So let me make sure I have this straight…
The Obama administration is now fighting in Libya on the same side as Al Qaeda, and instead of days or weeks, the operation is likely to last months. So Obama has a choice between abandoning the operation now and letting Ghadafi declare victory over him and America, or he can stay there, defending the organization that toppled the World Trade Center, in a quagmire that his people claim will stretch on well into presidential election season?!
I don't think that's worth the American blood that it might cost, but it’s almost worth $4.50 a gallon for gasoline.
We on the right expect leftists to fail. It's what they always do. That's why they always (and I mean ALWAYS) claim that it will be "different this time". But this is really breathtaking, even for Obama. He's literally going to shepherd America from it's role as the single superpower, down to a point where a 4th rate African tough guy can either defeat us, or make us look like a bunch of fools.
If he keeps up at this rate, then the Republicans will be able to nominate Glenn Beck for president, and he'll still get elected. They can nominate Jacki Mason, or Rush Limbaugh, even Pope Benedict will have half a shot. And that's really saying something because he's not even American.
This has got to be one of the greatest political flame-outs of modern history. And every bit of it done with the press firmly in his pocket - so it's not a question of spin.
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Even though it won't happen until this evening, I thought I'd give you a little window into Obama's press conference on this topic tonight.
1. He'll say "as I said before" or "as I've repeatedly said before" dozens of times - but what comes after that will all be things that he's never actually said before. But the press corps won't challenge him on it for fear of being called racist. He could stand there and say "As I've said before, I'm a little teapot, short and stout." and the press corps would nod quietly as if he's finally solved cold fusion. (The follow up question will be about his coming Nobel prize in Physics.)
2. He'll say "there is no reason to believe that Al-Qaeda is involved in this conflict." There is... and it's documented. But since he's provided an official talking point, no leftists will believe it anymore. If any other political difficult topic comes up he'll simply deny them as well. "Mexico is not on our southern border, water does occasionally run up hill, and the laws of addition and subtraction are not absolute." The next weeks will show all of those claims quoted as scripture in the Washington Post opinion piece.
3. He'll talk carefully about what a big meanie Ghadafi is, even though he hasn't made any real trouble for America in years. In fact, in the rats next that Mideast Arabian politics, he's actually been fairly benign compared to the real problem areas like Iran and Syria. Even the Somali pirates have made more trouble for us. [I'll shed no tears when they string him up, but I don't personally think it's our job to do it - especially on behalf of Al-Qaeda.]
4. After the fact, there will be much talk about the talk. His base is getting increasingly sick of his trying to 'seem' centrist. his idea of triangulation is to claim to being a centrist while doing left leaning things, and then claiming that he isn't actually doing them, while taking credit for the results. The 'new open-ness is really all just a big game of 3 card Monte.
5. Quoth Obama: "It's different this time."
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