He made
it and now he wants our help to clean it up. What do Canadians owe him? He’s
turned his back on allies such as Israel , having proven himself a
bigger friend to the likes of Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood than to the
Jewish state.
He’s no
friend of Canada ’s.
Instead
of working with his friends, he’s tried in vain to appease such longtime
enemies as Iran . His rush
to pull out of Iraq
without leaving a reserve force behind has led to the disaster we see unfolding
there now. Now Obama
needs allies to battle ISIS and help him save
face. So who is stepping up to the plate? The Iranians? The Saudis? Hardly. Yes, when
things get really bad, he calls on the same allies he’s spent his entire
presidency snubbing. The
Canadians, the Brits, the Australians, etc.
Forgive
me if I don’t exactly jump for joy at the prospect of helping this disastrous
president ahead of midterm elections when his party is facing a well deserved
drubbing. He’s the
one who insisted on leaving Iraq
unprotected against the advice of those who said the U.S. should leave a reserve
military force behind to support that country.
Did he
listen to advisers?
Of course
not!
Obama is
much too smart to take the advice of anybody but himself and a few of his
cronies. So he pulled out completely for political reasons, not because he
failed to cut a deal with the Iraqi government, which wanted a U.S. force to
stay. Now, at
last word, ISIS fighters were bearing down on Baghdad
and
Obama’s poll numbers are in freefall ahead of the U.S. midterm
elections.
According
to a Washington Post/ABC News poll, even women are abandoning this president in
droves over his handling of foreign affairs. Only 37% approved of his actions
on the file in that poll.
And so
there is little doubt, this president is responding, not out of any sense of
what’s right, but of pure politics.
We need
to see this president for the political opportunist he is.
Regardless,
Canada
appears ready to play some kind of role in a coalition of the barely willing.
According to some analysts, it’s a mission that could require two or three
years in order to push the jihadis from the region.
Obama
screwed up big time. The world is paying the price because he preferred to play
golf rather than to be a leader.
He has
shown precious little regard for Canadians, demonstrating nothing but disdain
on the Keystone XL project. Remind me
again what Canadians owe this president?
Obama
needs a coalition to help him sell the idea of military intervention to the
same far left crackpot wing of the Democratic party that he attempted to please
by pulling out of Iraq
in the first place. But fine.
We’re Canadians. We’re loyal friends even to people who take us for granted and
treat us so shabbily.
But our
loyalty should be to the American people, not to its government and especially
not to the president.
. . . . . . The fact
Obama may gain politically is an unfortunate byproduct but it doesn’t make the
mission wrong . . . . . . . . Canadians
will hopefully learn from the colossal mistake Americans made electing Obama.
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