Abandoning Our Allies; Losing Afghanistan; Politicizing the Arts; Lying to Seniors

Too many remarkable things happened over the last week to limit my weekly blog to one topic, so I’ll try to cover a number of items here briefly. 

First, President Obama blinked when he was tested by Russia’s Vladimir Putin and by Iran’s Ahmadinejad, and he threw our allies Poland and the Czech Republic under the bus (sort of like he did with his grandmother when it was politically expedient in the campaign last year).  America had an agreement with Poland to place anti-ballistic missiles there, and an agreement with the Czech Republic to place the related radar system there to protect our Eastern (and Western) European allies and our troops in that part of the world.  It would have also protected the U.S. homeland from a possible (and growing more likely everyday) Iranian nuclear missile attack.  Russia has been belly-aching about it and Iran’s nutcase leader didn’t like it either.  So President Obama in a surprise move (although it really shouldn’t be all that surprising) suddenly announced a change in policy, scrapping our commitment to Poland and the Czech Republic.  So at a time when it seems more and more likely that Iran will soon have nukes, we’re abandoning some of our strongest allies, showing weakness in the face of our most challenging adversaries, and making the American homeland more vulnerable to attack, all in one fell swoop. 

Next, to Afghanistan.  During the campaign last year, Candidate Barack Obama and Democratic candidates across the country, (including Steve Driehaus) were saying, in effect, that Iraq was the “bad war” and Afghanistan was the “good war.”  According to them, we never should have gone into Iraq in the first place but we had to do absolutely everything possible to win in Afghanistan, because that’s where the real threat to America was.  President Obama appointed his own guy to head the war effort there (General Stanley McChrystal) and Obama said as recently as last month that “the war in Afghanistan is absolutely essential to American security and is fundamental to the defense of our people.”  Then General McChrystal submits a report to Obama saying he needs more troops and the President buries the report and says he’s “re-thinking Afghanistan.”  So much for doing whatever it takes to defeat al Qaeda, win in Afghanistan, and protect the American people.

Next, also disturbing but at least not an issue of life or death, we find out that the National Endowment for the Arts, which receives millions and millions of our tax dollars every year, is on a conference call with Obama White House staff people and artists around the country “encouraging them to create art to further the President’s goals by promoting the United We Serve campaign and create art specific to areas of healthcare, education and the environment.”  Melanie Sloan, Executive Director of the good-government group Citizens For Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) stated that “this is not what the NEA (National Endowment for the Arts) was created for, it’s not supposed to be helping the President’s agenda… it looks terrible.  It’s inappropriate.”  As a result of this debacle, the NEA’s communications Director, one Yossi Sergant was “reassigned” and Obama White House officials said they are enacting specific steps to make sure it never happens again.  (Because they got caught.)

And finally, senior citizens have been particularly riled up lately because they fear that much of the cost of the Obama/Pelosi healthcare plan will be paid for by cutting their Medicare.  (Obama has denied this).  Well, a story appeared in today’s Cincinnati Enquirer, the headline being BUDGET CHIEF SAYS BILL CUTS MEDICARE.  The story speaks for itself: “Congress’ chief budget officer is contradicting President Barack Obama’s oft-stated claim that seniors wouldn’t see their Medicare benefits cut under a health care over-haul.  The head of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, Douglas Elmendorf, told senators Tuesday that seniors in Medicare’s managed care plans would see reduced benefits under a bill in the Finance Committee.  The bill would cut payments to the Medicare Advantage plans by more that $100 billion over 10 years.”

Seniors are right to fear Obama/Pelosi Care.  Be afraid, be very afraid.

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