We thought we had a president who stood by his words – words that fell easily and smoothly from his lips as he gave us beautiful prose yet singularly uninspiring. Now the man who begins most speeches with “Let me be clear…” has yet to face the American People with his policy concerning a not insignificant “intervention” in Libya. We are paying for this in lives and in dollars yet he seems unable to tell the mothers, brothers, sons and daughters of those who serve, never mind the rest of us, what the plan was or is and his projections for the future. He never told us he was going in; he will not let us know when we can expect to get out of Libya.
We seem to be the only nation of the west with the level of command and control and equipment to carry off massive assaults at night utilizing stealth aircraft from half a world away and rockets launched from ships and submarines. It is amazing that we can bring such a complex attack to fruition given the nature of the Commander in Chief’s management style. We are a nation on automatic pilot perhaps run collectively by a bunch of czars.
Attempting to answer the question “why are we in Libya and how did we get there” should not be the province of a journalist. The journalist can’t read Obama’s mind but very credible evidence suggesting the why and the wherefore may be found here.
All we know at this writiig is that the US has done its bit and that “someone” will carry on the leadership role in this mission. Problem: like a group of headless chickens, the allies are running around pecking at each other without direction. There is only one thing that is certain. There is no overall plan or strategy. This has never happened before. Are we the same nation that planned and carried off D-Day?
It’s as if Hillary and Barack threw this thing together and once started, felt humming a few bars would carry the day. It hasn’t and even our allies seem to think we are looking weaker than ever [CNN Piers Morgan 3/23/2011]. The president is so preoccupied that he could not get into the oval office upon his return from his trip to South America. Any president that ignores the Constitution and goes to war without consent of the representatives of the governed deserves to be locked out.
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see also Crockettlives.wordpress.com post here.
DarcsFalcon
March 24, 2011
Boy howdy does he deserve to be locked out! I don’t think I’ve ever seen a president whose words and deeds are so opposite one another, it’s like his words are a foreign language to his actions.
And I lived through Watergate and “no new taxes!”
samhenry
March 24, 2011
Trust you to get to the heart of the matter, DF. Hugs
Freedom, by the way
March 24, 2011
Samhenry–the latest? I just read on anthother blog I follow that Al Queda has thrown its support behind the Libyan rebels. http://roblorinov.wordpress.com/2011/03/23/al-qaeda-most-likely-behind-libyan-rebels/
Thanks for the post.
samhenry
March 24, 2011
Thank you for this intelligence reporting Freedom. A big help. You are now an official agent of On My Watch.
Freedom, by the way
March 24, 2011
Oh, goody! Do I get a badge?
samhenry
March 24, 2011
Shhh, Freedom and don’t hop around with enthusiasm. We can’t draw undue attention to this – it’s operating under the wing so-to-speak. That is also where you will carry the ID card and official whistle for blowing. Congratulations on your new status officer Freedom.
blackwatertown
March 24, 2011
Piers Morgan has finally made it – he gets a mention on On My Watch. I wonder what you lot over there make of him and his show?
samhenry
March 24, 2011
At first it was a question of liking Piers. I saw him on that show that judged Susan Boyle and always liked the way he treated her. She of course adored him. But the way CNN promoted him, he was stand-offish. He’d be photographed arms folded (a kind of stay away sign), with his voice over crowing about his power of observation and interviewing skills. He turned more than me off at first. But he has settled in and I believe he is more comfortable in his interviews but definitely an excellent reporter which, as you know, he has been especially for that great media mogul, [senior moment]. So yes, I like him.
samiam60
March 24, 2011
Good Morning SH, come 2012 We the People are going to make sure that Obama is Locked out of our White House permanently.
samhenry
March 24, 2011
Love this reply, Sami. Thanks.
blackwatertown
March 24, 2011
Good to hear your views on Piers. He’s definitely a character.