Obama's 100 Days

Courtesy of the White House: President Obama

The Hill: Dick Morris former Political Advisor to Bill Clinton has a look at the Obama ratings after the first one hundred days. The main advice to the President, Poll ratings that high can go down. Thus after one hundred days what is the score card for President Obama, lets start with the good news, the apology tour has gone down well with the American Left. The take over of the banks and the motor industry also goes down well. The USA has entered the same land as the UK in the 1970s when it was the sick man of Europe. Lets see how long those high ratings last. Now lets go to Foreign Policy, the apology tour has not gone down well with Republicans and Conservative Moderates. The President seems to think that nothing in American Foreign Policy matters before he was born. I guess World War 1, the Russian Revolution, World War 2, Cold War does not get on his radar as they happened before he was born. The Presidents needs to say sorry for everything and not to stress what the USA has achieved over the years is somewhat depressing. On Intelligence matters the President has done worse, he has sold out the CIA to get some good press in the Liberal New York Times. It seems that his individual conscience matters more than the security of the United States. Thus lets move on to his active Foreign Policy mistakes, the big one is Afghanistan, the President has sent an extra twenty one thousand troops to the graveyard of Empires. The President should have send the troops to Pakistan. The threat to Western Security is Pakistan, if the Taliban take Pakistan and their nuclear weapons, its a all new ball game. Also the failure to act over North Kora and Iran has shown that Obama is weak. These two countries will be a major threat over the years. Thus it can be argued that Obama has allowed the USA to be liked at the cost of her National Security.

Gordon Gekko is BACK

THR.com: Reports that Gordon Gekko is back, the great villain from Wall Street is back for a sequel. I wanted to be Gekko when a I grew up, " Greed is Good " what a mantra, it was the Reagan/Thatcher Years, money was the new religion and banks the new Temples. I don't think Gekko was meant to be anti hero but he become heroic, he wanted to make money with his smarts and other peoples smarts, what wrong with that!! Sorry was having a flashback to the 80s, will be interesting to see the Gekko at work, okay show him a bit bowed by the International Economy in toilet but never out. Gekko would survive the ice age and try to sell you ice for your tea, it would be tempting.

Say Sorry UN - North Korea

Fox News: Reports that the Stalinist North Korea has demand a sorry from the UN for its mild rebuke or else the Nuclear or Missile testes. This shows how loony North Korea is, but one can see US Liberals arguing for a apology, they are the modern appeasers, in the 1930s it was lead by Neville Chamberlain, the question is will Obama find a way to say sorry, he seems to say sorry for everything else about US Foreign Policy. Lets hope Obama shows some backbone, and is more Reagan and not Jimmy Carter. The present problems in North Korea come from the interference of Jimmy Carter just after Bill Clinton took office. The then young President, was steamrolled by Carter to accepting a a very bad deal with North Korea, of course North Korea broke the deal even before the ink was dry.

Retaken Buner - Pakistan Army

The New York Times: Reports that the Army of Pakistan has stated that they have retaken the Buner District of Pakistan. This is good news, but did the Taliban/Terrorists really fight or just hide their weapons. How many Taliban/Terrorists are in body bags, how many deaths compared to the level of Taliban/Terrorists in the District. Have the Taliban been defeated or have they just left to hide out back n Swat or have they faded back in to the general population. How long can the Army of Pakistan keep control, that was the problem in Iraq, the US won then they left and the Terrorists came back, it took the Bush surge to defeat the terrorists. Lets see about Buner, want more details, want reporters to dig deep, what more on the ground evidence.

The New Threats from North Korea, Nuclear and Missile Tests

The New York Times: Reports on the latest threats from North Korea, the Stalinist North Korea has stated it will carry out a nuclear and missile test if sanctions are not removed. The problem with dealing with a loony regime is this tedious bit, the Obama Administration needs to strike a deal and quick with the bonkers leadership in North Korea, if Obama cant get their nuclear bombs and missiles off the table, Japan will go nuclear. The security of Japan and South Korea are on the table, they have security deals with the USA but looking from South Korea and Japan the better option would be to have the bomb themselves. This would be a nuclear deterrence to North Korea. The problem for Obama is what does North Korea want, Bush and Obama have given North Korea good deals but they have been rejected by North Korea. This will be a tedious long term talks with North Korea, they will play games, go half way and the go back, they get attention from the World because they are part of the nuclear club, would you give up that security. The problem for Obama is that Iran is looking and learning how to play Obama.

UK - 700 Soldiers to Afghanistan

BBC News: Reports that seven hundred new soldiers are being sent to Afghanistan to help out with this year's Presidential Election. The mini increase will mean that the UK has nine thousand troops in theatre. This development is meant to be temporary, but one has to postulate it is easy to send the troops in but getting them out when your in a fire fight will not be easy. The security of the Poll will be tough, the Taliban/Terrorists will try to destroy the process, they will be helped by the fact that they have a safe heaven in the Swat Valley in Pakistan. While the West is increasing troops in Afghanistan the Government of Pakistan has to take on the Taliban, they have to go in mob handed. Other wise the West will have to send troops in to the Swat Valley and the Buner District of Pakistan to remove the threat to Western troops in Afghanistan and to protect the secular Government of Pakistan.