I really can't believe we have to go through this again but here we go.
History does not support Barack Obama and the Democrats criticism of Bush's handling of the Afghan front in the War on Terror.
Obama's plan of redeploying tens of thousands of additional troops from Iraq to Afghanistan to find one man and to quell an insurgent Taliban has been tried and failed miserably for the two Empires that tired that same strategy in the last couple of centuries. As a matter of fact the Soviet Afghan policy helped defeat the Soviet Union and the British Empire could never get a handle on the nation.
That is why the Bush administration's handling of the War on Terror has been so novel and successful so far -- they have managed to do what couldn't be done.
I have yet to see a single policy proposal by Senator Obama, whether it be domestic policy, foreign policy, or the conduct of the War on Terror that hasn't been tried and shown to be historically unworkable. But somehow Obama clings to them as if he can magically transform historically failed (and in some cases disastrously so) policies into modern day successes.
That is a common thread of the modern Democrat. The messianic belief that the same policies that have never worked anyplace and every time they have been tired can somehow be made to work now just because this time Barack Obama is the one implementing them.
Well, it is the policies that are flawed it doesn't matter who carries them out. Trumpeting them as change is either a fraud or a fundamental misunderstanding of history.
Is there no Democrat in politics today with a fundamental knowledge of history that can lend a hand to their standard bearer, for his and all of our sakes?
DKK
Showing posts with label Failed Policies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Failed Policies. Show all posts
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Bottom Line -- Iran And Negotiations
Barack Obama keeps comparing negotiating with Iran to negotiating with the Soviet Union but this is absolutely NOT an accurate comparison.
During the majority of the Cold War our goal was not regime change, at least until Reagan came along and said that it ends, "we win, they loose!" However that is our policy toward Iran.
Iran committed an act of war against the United States when they overran our embassy and held Americans hostage for 444 days (thank you Jimmy Carter). Iran has been a belligerent in the region and in the world ever since.
Our policy toward Iran for years was known as Dual Containment. It was an attempt to keep their influence and revolutionary ideas inside Iran. Iran has long been considered a rogue nation by the U.S. but not by many in Europe, that was until 2005 when it was discovered that Iran had lied to the UN and the world for nearly 2 decades about their nuclear program. At that point many in the world realized we were correct and that something had to be done.
The solution was to isolate Iran until they cooperated. This isolation is an attempt to have the population or some reasonable elements of the government say to themselves, "we have become the pariah's of the world, the whole world is against us, while nuclear power sound good, this Ahmadinejad is making life harder with no end in sight and for no good reason, we are isolated."
Barack Obama would end that all in one meeting!
In one meeting Obama would bolster Ahmadinejad at home. He would be able to tell his people that his plan was working and they were no longer isolated.
In one meeting Obama would undermine the work the United Nations has done, together as one, (you know, that diplomacy thing the left is always screaming about) to pressure the Iranian government.
In one meeting Obama would reinforce Iranian belief that killing U.S. servicemen in Iraq was an effective tool.
In one meeting Obama would tell every nation in the world that we would not stand up to anything they wanted to do -- we didn't have the will to oppose anyone for very long.
In one meeting Obama would let the world know that blackmail was the way to get direct Presidential attention.
In one meeting Obama would tell every one of our allies that have backed us up on Iran that they were fools and they should never make that mistake again.
In one meeting Obama could do more harm to U.S. Foreign Policy then anyone since Jimmy Carter.
If Obama honestly believes regime change or getting Iran to cooperate with World demands and their treaty obligations by halting their nuclear ambitions then he needs tell us that because that is exactly what would happen.
DKK
During the majority of the Cold War our goal was not regime change, at least until Reagan came along and said that it ends, "we win, they loose!" However that is our policy toward Iran.
Iran committed an act of war against the United States when they overran our embassy and held Americans hostage for 444 days (thank you Jimmy Carter). Iran has been a belligerent in the region and in the world ever since.
Our policy toward Iran for years was known as Dual Containment. It was an attempt to keep their influence and revolutionary ideas inside Iran. Iran has long been considered a rogue nation by the U.S. but not by many in Europe, that was until 2005 when it was discovered that Iran had lied to the UN and the world for nearly 2 decades about their nuclear program. At that point many in the world realized we were correct and that something had to be done.
The solution was to isolate Iran until they cooperated. This isolation is an attempt to have the population or some reasonable elements of the government say to themselves, "we have become the pariah's of the world, the whole world is against us, while nuclear power sound good, this Ahmadinejad is making life harder with no end in sight and for no good reason, we are isolated."
Barack Obama would end that all in one meeting!
In one meeting Obama would bolster Ahmadinejad at home. He would be able to tell his people that his plan was working and they were no longer isolated.
In one meeting Obama would undermine the work the United Nations has done, together as one, (you know, that diplomacy thing the left is always screaming about) to pressure the Iranian government.
In one meeting Obama would reinforce Iranian belief that killing U.S. servicemen in Iraq was an effective tool.
In one meeting Obama would tell every nation in the world that we would not stand up to anything they wanted to do -- we didn't have the will to oppose anyone for very long.
In one meeting Obama would let the world know that blackmail was the way to get direct Presidential attention.
In one meeting Obama would tell every one of our allies that have backed us up on Iran that they were fools and they should never make that mistake again.
In one meeting Obama could do more harm to U.S. Foreign Policy then anyone since Jimmy Carter.
If Obama honestly believes regime change or getting Iran to cooperate with World demands and their treaty obligations by halting their nuclear ambitions then he needs tell us that because that is exactly what would happen.
DKK
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Failed Policies Of The Past Are Not Change
The Misery Index currently stands at 8 (5% unemployment and 3% inflation).
Toward the end of the Carter administration, the administration that best reflects the policies Barack Obama espouses the Misery Index stood at 22 (7.8% unemployment and 14.58% inflation).
If Obama wants to link McCain to a third Bush term he better be careful of who he is emulating himself.
I'd take a third Bush term with an 8 on the misery over a second Carter term at 22 any day!
The RNC noticed the similarities and made this effective ad:
Obama is proposing, "change," but his change idea of change is to go back to policies that failed the American people.
Will America vote for a third Carter term with policies that failed, miserably, so miserably in fact that they topped out the Misery Index at it's highest point since 1948?
Toward the end of the Carter administration, the administration that best reflects the policies Barack Obama espouses the Misery Index stood at 22 (7.8% unemployment and 14.58% inflation).
If Obama wants to link McCain to a third Bush term he better be careful of who he is emulating himself.
I'd take a third Bush term with an 8 on the misery over a second Carter term at 22 any day!
The RNC noticed the similarities and made this effective ad:
Obama is proposing, "change," but his change idea of change is to go back to policies that failed the American people.
Will America vote for a third Carter term with policies that failed, miserably, so miserably in fact that they topped out the Misery Index at it's highest point since 1948?
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