The Atlantic: Reports that the Obama White House is now going back to its old message that the President wants a Public Option on Health. I would guess that President Obama wanted to make a deal on Health Care Reform without the public option, but before he could make a deal his own Administration in the shape of Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius let the cat out of the bag. Thus the Liberal New York Times is going up the wall, it can be postulated that the Liberal base is also on the wall. The Obama Administration is a PR mess, what is Obama's policy and has he managed to scuttle his own compromise? Does he have to many Liberals in his own Administration ?
Monday, August 17, 2009
Private Richard Hunt - 200th UK Casualty in Afghanistan
The Times: Reports on the death of Private Richard Hunt, the 200th UK casualty of the War in Afghanistan. There will be more deaths, the UK is going to send out more troops, thus more troops more body bags, its a very simple and hard equation. This is a War we can not afford to lose, Iraq didn't end well for the UK, this time we have to stay put and fight, we have to support our Armed Forces, that means more troops, better equipment from land to air. Also we need to win the hearts and minds of the locals in Afghanistan, they have to understand we wont abandon them as we did after USSR was defeated in Afghanistan with the support of the USA. This is not just about the USA and the UK; its about the future of NATO; NATO can not afford to lose in Afghanistan, if the West leave Afghanistan we will have another 9/11 or 7/7 in the future, thus this is the battle ground for the near future.
Obama vs Liberals over Health Care Reform
The New York Times: Reports on the move by President Obama to ditch a Public Option for his health care reform and the problems this might cause him, the NYT writes, " Word that the public option might be dropped angered many liberals. " In other words the extreme Liberal New York Times is not happy, they would TAX the wealthy at 100% to fund a public option. If Obama can annoy the the Liberal New York Times he just might get a good health care bill, that cuts costs, allows patients and Doctors to use what methods they need, but would allow in the future for those that don't have medical cover to get cover at a lower cost. As stated that is the point of two terms as President, but does Obama have to the will to buck his own base, the Liberal Congressional Leadership and the extreme New York Times.
Public Option on Health, A Deal Breaker ?
CNN: Reports that President Obama might have a problem in selling health care reform without a public health option, Liberals in Congress might balk at this level of compromise. Just spotted a report on Fox that stated that the White House is backtracking on the comments by the Health Secretary yesterday that the Obama Administration would support a health care reform without a public option. I thought there was deal folks, it seems that Liberals are going to be a hard sell in Congress, does Obama have the will and the power to bring his liberal base with him, this really could be the test of this Presidency, is he willing to buck his own Party to get health care reform.
Afghanistan Front News
MOD: Has released two of the names of the five soldiers killed over the weekend, the soldiers were, " Private Richard Hunt from 2nd Battalion The Royal Welsh and Sergeant Simon Valentine of 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers " The MOD has also released a statement on the death of three soldiers from " The 2nd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers " that were killed on Sunday morning. Our thoughts are with the families of these brave soldiers.
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