For the past two weeks, Obama has continued to say that the problems in the Middle East are because of ‘THE VIDEO’. Officials in Libya said it was an act of terrorism within 36 hours of the attack. Still Barry, Hillary and Susan Rice (who can in no way be related to Condi Rice) continued to blame ’THE VIDEO’. The Obama administration, including the sock puppet Jay Carney has finally come around to conclude that the attacks WERE in fact an act of terror. But the anointed one, as recently as yesterday in his speech at the United Nations, CONTINUES to blame ‘THE VIDEO’ for the deaths of four Americans and all the flaming unrest in the Middle East.
Why?
This is the most brilliant man to draw breath in my lifetime. Why does he continue to bring up ‘THE VIDEO’ as a straw man? Because Obama is a brilliant POLITICIAN.
Last night on Fox News, Steve Hayes nailed it.
One of Obama’s first ‘declarations’ after taking office was to ban the use of the words ‘War on Terror’ and ‘terrorist’. Obama does NOT want to be seen ON TAPE using either word.
Somehow in his warped, narcissistic mind, Obama believes that if he doesn’t use any form of the word ‘terror’, the idiots in this country won’t know that his foreign policy is in shambles and that we are in more danger than ever before.
But Bin Laden is dead and GM is alive. Oh goody. I feel safe.
Spent much of the w/e, between cooking, looking at news sources from the Middle East. The old ones I used to look at during the Iraq war. The Arabs/Muslims certainly seem to think the video is a big deal. Pakistan even had a national day to honor the prophet in response to the video.
Not referring to a War on Terror preceded Obama. It started in the early 2000s when it was clear that we had botched the Iraq war and there were no WMDs. It is sound strategic thinking. It is also kind of a given that when the US engages in a war on* anything, it does not end well. We should stick to wars “with” not “on”.
*Poverty. Drugs. Cancer.
All that said, nice strawman argument, since you like the term so much.
Steve