Liberals and Obama

The New York Times: Reports on how Afghanistan has become a major problem for President Obama, the NYT writes the following, " ( Obama ) already faces growing discontent among his liberal base, not only over the war but also over national security policy, health care,.... and other issues. " In other words the Liberal New York Times is not happy, they see Iraq and Afghanistan as Bush Wars, they would rather spend billions on gay rights that defend the United States. At the end of the President Obama might have to tell the extreme Liberal New York Times to take a hike, in fact if the Liberal NYT writes critical stories about him his polls might go up. Afghanistan in some respects is more important than Vietnam, if Obama caves to the left over Afghanistan, his political career will follow the fate of LBJ. Thus as stated this is Obama's LBJ moment but also its a moment of character for President Obama, can he see that the security of the USA and the West is more important than his own arrogance and the support of the left in American politics.

45,000 US Troops for Afghanistan ?

McClatchy: Reports that US Commander in Afghanistan, General McChrystal could ask for another forty five thousand troops after his review of the strategy in Afghanistan. This is President Obama's LBJ moment, in 1965 LBJ sent in the Marines to Southern Vietnam, that was a start of a war that lasted till 1973, the US lost of over fifty thousand USA Armed Forces Personnel and bought down LBJ in 1968. The Nixon Administration ended the War in 1973 but the damage didn't end till 1975 when the last US helicopter left the US Embassy in Saigon with North Vietnam troops at the gate of the US Embassy. Thus President Obama puts in the troops and stays the course or he gets out, but as stated many times in this blog, that is not an option, Afghanistan would fall back to the Taliban/Terrorists, Pakistan would become a target for the Taliban of Pakistan and Afghanistan, Pakistan is nuclear armed power, India might use its nuclear weapons on a weak Pakistan under threat from the Taliban. Also NATO might as well close up shop, it would be shown to be weak, thus Russia might take a chance and start a war with the Ukraine over the Crimea. Lets not forget the invasion of Georgia in 2008 by Russia. Thus President Obama has found his Just War, he has to be careful that it does not dethrone him as Vietnam finished the political career of LBJ.

Voter Fraud in Afghanistan - Part Two

The New York Times: Reports on the alleged voter fraud by President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan, the NYT writes the following, " Mr. Karzai’s campaign is accused of forging ballots, stealing votes and preventing people from going to the polls. " This is very awkward for the Obama Administration, does it allow Mr Karzai to do a Diem of South of Vietnam, in other words fix an election, or does it demand a new election and look like a colonial power wanting to get the results it wants. Also lets not forget that the above runs in to conflict with the New Strategy for Afghanistan by the US Military, building support from the ground up for the Government in Kabul. The idea of the new strategy is to protect the people more than fighting the insurgents, that has always seem odd to this writer, cant the US Army do both, also you will never get a Western Election in Afghanistan, it just depends who can stuff the ballot boxes more, it can be argued that if you have a new election, with a different result the other side will have things that wont pass the smell test. As the article in the Liberal New York Times points out, "... southern Afghan tribe called Bariz... " has changed sides in the election, but the allegation is that President Karzai got his men to stuff all the ballots in his favour. Thus you have tribal politics and corruption, okay its sounds like something out of 20th Century American politics in the 1900's but elections have always been thus, it takes time and lets not get on pedestal, lets recall the 1960 and 2000 Presidential Race in the USA. Thus it can be argued that President Obama should hold his nose and accept President Karzai but make it clear that the Karzai could have the same fate as Diem in less in changes the civics of Afghanistan.

Afghanistan Front News

MOD: Has released the names of the soldiers killed on Monday, the soldiers were " Sergeant Stuart Millar and Private Kevin Elliott of The Black Watch, 3rd Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland " Our thoughts are with their families at this sad time.

Why wasn’t Obama ready for the Town Halls?

CNN: Reports on why the Obama White House was not ready to counter the Town Halls in the Congressional Recess. There is a simple answer folks, Obama own arrogance, every President sooner or later over plays his hand, Obama might be the secular second coming for extreme Liberals but his polls are down to earth. The question is can Obama get beyond his own arrogance, can he do deals with Congress like LBJ and Reagan, can he be a Nixon, his Republican predecessor offered a Health Care Reform Bill to Senator Edward Kennedy but Kennedy again arrogantly turned it down, either because it was not big enough or he had Presidential hopes. It seems that the Nixon offer was more extensive that the Obama plan. Thus can Obama say no to Liberals when it comes to the public option. Can Obama get beyond his own arrogance.

Poll Slide for Obama

Rasmussen Reports: Another bad day in the Rasmussen Daily Tracking Poll for President Obama, his approval ratings have gone down again, yesterday it was at 46%, today its 45% Approve of the Obama Presidency, while 53% have a negative view of Obama. Thus Obama faces a problem when Congress comes back from recess, when a President is down in the 40s% the Congress are not afraid of him, in fact if these are the numbers in the Mid Term Congressional Elections in 2010 the House and Senate members will be having route canal on their teeth if Obama visits their District or State. The Obama White House will have to decide if they want a second term, they either get a moderate Health Care Reform package that Republicans can support with no public option or they push a Liberal Health Care Bill through that makes sure that Democrats lose the Mid Terms in 2010 and Obama loses his re-election mid in 2012. Also Obama faces the problem of Afghanistan, the last two months have been deadly for US troops, the worse death rate since of US troops has been in July and August of this year, Liberal will balk next year if Afghanistan has not turned around, it will take more than a year, but if Obama caves he loses Pakistan and Afghanistan and faces a major threat to the USA. Thus, Obama in his nightmares is another LBJ.

Iran's Con Game ?

BBC News: Reports that Iran is to come forward with a new plan to solve the crisis between it and the International Community due its plan to go nuclear. This is a con folks, Iran wants to prevent tougher sanctions thus new talks. I will promise you this folks, the talks will be tedious and will lead nowhere, and Iran will have the bomb on the last day of the talks between it and the West. Let’s see if the Obama Administration can see beyond its own arrogance and stand up to Iran, this is the time for the threat of War not endless chat. If Obama fails and the UN is not tough on Iran then Israel will have to protect the West from itself, in other words Israel will have to use its military to strike Iran. President Obama will then be faced with the same situation that President Reagan had to deal with 1981 when Israel hit Iraq's nuclear plant and Bush 43 when Israel hit Syria in 2008. Does Obama support Israel or condemn her, it’s that simple folks, his reaction could decide if he is re-elected in 2012.