The Oval and Russia - 2nd Term Blues

The White House: Has the following statement from the White House Press Secretary on President Obama's visit to Russia for the G-20, " Following a careful review begun in July, we have reached the conclusion that there is not enough recent progress in our bilateral agenda with Russia to hold a U.S.-Russia Summit in early September.  We value the achievements made with Russia in the President’s first term, including the New START Treaty, and cooperation on Afghanistan, Iran, and North Korea.  However, given our lack of progress on issues such as missile defense and arms control, trade and commercial relations, global security issues, and human rights and civil society in the last twelve months, we have informed the Russian Government that we believe it would be more constructive to postpone the summit until we have more results from our shared agenda.  Russia’s disappointing decision to grant Edward Snowden temporary asylum was also a factor that we considered in assessing the current state of our bilateral relationship. Our cooperation on these issues remains a priority for the United States, so on Friday, August 9, Secretaries Hagel and Kerry will meet with their Russian counterparts in a 2+2 format in Washington to discuss how we can best make progress moving forward on the full range of issues in our bilateral relationship.

The President still looks forward to traveling to St. Petersburg on September 5-6 to attend the G-20 Summit. ".

Lets Get Real:

What is the point of going folks, this blog will bet that Putin will try to pull something that makes Obama regret going, he might get Edward Snowden to demonstrate outside the meeting, something that even the loyal Obama press will have to cover, or he will get Snowden to leak even more secrets, yes folks you get the idea, never play on someone's pitch if they can cause you political problems, this is the Obama ego getting in the way of reality, the White House should have called off the trip,. really show how the Oval is NOT HAPPY, also place sanctions on Russia, yes folks, the Russians will make Obama look petty and not a gracious guest, snubbing the Russian President will add popular support for Putin, yes folks its that bad a mistake.  Typical Obama, such a clever fool. 

Obama the HAWK and Russia - 2nd Term Blues

Fox News: Reports that President Obama has cancelled a meeting with President Putin of Russia at the G20 because Russia has granted political asylum to the US traitor Edward Snowden. 

Lets Get Real:

The Oval should not even go to Russia, think about this folks, Russia has granted asylum to one of the worse traitors in US history, lets get very real here, the secrets that Snowden took out of the US has been looked at by the Russians and China, it has been a field day for Russian and Chinese Intelligence, lets recall Putin is KGB, once KGB, always KGB, he enjoys poking his finger in to eye of the Oval, he knows Obama is weak, he knows he can be rolled, when you get in to the trenches Obama does not have that morale backbone, do you see JFK or Reagan going to Russia for such a meeting IF Snowden had happened under their watch, like hell, thus the Oval can not bear the thought that there could be  a G20 meeting without him in the picture, yes folks, ego, always ego with the Oval.   That is why Obama is so easy to read folks. 

The THREAT in Yemen - 2nd Term Blues

Telegraph: Reports the following from Yemen, " Yemeni authorities say they have foiled a major al-Qaeda attack, designed to bring the country's oil exports to a halt. ".

Lets Get Real:

Thus that has to be asked, with the US closing down its Embassies in the Middle East and Africa, and with the Government of Yemen thwarting a major terrorist threat, IS THE ALERT OVER ?  Folks the alert is NEVER over, IF this was the terrorist threat that was picked up by US intelligence the next terror threat is being planned, hell this threat could even have been a test run by Al Qaeda in Yemen to see the US reaction and to see its own security leaks.   On the other hand the Yemen threat could have been a diversion for a major terrorist threat in the Middle East, Africa or even Europe.  One can not discount a threat to the US homeland.  Thus folks lets hope the NSA has its ears up, checking ALL information, its doing its job, hat off to the NSA. 

The US/UK and Yemen - 2nd Term Blues

Guardian: Reports the following from the Coast of Yemen, " ..a Navy-Marine Corps amphibious-ready group of approximately 5,000 troops and provide the US with something of an insurance policy should an attack occur  ".

Lets Get Real:

The US/UK should ask the Government of Yemen that it request that the US and the UK send in Special Forces to take out the Terrorist threat to Yemen and the West, it would be better to have the troops on the ground ready to take out a threat that having to react to Yemen becoming a Al Qaeda State, this would be a major threat to the West.  It shows how powerful how Al Qaeda in Yemen has become, the mere threat of terrorist attack has the US and other Western States closing down their Embassies and Consulates, the Oval has to get a backbone and be ready to place troops in Yemen, the US left will go bonkers, the Oval can not lead from behind as in Libya, the Oval is the Leader of the West, time for the Oval to find his inner cowboy and ride to the rescue of Yemen and the West, with the use of special forces. 

US Special Forces for Yemen - 2nd Term Blues

BBC News: Reports that the US is preparing to send in US Special Forces to take out the Al Qaeda threat in Yemen. 

Lets Get Real:

Finally the Oval is doing something right, drones are good, but sometimes you need boots on the ground, you have to take risks of body bags, to take out Al Qaeda you have to go after them from houses to caves.   The US has closed Embassies in North Africa and the Middle East, this looks like weakness, it gives the impression that Al Qaeda has the US on the back foot, it also makes the Oval and the US look weak, the Oval has been stating for years that Al Qaeda is finished, well folks it does not look like that, the core of Al Qaeda has moved from Afghanistan to Pakistan and Yemen, they have created a new franchise structure, one that is harder to take down with just drones, time for the US to move troops from Afghanistan to Yemen, time for the US to take the fight to Al Qaeda, the War on Terror will take decades folks, its not over because of a Oval speech.