wrong again. I don't really have any heroes but this guy would rank pretty high on the scale:
On Monday, March 3, 2014 5:34:43 PM UTC-6, KeithInTampa wrote: > > Plain Ol's All Time Hero: > > [image: Inline image 1] > > > On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 4:28 PM, plainolamerican > <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> blessed are the peacemakers. >> >> On Monday, March 3, 2014 2:18:44 PM UTC-6, Travis wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> http://www.thecommentator.com/article/4772/the_west_is_led_ >>> by_the_weaklings_the_left_wanted >>> >>> >>> >>> The West is led by the weaklings the Left wanted >>> >>> *It is not clear what the Left is complaining about over items such as >>> Ukraine and Syria. In Britain, Europe and the United States they all >>> swooned over Barack Obama. They got the weakling they wanted. So, what's >>> their problem?* >>> >>> [image: Obama_indifferent] >>> >>> Obama looking disengaged >>> >>> [image: >>> The_commentator_logo_updated9]<http://www.thecommentator.com/author/the_commentator/475> >>> >>> *the commentator >>> <http://www.thecommentator.com/author/the_commentator/475>* >>> >>> *On 2 March 2014 09:57 * >>> >>> [image: >>> http://www.thecommentator.com/ckeditor_assets/pictures/1/original_98d68d3d58407cfb251e24870dd8d75b9e815a7b.gif]<https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=HHEHVN82WW9T4> >>> >>> Over in the United States, the attempt by foreign-policy enthusiasts in >>> the Democratic Party to distance themselves from the train wreck that is >>> the Obama administration has been gathering pace for some time now. >>> >>> Finally, it is starting to happen in Britain and Europe too where, after >>> Syria, Ukraine and many other instances, the leading lights of the >>> political Left seem to have woken up to the fact that Western leadership >>> isn't quite what it might be these days. >>> >>> "One of the alarming features of the crisis on Ukraine's Crimean >>> peninsula is the staggering confidence with which Vladimir Putin is >>> pursuing his agenda there and in eastern Ukraine," reads the opening >>> paragraph of the Observer's >>> editorial<http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/mar/02/ukraine-crimea-russia-putin-europe>on >>> Sunday. >>> >>> Actually, there's nothing staggering about it all, unless you have about >>> six years of baggage to shed over your support for Barack Obama. Putin >>> clocked Obama for the weakling he is from day 1. All we're seeing from the >>> Russian leader is more of what we have seen over Syria, Iran and a host of >>> other cases, except that Ukraine is right in Putin's own back yard. >>> >>> "One thing is certain," the Observer says, "the current crisis presents >>> the biggest threat to security in Europe since the Balkan wars, and western >>> leaders, including Obama and David Cameron (who has spoken to Putin on the >>> phone), have hardly been impressive in their response, demonstrating a weak >>> grasp on the events unfolding. For now, Putin is ahead of the game. It is >>> time for the international community to catch up." >>> >>> Quite what they're complaining about isn't clear. In Barack Obama they >>> have precisely the "Leader of the Free World" they always wanted. He >>> embodies all that they stand for, and all that they are. >>> >>> He does not believe in the primacy of Western values. Neither do they. >>> He therefore sees no reason to show leadership around the world. Neither do >>> they. He has downgraded and diminished the U.S. military as a consequence. >>> The Left applauds. He shows weakness to the mullahs in Iran. The Left >>> praises him for his diplomacy. He worships dictatorship-friendly bodies >>> like the UN. The Left cheers him as a peacemaker. >>> >>> You can't have it both ways. If you want a weak-kneed, apologetic, >>> bleeding heart Western leadership don't feign surprise when the likes of >>> Vladimir Putin fail to take you seriously. >>> >>> Defenders of Obama point to his drone strikes as evidence that he's not >>> quite the soft touch his critics make him out to be. But that's foreign and >>> defence policy reconstituted as a video game. Even Obama can act all tough >>> and macho when the worst thing that can happen to him is a demonstration in >>> Peshawar after he's accidentally taken out a wedding party. >>> >>> Drop the virtual reality and he's wandering in traffic. >>> >>> Weakness is policy, and the world's dictatorships have taken note. 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