Posted by
Eric Jay on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 5:00:00 PM
It wasn't enough for the Obama Administration to ban the use of 'Global War on Terror,' tossed for the politically correct 'overseas contingency operation, now Obama is reluctant to use the term 'victory.' Oh, Heaven forbid if we were to expect victory in the continuing global war. The war in Afghanistan may have ended for the United States but both al-Qaeda and the Taliban have continued in their quest to retake the country; the Taliban want certain victory so they can take over the government, returning to the status quo ante, whereas AQ just wants to kill the American infidels.
On ABC News last Thursday the president made the following comment:
This is from the Commander in Chief, the man ultimately responsible for protecting America, the man in full charge of the Armed Forces. If victory is not the goal, then what, pray tell, is? If his point is that one cannot negotiate peace with "nonstate actors" what he says is somewhat understandable. It is not the best phraseology to be using when that very 'nonstate actor' will forever use the quote as a recruiting tool.
For a guy who is supposedly the smartest guy around, whose prose was to bring about peace (his speech in Egypt(?)aimed at Iran had no great effect either), he has almost as much a penchant for gaffs as his vice president. The imbroglio that his rash comments regarding the Cambridge police (oh, sorry, he "calibrated" to make it clear that he was referring to 'police' in general, not much better) caused took center stage all weekend and any other 'news' was bumped to the third page. This is a very important matter to understand the president's thinking, as:
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"...we are at something of a crossroads in Afghanistan. The toil, tears, sweat — and especially blood — have increased of late.
As a result, public displeasure is on the rise in Britain, Canada and Germany, which with their tens of thousands of troops are taking part in the U.S.-led coalition — the kind of coalition, by the way, that liberal Democrats consider absolutely vital before fighting wars against terror states.
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This is another example of what some might call 'on the job training.' President Obama does not seem to have a grasp of how to run, manage, let alone, lead this country at a time in which we face an enemy that is intent not only on destroying the United States (and her allies). I shudder to think of the consequences of a major attack on the homeland. This is an enemy bent on eradicating freedom, liberty and, yes, the pursuit of happiness. Another goal of our enemy is to establish a new Caliphate. I wonder if the president has an inkling of the magnitude (not to mention its patience) to which our enemy will go to meet its goals.
We are now seeing the ill effects of the on the job training. An article by Fred Barnes, "
Know-Nothing-in-Chief
There's no evidence Obama has even a sketchy grasp of economics," is worth a read.
Elections have consequences and, unfortunately, the election of 2008 is no exception. I pray that the ill effects are not irreversible.
I leave you with the following quotes, the first is from IBD's article and the other is widely known:
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"You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word. It is victory. Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terrors, victory however long and hard the road may be — for without victory there is no survival."
~Winston Churchill, 1940 to the British people
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We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm.
~George Orwell
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