Re: The article in the CA (1/26/12, page C2) entitled “U.S. to protect supply chain”: President Obama’s new “strategy” declaring that the USA has a national security interest in protecting economic goods against terrorists in all corners of the globe sounds good on first read, but at the end of the day it can only be interpreted too little too late.
The USA has lost the majority of its essential basic manufacturing capacity and yes – that is a national security issue, but implying that the USA is going to play policeman to the world in order to keep the free flow of these foreign made goods is nothing more than political rhetoric. It is an impossible task from a military and logistical perspective.
What I would have liked to hear from Obama is that he has recognized that it is in America’s national security interests to MAINTAIN and protect certain industrial capabilities, and also to restore some industrial capacity that was outsourced overseas.
I realize this is much more complicated issue than can be debated in a letter to the editor, but what really gets my goat is that Obama promised “change” and “leadership”, and all we have received is rhetoric and dodging the core issues facing America. America sends tens of billions of dollars annually to countries that hate us to pay for their oil. Where is his energy strategy after 3 years in office? Americans need jobs. Where’s his jobs strategy?
If America has become a toothless paper tiger among the nations of the world - as many abroad believe thanks to the assertion of China, Brazil, India – then Obama is the perfect paper President. After 3 years of Obama, I think he is totally out of his league in playing President, and would have been better suited to host a TV talk show.
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