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Obama The Drama
BETWEEN BULLOCKS & CHICKENHAWKS
By Colonel Eugene Khrushchev
Despite the monumental snow job by the White House to carefully craft and spin the image of the US president as cerebral & aloof ‘no drama Obama’, his modus operandi has generated a pileup of smoldering snafus in domestic & foreign policy.
The dolorous drama for Obama was, that ‘hiding from behind’, he outsourced his presidential prerogatives in world affairs to Clinton clan consiglieres and bushwhacking Tampa-centric generals. But that was then, and it’s never again!
The three musketeers
The White House nominations of John Kerry followed by John Brennan and Chuck Hagel to man the State Department, CIA & DOD, if they survive piranha pack PR attack and sail unharmed through Congress crucible, would be nifty tour de force to install US foreign policy tight triumvirate.
In the ensuing fracas around the candidates for top posts at Langley and the Pentagon, the question – who pulled it off, POTUS or Veep – is not as obvious as it might seem to be.
The king and the cardinal
Yes, Barak Obama brought Joe Biden on board, but it was The Bidenator who had the prescience and cojones to fight an uphill battle against the surge malarkey in favor of counter terrorism light footprint in Pakistan &Afghanistan.
Back then it was a forlorn solo mission: Ol’ Joe was ridiculed by COINdinistas and sidelined by the rookie Appeaser-in-chief who, after 3 month of sit-on-the-pants ‘analysis’, caved in and, to avoid the accusations of being soft on defense, tripled US boots on the ground in the ‘war of necessity’ in Afghanistan.
Obama’s aversion to military escalation was palpable even before he moved to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, but that decision contrary to his instincts could be explained if not justified on 2 grounds:
- It granted the top brass the last chance to play & prove the COIN remake.
- The evolving Commander-in-chief got enough breathing space and political clout to come up with his Plan B for tactical or even strategic adjustment of US power projection.
Before it transpired that Pentagonesque surge in Afghanistan was fundamental & irreversible fubar, the president had already made up his mind about Plan B, shifting his bets from stick-in-the mud counterinsurgency to agile & mobile air cavalry of counterterrorism.
The vice president didn’t have to say ‘I told you so’, having won the most valuable ally at the White House and another nom de guerre, The Un-Cheney, along the way.
Since then it was only a question of time to conjure up two-step plot for two: first, to purge the foreign policy triad – diplomatic, intelligence & military establishment – from the irreconcilables (consider it done), and second, to recruit ‘a few good men’ to do the right thing (remains to be seen).
It was a clever ruse that could be attributed to The Chess Master, to put the howling hyenas off the scent after a lonesome lady (don’t worry, she’s safe, sitting pretty at the UN) to secure a trouble free confirmation for the 1st team member of the foreign policy troika to lead the State Department.
However, it would take deus ex machina to get Congressional unqualified high five for CIA & DOD nominees. If it does happen, it will be US foreign policy royal flush.
Whether it will to be used wisely or abused foolishly, one way or another herein hides the second-term drama for the new old president Obama.
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Posted by Col. Eugene Khrushchev on Jan 16 2013, With 0 Reads, Filed under Editor, Politics. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. Both comments and pings are currently closed.
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As long as vested interests hold so much political power we will be involved in war after war until America is completely exhausted and collapses upon itself.
Those vested interests:
Israhell and its agents in America: AIPAC, ADL, SPLC, JDL, and former PNACers still bleating and whining about attacking Iran.
The military industrial/security complex, which threatens to destroy liberty and freedom.
Corporate oil and banking interests.
All of the above are controlled by jews.
All of the above have vast amounts of money to pour into Washington making the government which pretends to be a government of , by and for the people, one of the most corrupt governments in the world.
Not to mention the corrupted child molesting politicians who have infested D.C.(District of Corruption) selling themselves to the highest bidder like the whores they are, actually most whores have better morals and ethics than congress.
No, I don’t see either Hagel or Brennan getting the nod. I would love to see Hagel get the position but as for Brennan, I’ve read too much about his attitudes towards the Constitution( all negative) and the Bill of Rights( again all negative), so I personally don’t trust him.
As long as israhell controls America’s middle eastern policy why should it not exercise its control of the nominating process? After all America is israhell’s truest friend no matter how many times israhell fist-f***s america in the a**.
Am I just being anti-semite?
I think you’re right about this one…… the agenda was given to Obama. Question is, will he fight it, pretend to fight it, enforce it, pretend to enforce it or go all the way?
I’m going with with WIMP. some conscience, no courage and a huge desire to be “accepted”…. i.e he’ll do whatever he thinks will be in HIS OWN best interests.
. “Whether it will to be used wisely or abused foolishly,”
Enjoy your popcorn and soda while you can, this is just an interlude to catch a breath, Once the new actors are in place the show will continue, and its not going to be wisely acted out, but will be abused foolishly once again.
America how many time do you need to be kicked in the head before you realize your down.