Thursday, September 12, 2013

Richard Fernandez summarizes the Syrian debacle.

And it's a pretty worrisome analysis.  Even if we could get rid of the incompetent Obama, what are we left with?  The half wit Biden.

Is there any option under the constitution for a recall, and then another election?  Once again, the MSM and their LIV readers saddle America with a burden that will be hugely difficult and indeed dangerous to carry for another three plus years.

As Richard sees it pan out in the Middle East, we will soon see the same all over the world, as everyone now knows it's all up for grabs:


   "Jennifer Rubin writes in Twitter, that “if this were a Little League game the mercy rule would be invoked for Obama”. David Burge, otherwise known as Iowahawk, adds “Putin now just basically doing donuts in Obama’s front yard.”
No, the man known as President Obama left the building after his Syria speech. What’s left in the White House is Barry Soetoro or whatever he goes by now; a shrunken, confused husk surrounded by court jesters, second-rate ideologues and sycophants. And while it may be tempting to gloat at his reversal of fortune, the truth is that the collapse of the Presidency represents the most dangerous moment in America since the September 11, 2001 attacks.
Olympus has fallen. America’s leadership is functionally impaired in the face of a thrusting, fast-moving and possibly brilliant opponent. Of course, the fact that Putin was up against a broken reed made it easier for him. Yet however one may admire Putin’s skills it must be an admiration tempered by fear; of the kind felt by the British 8th Army in the face of Rommel; of the sort with which Gamelin regarded Guderian. Nothing can disguise the fact that Putin is the enemy and America is less than competently led in its contest against him. Something must be done to stem the tide. But by what?
As Lee Smith put it in the Weekly Standard, “Putin didn’t save Obama. He beat him. The United States is being escorted out of the Middle East.” Assad may have just won the civil war against the rebels. And the Iranian nuclear weapon is now probably unstoppable. Alan Dershowitz, that most loyal of Obama’s supporters now understands the truth: Israel is alone.
“I think the Israelis have basically lost trust in the Americans when it comes to Iran. I think this increases the likelihood that Israel will have to go to it alone. What it says to the Israelis is that the president can’t declare red lines and can’t respond to the crossing of red lines.”

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