. . . . . . . what really struck me about the article is the supreme arrogance that grips this White House.
That
is an occupational hazard in any White House, of course, but Obama and
his closest aides take it to a new level. Samuels repeatedly notes that
Rhodes has “contempt” and “aggressive contempt” for “anyone or anything
that stands in the president’s way” and for “the groupthink of the
American foreign-policy establishment and its hangers-on in the press.”
The
story notes that Rhodes “referred to the American foreign-policy
establishment as the Blob. According to Rhodes, the Blob includes
Hillary Clinton, Robert Gates and other Iraq-war promoters from both
parties who now whine incessantly about the collapse of the American
security order in Europe and the Middle East.”
Rhodes has
particular contempt, of course, for the architects of the Iraq War: For
Rhodes, Samuels writes, “the Iraq war was proof, in black and white, not
of the complexity of international affairs or the many perils attendant
on political decision-making but of the fact that the decision-makers
were morons.” Rhodes, like the president, returns to the Iraq War time
and again: “Iraq is his one-word answer to any and all criticism.” . . . . . If the president and his senior adviser are such geniuses by comparison,
why have they presided over a steady deterioration of the American
position of the world? Why, on their watch, has China stepped up its
aggression in the South China Sea? Why has Russia invaded Ukraine and
annexed Crimea? Why has Libya descended into chaos along with Iraq and
Yemen? Why has Syria been torn apart by a civil war that has killed
nearly half a million people and sent millions of refugees flooding
neighboring states? Why has an Islamic State arisen in the heart of the
Middle East along with numerous other terrorist groups? Why is Iran, the
No. 1 state sponsor of terrorism, more powerful than it has ever been
since the ancient heyday of the Persian Empire?
Read the full article, here. BTW, this is not a hit piece from the Right.
May last term approval -
ReplyDeleteClinton - 59
Obama - 51
Reagan - 50
Bush - 28
Lame Duck approval ratings are meaningless.; The fact of the matter is this: throughout the eight years of each of the men you list above, Obama has the lowest Gallup approval average of any president since FDR.
DeleteHe’s normalized relations with Cuba, implemented a historic Iranian nuclear deal, signed a global climate pact with nearly 200 nations, overseen the continued success of Obamacare, all while the economy has recorded 73 straight months of job growth.
ReplyDeleteNo wonder that polls point toward a Democrat succeeding him in the White House.
Obama’s approval rating hit a three-year high of 53%, according to Gallup. and a staggering 66% approval rating today among voters 18-29.
The future belongs to the youth, not the dinosaurs.
The Castro brothers are not American hating commies and murderers? Is that your position? Making an unsigned, unenforceable Iranian deal that does not allow for comprehensive inspections is your idea of "historic deal?" Signing a global climate agreement with 190 nations that have no intentions of keeping their promises is your idea of success? Are you aware that just as many folks (30 million) have no health insurance, today, as before the law was enacted? Are you aware that the employer mandate has never been enacted? Are you aware that a 1.3% GDP (it was .5% in the first quarter of this year) is just above a recessionary climate, and we have been there for 7.5 years?
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