Barack Obama is The Bizarro Reagan - anything that Reagan would have done, he will do the opposite. The sense of U.S. floundering, confusion, and lack of spirit has done nothing but embolden our enemies. Obama seems to have a special gift for antagonizing friends.
Check out the comments on the article -- a great example of the appeasement mentality sweeping Western Europe.
by Nile Gardiner
As 2010 draws to a close, the United States faces a world that is ever more dangerous, with the looming spectre of a nuclear-armed Iran in the Middle East, a resurgent and increasingly aggressive Russia in Europe, a rising totalitarian power in the East in the form of China, a malevolent rogue state in North Korea, and the global threat of Islamist terrorism. Yet Washington seems almost passive in the face of these huge challenges, with an administration whose focus is overwhelmingly upon domestic politics, and lacking any coherent long-term vision in maintaining America’s place as the world’s superpower.
Last week The Times of London summed up the fears of many US allies in an editorial on the passing of veteran diplomat Richard Holbrooke, when it lamented America’s lack of leadership in the face of its competitors:
America today is arguably less convinced in its moral mission than at any time in the past century. This unease spreads to its natural allies worldwide. As global power shifts, and other growing economic powers learn to flex their might, the West appears increasingly uncertain in its occasional role as the world’s policeman.
The Times makes a strong point. With Ronald Reagan you knew clearly where America stood, and it what it stood for, with the key goal of building up America’s military might, and defeating the Soviet Empire. More recently under George W. Bush, the presidency had a twin strategy in foreign policy of advancing liberty across the world, while waging war against al-Qaeda and its backers.
With Barack Obama there appears to be no great moral cause which drives his foreign policy, no overarching strategy for enhancing American global power, no concept of a global war against Islamist militants, and no desire to strengthen America’s defences. In fact Obama’s approach to international affairs is the exact opposite of Reagan’s. It is based upon a naïve belief that America’s enemies can be won over through “engagement” rather than confronted with maximum strength, and that US security can be advanced by making major concessions. Obama’s extending the hand of friendship to Iran, and his drive to sign a New START Treaty with Moscow which gives the Russians a say over America’s missile defence plans are perfect examples.
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Read the rest here: Barack Obama is the anti-Reagan of U.S. global leadership: the president lacks true grit in the face of America’s enemies
On a lighter note -- enjoy these two Islamic Rage Boy videos
hat tip- The Nose on Your Face
“Violent Night”
Islamic Rage Boy sings “Infidels” (Jingle Bells)
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The Brit’s can see that START isn’t in America’s best interests, but the Senate Republicans can’t. That says a lot, doesn’t it? How many Republicans voted for that? 11? There are 11 Senators in need of being primaried out. Of course, on of them is the cunt Murkowski. I wonder how much the Russians paid her for her vote? We all know what she is. I just wonder what the going rate is…
@ Iron Fist:
She’s from Alaska, so maybe she can see Russian payoffs from her house…
buzzsawmonkey wrote:
Now that is funny!
This lame duck congress is proving to be one of the most dangerous ones ever.
@ Iron Fist:
Dude. Iceweasel’s watching.
@ buzzsawmonkey:
Apparently. Both of my senators voted for the damned thing as well. I hope their pension is good, because I’ll be voting against them in the Primary. I think Corker is up in 2012, and Alexander in 2014. I despise them both. Corker only won because the Democrat he was running against was a crook.
snork wrote:
At least he did not tell Murkowski to **** herself sideways!
@ snork:
That scares me. You don’t know where those eyes have been
Iron Fist wrote:
What is it about Tenn. Republican Senators (Baker, Alexander, Corker) that makes them go soft?
@ Iron Fist:
Actually, Murkowski was primaried out.
Heh, watching O’s news conference. Mike Emanuel w/ Fox wished him “Merry Christmas”…..
zero hates America so much he can’t help himself.
He has a vendetta against this country and has sold us out at every opportunity.
O just said that his administration “has done more for border security than any other”. WTF? He just puuls this stuff out of his ass!
@ MacDuff:
True, but the People of Alaska (Donks and squishies) like their Pork. It’s a damned shame that there aren’t going to be any earmarks anymore…
Iron Fist wrote:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/Iceweasel_Logo.png
Iron Fist wrote:
Ted Stevens a perfect example.
@ Speranza:
I don’t know. Frist was only OK, but Thompson was really good. I wish he’d decided to make a career of the Senate. But if he were the kind of man to actually do that, he probably wouldn’t be the kind of man I’d wish would do it. That says something about DC, doesn’t it?
Adams was right in saying our system was for a moral and religious people. Once they get in they can pretty much do what they want, whatever they can get away with. Now the citizens have to keep an eye on them. If or when they ever all get on the same page, if you think we’re getting screwed now…
@ snork:
IceWeasel…
@ Speranza:
Impotence?
mjazz wrote:
I really think we’re about to turn this thing around; move away from the precipice. She’s a big ship with lot’s of tonnage, and she doesn’t turn on a dime, but a new course has been initiated.
Iron Fist wrote:
It’s called “Potomac Fever”.
I forgot about Bill Frist.
@ mjazz:
LOL!
mjazz wrote:
I was hoping nobody would jump at that pun opportunity.
Speranza wrote:
It was low hanging fruit.
citizen_q wrote:
It was a batting practice pitch waiting to be belted.
MacDuff wrote:
Did zero frown and say Happy Ramahanakwansmas?
OT: Males and females are actually wired differently! Who knew? Yeah, I knew, but it’s interesting anyway.
Amarillo, Texas: Census figures show change in demographics
Across the country, about 60 percent of growth in the last decade came from births and 40 percent from immigration, said Robert Groves, director of the Census Bureau.
chickadee wrote:
Actually, he replied with “Merry Christmas”. Weird conference, he spent some time defending Gitmo; I’m sure if W was watching he would have agreed with every word – he basically said that those sombitches are in there indefinitely because they’re dangerous, no plans for trials, civil or military.
Nice!
1/3 of British Muslims favor Violent Jihad.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1340599/WikiLeaks-1-3-British-Muslim-students-killing-Islam-40-want-Sharia-law.html#ixzz18rZMHseU
The EDL is needed now more than ever
chickadee wrote:
mjazz wrote:
Hmmm. Not a good balance, we need to turn down that spigot for a while.
mjazz wrote:
and most of the births were from the immigrants already here
The Osprey wrote:
Funny stuff! Thanks, I didn’t get the joke….
MacDuff wrote:
I’m sure the Secret Service had a chat with him in the hallway afterwards.
Can’t have that sort of hate speech being spread during a nationally broadcast press conference…
@ MacDuff:
I can hear the heads exploding as I type.
chickadee wrote:
That’s exactly what it looks like from here. It’s not the opposite of Reagan, it’s the same as third world/Euro America-hating socialists and Marxists. Another thing. I would guess that the average Congress Critter gets his/her news from the same news outlets as the average American. i.e. they only have a censored and lame liberal press view of the world.
@ MacDuff:
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mjazz wrote:
The One and Flotus look exactly like they have been sucking on lemons.
A very sad bit of off-topic news, possibly even worth of a brief note on DoD…
“Dennis the Peasant”, probably the very first human on the planet to peg Charles Johnson (amongst others) for the worthless asshole he is, is closing his blog doors by New Year’s. One of the handful of sites I checks almost daily. He will be missed.
http://dennisthepeasant.typepad.com/
@ yenta-fada:
I knew you were coming/
@ Iron Fist:
For me, the shocka was Alexander and Corker voting Yea. In case anyone’s interested in the breakdown, here’s the Roll Call.
MacDuff wrote:
Yes, the PEOPLE have initiated a course correction, but the fucking Political Class Marxists Ruling Elitists are doing everything in their power to change the course back again.
@ Mike C.:
selrahC will definitely jack off on that news.
@ yenta-fada:
A picture is worth a thousand words. They both look like it’s the last thing they feel like doing.
mjazz wrote:
lol lol!
@ doriangrey:
They’re doing everything in their power to sabotage the steering mechanism.
@ doriangrey:
Did you hear that nitwit Gilibrand this morning, patting herself on the back for ramming that stupid 9/11 healthcare scam through?
She said that the Dems had “gotten the message” from the election, which was that the American people wanted Congress to “do something,” rather than just talk about stuff, and that this was their response.
I think she had a bad connection if she thinks that was the message…
mjazz wrote:
Hey come on, give the man a break, destroying a country is damned hard work, especially when half the country not only refuses to help but insists on opposing their own destruction. You just know it takes all the joy of Christmas when that happens…
@ Doppelganger:
It’s exponential.
If we cannot get even the newly elected GOP’ers to follow through with the mandate they have been given then may I suggest that the next step be an organized tax revolt. For most of us that starts with filling your W2′s with lots of dependents and then not even bothering to send in a 1040.
Can WE do it?
1) It has to be massive civil disobdience — fill the jails style.
2) We have to hold on. Some of us will lose their homes and savings.
3) This is serious. Once this starts it can’t end until we win. If Congress won’t choke the monster, we are obligated to do so.
I know — bold talk for a one-eyed fat man but we need to start putting the fear in them.
“Christmas with Clarence” (Darrow) Some progressive American history
http://spectator.org/archives/2010/12/21/christmas-with-clarence
The Osprey wrote:
LOL, I love that video. Thanks for posting it.
Ramahanakwansmas . . . . . . .hahahaha
@ lobo91:
Fox showed Jon Stewart getting all ticked off saying “Just ****ing do it!” Don’t study the issue at all, just do it?
unclassifiable wrote:
IMHO, when the real economic crisis begins (sorry, but we’re ALL insolvent) there will be rioting in the streets and it will be spontaneous and ugly. But you guys know that.
Heh,
Stats for today:
Blogmocracy & DoD: 598 comments
LGF: 308 comments, and pretending the open registration is a lucky event!
MacDuff wrote:
Look how fucking PC that “science” is. Given a stick, boys will pretend it is a gun, knife, or sword. I know this on account of I once was a boy. No word as to what this “scientist” was as a child…
@ doriangrey:
I am astounded by what Obama got away with by giving up a few vacation days in Hawaii. Seriously, did they all just want to catch a plane ASAP, the country be damned?
mjazz wrote:
They were discussing that last night on Hannity. There’s no actual evidence that any of this is needed, and there were no hearings. They just pulled a number out of thin air.
And nobody can explain the “urgency,” either. 9/11 happened 9 years ago. Surely a few weeks to actually study the bill won’t make much difference.
@ Mike C.:
To do that justice, you’d need to link to some of the DtP CJ posts. If you can find those in particular, one of the DoD ops would be happy to put a thread up.
mjazz wrote:
Glad to see that Jon Stewart is now a political adviser and commentator. /
@ yenta-fada:
Know what works well when there’s a riot?
A riot gun. Which is why there’s one in my closet…
@ Doppelganger:
That’s a very interesting piece you linked. Some key parts, if I may:
First, it’s pretty clear that this administration has already written off the Brits and are now focused upon the ne overlords:
Furthermore, it clearly outlines the deplorable work ethic of the Mohammadens and pretty much explains why Britain is in such bad economic shape:
Yeah, as though these beasts are even capable of being “engaged”, geez.
And again, the Brits are written off and the administration has clearly decided to “engage” the Muslims directly. What could go wrong?:
That’s just great; we choose to “engage” a shiftless bunch of barbarians who are our sworn enemy while undermining our closest ally. Just another day in the Obama administration.
Bagua wrote:
DoD has been rising steadily, and typically gets 5000 hits a day. Not bad for a quick-and-dirty blog that was basically set up as a joke.
Well crap, the rain is back, and with a vengeance…
Doppelganger wrote:
Only 1/3rd? I suspect that figure is a low ball one.
Speranza wrote:
He’s the main source of news for the average Obama voter.
That fact really makes me fear for the future of this country…
@ snork:
That’s hilarious, more real hits than the LGF it is mocking… and no pop up adds. Heh.
@ Doppelganger:
The other 2/3 are engaging in taqiyya and kitman…
@ Speranza:
He should run for President, he has a lot of good ideas.
lobo91 wrote:
You blog pimp.
//
doriangrey wrote:
Don’t drink Crappy Bear.
@ lobo91:
This is what you need for a riot. A couple of them, even…
snork wrote:
I think they’re still in his archives, although at one point he did mention the possibility of just dumping them because he was bored with the whole thing.
At the very first meeting of what later became PajamasMedia, there were three people in attendance – Roger Simon, Charles Johnson, and DtP.
MacDuff wrote:
Which shows that the aggressive equalization of the sexes favored by the Left is…wait for it…unnatural and unsustainable. Given the Left’s fixation with forcing human beings to be “more in touch with the natural world” (frankly, trying to make human beings more like animals) and engaging more “sustainable” forms of living, it would seem that the Left is going against its own prime directives.
Of course, consistency has never been a Lefty strong point.
Macker wrote:
So will Debbie Schlussel and Pam Geller (two of his favoirte targets – he refers to Pam as “Pammycakes”).
snork wrote:
OUCH… thanks for rubbing it in snork, my pool little invisible blog has been up for a year now and just passed 6000 hit’s for the entire year…
@ Iron Fist:
I can just imagine how heavy a loaded 100 round magazine for my M1A would be…
Bagua wrote:
CJ is out troll and sock puppet hunting.
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lobo91 wrote:
You are right. Read Jason Mattera’s book “Obama Zombies”.
Bagua wrote:
Well, he is going to have to take the shackles off Ludwigged Out von Quack Quack.
He could double the posts with all his nonsense.
mjazz wrote:
So do I but I would not vote for me.
Iron Fist wrote:
Not bad, but for a riot what you need is one of these…
doriangrey wrote:
People like to throw tomatoes at clowns. That’s why the loss of Ludwig is going to hurt in the long run.
@ MacDuff:
aka “beating the system”
I thought we were done with meddling in other countries personal affairs?
Speranza wrote:
“Be vewy, vewy quiet…I’m hunting twolls…”
chickadee wrote:
Ludwig’s been in the small box for so long, he’s going to end up like McCain. Well, actually, he was there before they put him in the box.
buzzsawmonkey wrote:
Hah! The man really leads an empty life. He now says he has a new program that detect trolls and sock puppets even better. OOOOh Charlie get a patent quick!
@ yenta-fada:
That’s not blog pimping.
This is.
buzzsawmonkey wrote:
Heh heh heh if Chunkles were really serious about banning troll he would ban himself…
Speranza wrote:
What’s Santa going to leave in his socks?
snork wrote:
I still expect to find out he is out on a ledge some where drooling quotes from Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn.
snork wrote:
He’s gonna drop it off in Ory-gon and let KKKillgore hold on to it.
Speranza wrote:
It’s all full of artificial intelligence and that kind of shit.
snork wrote:
Leia has a suggestion…
@ lobo91:
@ Iron Fist:
@ yenta-fada:
A riot is an ugly thing.
@ doriangrey:
Free Ludwig!
snork wrote:
If so, that would be the only sort of “intelligence” associated with that site…
lobo91 wrote:
Politics aside, he really has a bunch of dummies there (lawhawk excluded).
RIX wrote:
“…with your purchase of any Ludwig of equal or greater value.”
lobo91 wrote:
Your blog looks great.
And Leia is adorable in her outfits.
@ mjazz:
Who added the s? That was supposed to be idea.
@ chickadee:
Thanks.
@ lobo91:
What’s a riot gun?
Speranza wrote:
Ludwig! Don’t do it!
mjazz wrote:
Short barreled, high capacity shotgun.
@ Iron Fist:
Those are legal?
@ mjazz:
Do we need wikileaks to tell us that the U.S. is busy empowering Muslims? (Except Afghanistan and Iraq where we are empowering hand-picked Muslims) Oh, and in Washington where they are empowering hand-picked Muslims. Wait, I’m confused./
buzzsawmonkey wrote:
He is worth half the price.
@ lobo91:
What’s high capacity?
mjazz wrote:
They’re illegal in some states, but they’re legal under federal law.
mjazz wrote:
That would be kind of a relative term, but more than a typical hunting shotgun.
My Mossberg holds 8 rounds, plus one in the chamber.
@ yenta-fada:
No matter what you tell them, people just won’t get it.
lobo91 wrote:
This is turning into the guy form of a ‘shoe thread’. Except throwing shoes is Islamic disrespect, while shooting people is maximum disrespect.
mjazz wrote:
Amazing the human capacity for utter denial, isn’t it?
@ yenta-fada:
I think shooting someone with a high quality weapon like that is very respectful.
@ unclassifiable:
@ Speranza:
I don’t know why he needs a new program. He tpically just relies
on the voices in his head.
lobo91 wrote:
Ummm. Okay then. Nice to see that you are in a “helping” profession.
@ mjazz:
The 100 round mags? Yep. The Second Amendment is a lovely thing…
Did someone mention shoes?? /
RIX wrote:
His computer skills are rather average.
NoThreat2U wrote:
Is that you Imelda Marcos?
@ Speranza:
Why yes it it
RIX wrote:
Shouting “Gloria?”
@ Speranza:
Less than that. He was only making a living at it because we had well more than full employment in the computer field. I doubt he’s making any money at it now.
Speranza wrote:
But he has other skills. He has a brilliant science mind, a fine
legal mind, a great military tactician, the nations foremost race
detective & champion of Islam.
buzzsawmonkey wrote:
A golden oldie.
Speranza wrote:
I still don’t understand why lawhawk still wants to post on that blog.
RIX wrote:
Let’s not forget an intrepid fighter against “bad Craziness and wing-nuttery”.
@ Lily:
I suspect …
Lily wrote:
I think is because he is treated with a lot of respect as sort of an intellectual Brahmin. I noticed he never gets involved in hurling invective.
@ Speranza:
And the sacrifice he makes by enduring the creepies
Iron Fist wrote:
The web design business that he and his brother ran must have tanked and that is why he has time to sit all day on his blog and beg for people to purchase crap from Amazon (toilet paper?) via LGF.
waldensianspirit wrote:
His single handed struggle against trolls, whackos, fanatical creationists (Kirly lol), socks, ungrateful lizards (Cato the Ogre, LVQ, Irish Rose, Honorary Yooper,MandyManners) et al is admirable. ///
Someone mention Gloria?
Speranza wrote:
Probably so. But most of the people who posted with are gone now…only the new ones.
Lily wrote:
Which prompts me to dredge up this number from earlier in the year:
Pamela
—apologies to Laura Branigan and “Gloria”
Pamela, you’re always on TV now
Talkin’ ’bout radical Islam, Charlie wishes it was he now
Once he had a blog to boast of, before it dissolved into jelly
He’s obsessing ’bout his lost love, weasels gnawing at his belly
There’s no reason to remember, he’s part of a past that’s dead
Yet the voices in his head are calling, “Pamela!”
Pamela, isn’t it appallin’?
To see your old blog mentor, and to see how far he’s fallen?
You don’t have to answer
Leave him hangin’ on the line, oh-oh-oh, moaning “Pamela…”
Pamela (Pamela), the media have got your number (Pamela)
They keep on calling (Pamela) as you drive the imam under (Pamela)
There’s no reason to remember, Charlie’s of a past that’s dead
Yet the voices in his head are calling, “Pamela!”
A-ha-ha, a-ha-ha, Pamela, you have earned some reknown
Even as your former mentor is now regarded as an assclown
He calls you a “shrieking harpy,” but it’s obvious he’s jealous
You wouldn’t trust him with your car keys, and he has nothing more to tell us
There’s no reason to remember, he’s part of a past that’s dead
Yet the voices in his head are calling, “Pamela!”
Pamela, isn’t it appallin’?
To see your old blog mentor, and to see how far he’s fallen?
You don’t have to answer
Leave him hangin’ on the line, oh-oh-oh, moaning “Pamela…”
Pamela (Pamela), the media have got your number (Pamela)
They keep on calling (Pamela) as you drive the imam under (Pamela)
There’s nothing you need remember, Charlie’s of a past that’s dead
Yet the voices in his head are calling, “Pamela!”
(Pamela, Pamela, Pamela, Pamela, Pamela)
(Pamela, Pamela, Pamela, Pamela, Pamela)… [fade out]
@ buzzsawmonkey:
LOL! As usual excellent Buzz!
@ buzzsawmonkey:
You forgot to work in Charlie’s favorite term “shrieking harpy”.
Speranza wrote:
No, I didn’t. Reread the lyrics.
buzzsawmonkey wrote:
I just did. Thanks.
@ buzzsawmonkey:
Charles should be referred to as The Braying Hyena