No Chair for Mr Craig

The White House announced today that Mr Greg Craig would be leaving his post as White House Counsel. This has been on the cards for weeks, even since a hatched job article by the Washington Post. The reason for the departure is simple, Mr Craig did the one mistake that will cost any White House Aide his job, he placed the President in front of a policy that has not worked as planned. In the case of Mr Craig he had the President state that Cuban Detention Centre for terrorists would be closed within a year, that is not going to happen, thus Mr Craig is out. The President did state the following in a Presidential Statement, " ( Craig ) ensured that we are keeping the nation secure in a manner that is consistent with our laws and our values. (In other words you landed me hit a bit of a political problem, therefore your out!) I’m indebted to Greg not only for leading the Counsel’s office but for his many decades of service to this country as well. (Don't Call us we wont call you) He has been a huge asset in the White House, and he will be missed. I will continue to call on him for advice in the years ahead.” (Just don't write a critical book about me!)

() The Author, more honest in politics than President Obama.

9/11 Suspects face New York Court

BBC News: Reports that Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, KSM the man behind 9/11 will face trial in New York City. On the whole not opposed to the trial as long as KSM and his fellow suspects go to boot hill after the trial. But there are two worrying points, it can be postulated that New York City will face an increase in the threat of terrorists attacks while the Case is in session, it would be to good a PR stunt for the terrorists, also on the political front it could cost President Obama, what if there is another terrorists attack on New York, the people will take it out on the Obama Administration. Thus the above move is risky but as long as security is in place, then its only fair that the terrorists behind 9/11 have their day in Court. Lets be clear the verdict has to be guilty for all of the men, all have to go to boot hill and there has to be no terrorists attack on New York. If the above happens then a good decision by the Obama Administration.

Afghanistan

Mother Jones: Reports on the importance that Obama Administration should give to telling the truth when it comes Afghanistan, other wise you have another Vietnam War complex. So is Obama the new LBJ. The advantage that President Obama has is that he is good on TV, thus if he gets around to sending more troops to Afghanistan he should stand a good chance of selling it to the US voter. In Vietnam President Johnson was bad on the old TV, ( yes folks there was TV even then! even colour ) Johnson made a mistake in the 1964 Presidential Election, he wanted to keep Vietnam on the back burner, with the exception of an attack on the North Vietnam due to an attack on a US ship the President kept Vietnam off the main debate. That the War was going well was destroyed by the Tet offensive of 1968, although the Viet Cong lost the battles they won the war due to TV press perception that the War was a loser. Thus 1968 LBJ was forced out of office by Vietnam, that is the fear of the Obama people, the problem for them is that Obama made Afghanistan the Just War, the war that had to be fought, unlike Iraq. It seems history will have the last laugh on Obama, Iraq has problems but on the whole the USA has won in Iraq. It seems that Obama is heading down a road that leads to defeat for the USA, it seems that Obama well could be the next LBJ.

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A great new site from the National Security Archive, UNREDACTED has the new secrets released by the US Government. There is a great link to the Kennedy Presidential Library, the Library has just released new Kennedy Tapes on the August green light by the Kennedy Administration for the coup against President Diem. As Kennedy dealt with Diem we know see Obama deal with a very corrupt Afghanistan government under President Karzai. If you remove the names the problems are the same, corrupt central government, borders that you cant control, an enemy that hides in plain view, the feeling if you lose it will have a negative effect on the neighbours. This blog has been harsh on Obama because Obama is to smart to allow his own arrogance get in the way of military judgement, but as we have learnt today Obama thinks he passed out West Point at the top of his class. Thus if the leaks are true, Obama thinks there is clear way out of Afghanistan without allowing Pakistan to fall to the Taliban of Pakistan, yes folks he has a lot of YES men around him, in many respects Afghanistan is worse that South Vietnam, Pakistan is a nuclear power, if you lose Pakistan, India will attack the next hour, thus you have a nuclear war in the region, thus folks, lets hope President Obama gets the fact that his own arrogance could destroy his Presidency, Obama should listen to the Generals.

H - Day - Health Care Reform Bill

CNN News: Reports on the developing move to start the health care debate in the US Senate next week. As stated folks this could be your only chance to defeat a bill that is bad on the economics, it will cost a trillion, on the morale side, if your old the government wants you die, if you’re a woman the government wont pay for your abortion. Thus this is your chance to fight folks, if you believe in the United States this is the time to fight city hall, just city hall is Congress.

Afghan HERO Returns - MIA over a YEAR

The Times: Reports that Sabi the Dog an Australian IED detector has returned from being MIA for 14 months in Afghanistan. I have to be honest VIEWS is sucker for this kind of story, but the serious point is that VIEWS trusts the judgement of Sabi over President Obama. This is based on two facts, Dogs are Mans best friend, and Sabi is Australian, at least you can trust our Australian cousins to come to the aid of the motherland; as long as their PM‘s know how to behave around the Queen, they might not jump in the air about it but you can trust them, more than I can say about President Obama. I wonder if Sabi can run in 2012. Again salute for Sabi and their brave human handlers and fellow soldiers.

More DITHERING by Obama - Afghanistan

The New York Times: Reports on the endless meetings on Afghanistan, now it seems that the important decision on Afghanistan will have to wait while President Obama is in Asia, the NYT writes the following, " The decision on Afghanistan won’t come, aides said, until well after the president returns to American soil. " Thus while President Obama gets good PR the troops in the hell hole that is Afghanistan are in limbo, will the advice of their Commander, General McChrystal be the advice that Obama's takes or will he follow the advice of his idiotic Vice - President, VP Biden. If your a soldier in Afghanistan and you are seeing your brothers being blown up by IEDs or shoot at by the Taliban what are you going to think of a President who dithers, will he give you air cover when you need it, or will he take a poll. As stated yesterday Obama is no Kennedy or Reagan, a President sometimes has to take the tough decisions, Obama wants an out of Afghanistan, there is no clean out, that's the point, its an illusion to think that the history of Afghanistan will somehow change just for Obama. Thus if Obama does not send the troops as requested by General McChrystal then the UK should get out of Afghanistan, from the 19th to the 21th Century the UK has spilled to much blood in Afghanistan, if Obama thinks he knows best then leave it, Obama will find history does not move just to suit him, its will be hard lesson for this President to learn, the problem is that the West will have to go through this process with Obama.