From
the outside, it seems like Obama's goal has been to meet with Iran
without preconditions, and he's been trying to keep that option alive
for far too long. Every announcement has been too tame, too late, and
has been overtaken by events by the time he releases it.
Somehow, a debate blunder from the primaries became Obama's big foreign
policy goal.
The
problem is not doing the exact opposite of his predecessor. The problem
is Obama, like George Bush, is reluctant to change course once he makes
a decision. Sometimes that can be a good thing, sometimes that turns
into stuborn rigidness.
There's
little doubt that much of what Obama says and does is knee-jerk
rejection of what that other guy did. [To be fair to him though, he's
far from alone in his party.]
For example, Gitmo. Bush had
detainees there, so it was a bad idea. There has never been a credible
plan put forth by any opponent for an alternative. It's always been a
bunch of adolescents stomping their feet on the ground and generally
throwing a temper tantrum. Only when the adults in the room explained
that there isn't a viable alternative and that the American public
wasn't about to roll over for releasing them into the US was there any
hesitation.
But, again like a stubborn child who refuses to
admit that Mom and Dad were right all along, he still insists that he's
going to close it by the end of the year and is willing to pay foreign
governments hundreds of millions dollars to do exactly what we've been
doing ourselves for thousands. That's the spiteful behavior of teenage
boy who is bound and determined to cut off his nose to spite his face
just to prove to his parents that he's willing to do so.
I've
stated it before, and I repeat the assertion: Obama is emotionally a
14-year old boy. He might have gone to Harvard, but educating a boy is
no guarantee that he'll become a man.
He's never in his life
had to take responsibility for a single decision, and he's literally
been handed every opportunity he's ever been given on a silver platter.
He lacks the emotional maturity that comes with working hard to get
what you want, experiencing failure and having to get back up again,
and taking responsibility for his mistakes.
The inability of 53% of the country to recognize this essential failure
is costing 100% of us an immeasurable amount.
From the outside, it seems like Obama's goal has been to meet with Iran without preconditions, and he's been trying to keep that option alive for far too long. Every announcement has been too tame, too late, and has been overtaken by events by the time he releases it.
Somehow, a debate blunder from the primaries became Obama's big foreign policy goal.
The problem is not doing the exact opposite of his predecessor. The problem is Obama, like George Bush, is reluctant to change course once he makes a decision. Sometimes that can be a good thing, sometimes that turns into stuborn rigidness.
There's little doubt that much of what Obama says and does is knee-jerk rejection of what that other guy did. [To be fair to him though, he's far from alone in his party.]
For example, Gitmo. Bush had detainees there, so it was a bad idea. There has never been a credible plan put forth by any opponent for an alternative. It's always been a bunch of adolescents stomping their feet on the ground and generally throwing a temper tantrum. Only when the adults in the room explained that there isn't a viable alternative and that the American public wasn't about to roll over for releasing them into the US was there any hesitation.
But, again like a stubborn child who refuses to admit that Mom and Dad were right all along, he still insists that he's going to close it by the end of the year and is willing to pay foreign governments hundreds of millions dollars to do exactly what we've been doing ourselves for thousands. That's the spiteful behavior of teenage boy who is bound and determined to cut off his nose to spite his face just to prove to his parents that he's willing to do so.
I've stated it before, and I repeat the assertion: Obama is emotionally a 14-year old boy. He might have gone to Harvard, but educating a boy is no guarantee that he'll become a man.
He's never in his life had to take responsibility for a single decision, and he's literally been handed every opportunity he's ever been given on a silver platter. He lacks the emotional maturity that comes with working hard to get what you want, experiencing failure and having to get back up again, and taking responsibility for his mistakes.
The inability of 53% of the country to recognize this essential failure is costing 100% of us an immeasurable amount.