The Nightmare of Afghanistan and Pakistan for President Obama

Time: An excellent article on why all options on Afghanistan and Pakistan are bad for you new Obama Administration. The War in Afghanistan cant be won but it can be lost either, the return of the Taliban/Terrorists to control of Afghanistan would be a constant nightmare for the USA and the UK. The question is how to prevent a Western Defeat in Afghanistan, thus you return to Pakistan, Pakistan is a failing state if not a failed state. The Government of Pakistan is blaming India for the recent Terrorists attacks in country. There is constant tensions between Pakistan and India, they are both nuclear armed powers, they would rather blame each other than deal with their own internal problems. In Pakistan the the Intelligence Service is to blame for the growth of the Taliban/Terrorists, it funded one of the groups to attack India, now that group is terrorising Pakistan. The Government of Pakistan has moved troops from the badlands of the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan to the border with India. Thus the Taliban/Terrorists can have safe heavens to develop their terrorist plans. If Pakistan was to fall to the terrorists, all the Obama grand plans for a new Great Society Mark Two would go through the window. Thus what Obama does about Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran will define his Presidency. Read of the Day.

GM Bust ?

Fox News: Reports that General Motors has revealed that it could go bust. Let it go bust, this is money down the toilet, lets help the workers train for new employment, refresh their interview skills and their CV's. The Obama Administration has to say No sometime, or else the entire US Car Industry will become like the UK Car Industry in the 1970s, another form of welfare. The UK was the sick man of Europe, it took the arrival of Lady Thatcher to turn the UK around, as in the USA it needed President Ronald Reagan to return the USA back to is prosperity.

Health Care, Obama and the Great Depression Mark Two

The New York Times: Reports on the lessons learned by the Obama White House on the Universal Health Care Plan of Hillary Clinton in the 1990s. The one lesson they have not learned is not do it, when your in recession/great depression you need to create jobs, when you pander to the left you don't create jobs, you lose jobs. One thing about Bill Clinton, he understood that if you flush the economy down the toilet you don't get re - elected. That is why Obama will lose in 2012. The President has started to believe his own press releases.

Hillary Clinton Tough on Iran

The New York Times: Reports that the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton has had some tough words for Iran, she has accused Iran of being a bad actor in the region. As stated in this blog, Hillary Clinton is not going to be the fall guy for the Obama Administration when it comes to Iran. If Obama wants to talk to Iran and expects the Clintons to open the door for him he will have a long wait. The Clintons will push Obama through the door before they go to Iran. Also these harsh words on Iran will block those in the Obama Administration who want to talk to Iran without conditions, its a very foxy move by the Clintons. Obama made a mistake in allowing the Clintons back in to power, and it is the Clintons, Bill and Hillary. Also allowed them to appoint the Staff at the State Department, thus he does not have own people over at State to keep any eye on the Clintons. If Obama is not careful he will find that the Clintons are running Foreign Policy and he is just the front man for their views on the international system. Iran is a major problem, sooner or later and sooner it can be argued Iran will define the Obama Presidency.

India a Terrorist State ?

Telegraph: Reports that Pakistan has accused India of being behind the latest terrorist attack in Pakistan. When looking at Pakistan one has to ask why would Pakistan blame India, on the one hand if they have actual proof then that would be one reason, on the other and the one I think is factual is that Pakistan is trying to divert attention from the fact that Pakistan is a failed state, worse a failed state with nuclear weapons. The Appeasement of the Taliban/Terrorists in the Swat Vally has not done Pakistan any favours. The Terrorists are coming close to destroying Pakistan, and what makes it worse that a group developed by Pakistan Intelligence to fight India has come back to bite it on the backside. The problem with diverting attention to India is that India is a nuclear power, tensions are bad already between Pakistan and India, sorry but India and Pakistan have to grow up, the West will not allow nuclear armed powers to behave like ASBO Nations. The diversion of attention to border between India and Pakistan means that Pakistan will place less troops on the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. In other words the Taliban/Terrorists have a free hand in the badlands of the border. It is time that the Obama Administration felt the collar of Pakistan, tell them to grow up, control their Intelligence Service, fight the Terrorists and stop appeasing the Taliban/Terrorists.

What an Honour, Not Worthy Kennedy!

The Times: Reports on the honorary Knighthood for Senator Edward Kennedy, the Lion of the US Senate. This is a disgrace and Gordon Brown should be ashamed of himself. Kennedy might very ill, but what about the family of Mary Jo Kopechne, the RFK Campaign worker that drowned after a car driven by Kennedy went off the road and in to the water at Chappaquiddick in 1969. A reading of the material from the incident seems to indicate that the Senator phoned his political aides first and then the authorities, it has been alleged that Ms Kopechne could still have been alive in air bubble in the car while Kennedy was more worried about his political skin. THIS IS A DISGRACE OF THE FIRST ORDER. I would have supported JFK or RFK to hell and back but not Teddy, he is the black sheep of the family, being a good liberal does not mean you are above the law, or that your sins don't matter because your a Kennedy.