Wednesday, March 03, 2010

Since becoming president Mr. Obama has lived up to the jibe Nobama in that he has done nothing. Guantanamo is still open. His attempts to try inmates in civilian courts has collapsed. His attempts at bipartisanship resulted in the loss of the seat held by the Kennedys for over 50 years which means that the Democrats cannot now override filibuster in the Senate. The Healthcare plan is probably dead. His plan to set up a body to regulate banks is unlikely to pass. His overtures to Iran have resulted in Iran expediting uranium enrichment and are closer to building a nuclear weapon. His kowtowing to China only resulted in China sending a junior level official to shout at him in Copenhagen, akin to a shoe being thrown a Bush. His middle east peace effort has not prevented Israel's Mossad sending a team to suffocate a senior Hamas official in Dubai. His entire effort in office seems to be geared towards winning a reelection in two years' time. With that in mind he is withdrawing troops from Iraq and wants to start withdrawing troops from Afghanistan. For that to happen he has to fake a victory and he has roped in Pakistan for the charade. In an attempt to bribe the Pakis he is supplying them with 18 F16 planes, 1000 kits to upgrade their bombs into smart bombs, night vision goggles, drones and a lot more military hardware. The Pakis are hardly likely to use these against their own creation, the Taliban. Instead these will be transferred to the border with India and maybe even used against us. So what is the Congress doing? They have recently allowed the Paki Foreign Secretary to come to India for talks. The least these spineless worms can do is to postpone Obama's visit to India scheduled for later in the year. They should privately tell him to push off. But for that you need a spine and be a patriot.

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