America has suffered enough damage from Obama’s amateurish Preisdency.

The idea promoted by President Obama and his supporters that the tentative agreement with Syria/Russia to consolidate and destroy Assad’s chemical weapons is a “breakthrough” in arms control and validates the threat of force is a deliberate dishonest attempt to misrepresent the facts to the American public.

Because there is a war on the ground in Syria and because President Obama gave Assad months to hide his chemical weapons, there is no way we will get anywhere near 100% of these weapons. Look at Libya. Years later we are still looking for his hidden chemical weapons. There is no debate that it would take thousands of trained workers and years to accomplish anything near a thorough search of the entire country. Meanwhile, Obama the “Nobel Prize Winner” leaves Assad in power to continue the slaughter of his people.

The most ridiculous of Obama’s claims is that the threat of force he used in amassing the fleet of Navy assets is what brought Syria “to it’s knees” and henceforth agreed to surrendering their weapons. That, once again, is a half-truth. Yes, the military armada was definitely a wake-up call for Assad and the Russians. In fact the Russians were evacuating their citizens and military all the way up until Obama got cold feet and went to Congress to avoid making a decision that was well within his right as President.

Now America’s primary, most vital and peaceful line of defense – the concept that America will use it’s military to back up its rhetoric is now no longer a deterrent to our enemies. Our enemies know now that our President has no stomach for even a “shot over the bow”, much less a serious military intervention. Our enemies know, like many American are just now realizing - that the substance of Obama’s character is no match for his eloquent rhetorical skills. The damage to the image of America in the eyes of the world is incalculable and at this very moment our most trusted allies are forced for the first time to question their alliance with the USA.

I am not advocating for or against American intervention in Syria. I am advocating that next time we elect a President, we elect someone who has experience in the halls of Congress or the White House. I doubt many people would want a novice surgeon to improve their learning curve using a new technique on their body. America has suffered enough damage from Obama’s amateurish Preisdency.

Obama: Please Stop Digging

         

It amazes me how POTUS Obama has made so many blunders in regards to Syria – and he’s still piling them one on top of each other!

Obama’s off-the-cuff “red line” comment a year ago was the start, but If he had just fired off a few cruise missiles at Assad when he did use chemical weapons – much like his predecessors Clinton and Bush had done with Libya this whole affair would be a distant memory by now.

But no, POTUS Obama could not make even a small decision that he would “own” – so he had to go to Congress to get approval for an action that he already had the authority to make under the war powers act. Obama’s advisors knew that Congress would not approve the act because it was not thought out and he couldn’t get anything through Congress anyway. Obama’s political strategy was to be able to blame Congress for not authorizing action and hopefully the whole affair would go away. Obama elevated what should have been a minor decision to fire some cruise missiles into a deliberation worthy of WW3 – and it isn’t about to go away.

Now that Obama has been thrown a razor blade covered life preserver by Russian President Putin, Obama has effectively pivoted away from all of the US allies in the region and has effectively rendered the US impotent from a political and military perspective in regards to Iran. Unfortunately for Obama, the story isn’t about to go away anytime soon. The whole chemical weapons inspectors fiasco will last years while Assad resumes slaughtering his people, and each massacre will now have Obama’s name associated with it.  The former allies of the USA  (like Egypt Saudi Arabia, etc.) in the Middle East will be reassessing their relationship with the USA and form alliances that met their national interest – which may not coincide with USA interests. Why wait for Obama to throw them under the bus like foormer Egyptian President Mubarak?

Even as I write, Obama is being manipulated by both Russia and Iran in what may be the most humiliating foreign policy fiasco in the history of the USA. There is an old saying that when you are in a hole, the best course of action is to stop digging. Would someone please take the shovel from Obama’s hands?