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Obama and Biden, foreign policy failures

I’ve written many blog posts, op-eds, and letters to editors critical of President Obama’s foreign policy, or lack thereof.  With only his experience as a community organizer and two idle years in the Senate, I’m sure he thought Joe Biden, with his foreign relations committee experience, would help fill this void. Wrong.

Clearly, the current crisis in Iraq reflects their inexperience.

“I am very optimistic about Iraq.  I think it’s gonna be one of the great achievements of this administration.  You’re gonna see 90,000 troops come marching home by the end of summer.  You’re gonna see a stable Iraq that is actually moving toward a representative government.  I’ve been impressed by how they’ve been deciding to use the political process rather than guns to settle their differences.” – Vice President Biden, Feb. 11, 2010

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Vice President Biden displayed a lack of experience when he agreed with Nouri al-Maliki that Iraq had worked its way through the travails and are expressing its peoples’ wills during the Nov. 30, 2011 U.S. – Iraq Higher Coordinating Committee meeting in Baghdad. (Davis Turner/Getty Images)

I was also reminded how Biden failed to get a status of forces agreement there.  On Nov. 30, 2011, speaking before Iraqi and American representatives in Baghdad, Biden talked of its importance. Later he said,  “I will bet you my vice presidency, Maliki (Nouri al-Maliki), the Iraqi prime minister will extend the status of forces agreement.”  I guess nobody took that bet.

During Obama’s campaign against Mitt Romney, he denied his interest in getting the agreement.  Following the 2008 Obama-Biden victory, however, a transition team document on Iraq stated, “Obama-Biden believe it is vital that Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) be reached so our troops have the legal protections and immunities they need.”  It went on to cite that it be subject to Congressional review to ensure it would have bipartisan support here at home. Continue reading →

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Check the spelling

We were told that the five terrorists recently released from Guantanamo in exchange for U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl would be held under house arrest in Qatar for a year.  And, that Qatar’s Emir, Sheikh Tamin bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani assured the U.S. that he would maintain surveillance over their activities.… read more

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Will GOP learn from Brat win?

First, let’s get it straight.  It wasn’t Tea Party financial support that enabled Dave Brat to beat GOP Majority Leader Eric Cantor in the Virginia primary last night as the media has been saying.

Putting it simply, Brat did campaign on principles Tea Partiers and true Republicans stand for – primarily adherence to the Constitution –   not moves to be Democrat-lite, to appear more moderate.… read more

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Obama, staff simply inept

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”The Rose Garden production sticks in my craw – Obama leaving with his arms around Bergdahl’s mother and father.  So touching.  So warm.  So utterly repellent!”  – Richard Cohen, Washington Post columnist

For the past five years I have been writing about a president – Barack Obama, of course – who is in over his head on domestic issues and the economy; national security, foreign policy and on defense.

We have seen his incompetence, lack of judgment, open flouting of the rule of law and the constitution and a disregard for the culture of corruption evidenced within his administration.

The latest Gallop Poll reveals that 74 per cent of Americans express dissatisfaction with the way things are going in the United States at this time, and Real Clear Politics, with its average of all major polls, reflects a 52.5 per cent disapproval of President Obama’s job performance.

Over the past few weeks we have again witnessed his ineptness and that of those around him. With the media showing clips of him promising process improvements for vets dating back to 2008, the president couldn’t pass this off as another phony scandal. Continue reading →

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General Dempsey’s view, “irrelevant”

I seldom agree with Sen. John McCain, but when I heard him say during an interview on Greta Van Susteren’s On the Record show that Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey had “become irrelevant,” I had to double-check what I heard.

Being interviewed regarding the ill-advised Obama deal that freed five top Taliban leaders for U.S… read more

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I’m back … rested and ready

My hiatus was a bit longer than anticipated, but I’m ready to take up where I left off … keeping you informed on issues and individuals you won’t find in your daily newspaper or television newscast.

With the mid-term elections just six months away and the 2016 presidential election already brewing, you can count on me to provide you with my perspective on the campaign front, all while keeping you informed on the scandals of the corruption-ridden Obama administration.… read more