Obama Continues to Disappoint

When we were engaged defending ourselves from the IRA for thirty years from 1970 there was outrage when it was thought we had operated a policy to kill the terrorists even if they were unarmed. It was clear that there was no such policy but it did not stop the allegations. As to the IRA policy to kill soldiers, policemen and civilians there was condemnation of course but of a muted variety since there was pressure on us to take the blame for the troubles. How things are perceived differently when Bummer Obama carries out a policy to kill terrorists. Bummer murders Osama bin Laden but he doesn't stop there since he has been targeting other al Qaeda terrorists using drones. Bummer's policy is not only immoral it is stupid since it won't be too long before terrorists have drones and the ability to use them to take potshots at him or his successors too. Bummer no doubt believes his macho policy plays out well with his electors but it is the policy of a weak man and will have appalling consequences for the USA in the medium to long term. I am not amazed that the BBC and the Guardian are not up in arms about Bummer's policy to kill. It would be a different story if Bummer were a white Republican President though. I am amazed and disappointed though that the right wing media has mostly given Bummer such an easy ride. Bummer's administration has been frankly pathetic on the foreign policy front having caved in to Putin on the Russian invasion of Georgia and to Kirchner over the Falklands by insisting we enter into negotiations with Argentina. Negotiation means compromise so what would be the point of negotiations where we have nothing over which there can be any compromise. Bummer was pretty lily livered over Libya as well and so on foreign policy issues alone he does not deserve to be re-elected in November. There are other issues which should result in him losing the election, in particular the economy.