed Christmas Day terror attack was a "unique incident" that won't affect the process of closing the Guantanamo facility. More remarkably, he indicated that many of the Gitmo-housed detainees of Yemeni descent are still on track to be returned to their home country, which just so happens to be the latest prime breeding ground of global extremists. Really.
I could almost hear Janet Napolitano muttering, "Tag; you're it." "It," of course, being—Foolish Incompetent of the Day.
As ineffectual as dozens of Obama appointees have proven to be, shouldn't we really be focusing on who writes the script, rather than those who deliver the dialogue? This is, after all, as most would agree, the most scripted administration ever. And, the screenwriters of the current drama happen to be Messrs. Obama, Axelrod, and Emanuel—-a.k.a. BadDreamWorks.
Obama's day one "commitment" to close Guantanamo was the drama's first act. Our protagonist, Obamathello, did so, foreshadowing subsequent trouble, with hope in his heart, but not a trace of a plan on his brain. The Enlightened One stood on the grand stage and sermonized about how Gitmo functions as a recruiting tool for our enemies. In a later plot twist, it turns out he was correct, but in a wholly unexpected fashion. The terrorists are energized by their ability to affect policy changes from a weak-kneed government, more concerned with offending than defending. Recruiting skyrockets.
The second act centers around the failed Christmas day attack and ensuing debate over how to respond. It highlights a central and ongoing conflict. Do we succumb to the self-anointed, hypocritical global moralizers that constantly strive to weaken America, and return enemy combatants to the battlefield, or do we recognize that a strong, aggressive defense of the homeland is completely consistent with our values, and THE primary obligation of government?
Act III is not yet fully written. The decisions made in Act II will determine whether or not this play turns out to be a tragedy or a triumph.
In a subplot, it should be noted, the protagonist's nemesis, Lord MacBush, releases, against his better judgment, numerous combatants from Gitmo in an ill-advised gesture to the aforementioned self-anointed, hypocritical global moralizers. Those combatants come back to haunt Obamathello. Will Obamathello choose to make the same mistake, or recognize it as a sign of what not to do? Will he see the truth and aggressively prosecute the war on terror, or choose to commit national security suicide?
"This is the night that either makes me or fordoes me quite." —Othello. Act V. Scene 1.
I'm a bit tired of tragedy. Can we get some Shakespearean comedy? I do like this - nice comparison.
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The policies have been a joke (albeit bad one)...could be a comedy after all.
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The writing is on the proverbial wall dear Chuck. These fools make MacBush look like a genius, despite his moronic capitulation to the anti Gitmo crowd by releasing our enemies to fight us again. EVERYTHING WE DO is a recruiting tool for these frickin fanatics. Let your wife leave home alone?? sign me up!! What? her arms are bare?? my brother Mustaffa will join too!! Are you kiddin, she is gonna drive a car?? Well that does it, strap on my dynamite vest!!
The current administration and our entire Gov't (sadly including the Military) is too concerned with political correctness to dare to "out" a Muslim who spouted all sorts of jihad bullshit before he murdered 13 unarmed soldiers at Ft. Hood...it is absurd. Profile these A-holes, keep them off our planes and out of our country. Of course, that ain't gonna happen any time soon, so my advice is to arm yourself while you still can.
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