Al Qaeda on the MOVE in Iraq - 2nd Term Blues

Telegraph: Reports " Al-Qaeda seizes Iraq's third-largest city as terrified residents flee

Militants storm northern city of Mosul, freeing thousands of prisoners, as Iraqi army retreats and prime minister asks parliament to declare state of emergency "

Lets Get Real:

The Obama Oval might want to declare that the War on Terror is over, but it has failed to understand one point, it takes two to agree, since Obama has entered Office, we have seen the secular revolt in Syria become a religious  revolt, the winner of that has been Al Qaeda, and the Assad Regime, while the revolt in Syria has allowed Al Qaeda to grown back in Iraq, the feed and support each other, this is down to the failure of President Obama to lead.   All those deaths in Syria and Iraq are down to the NO ACTION of the Hamlet of the Oval.  The lack of action is taking a policy stand, it is that simple. 

Hillary Clinton Memoir - Reviews are IN

CNN - Politics: Reports the following reviews of the Clinton Memoirs as Secretary of State, " How many ways can political reporters, pundits and book reviewers write that Hillary Clinton's memoir "Hard Choices" is devoid of salacious details or titillatingly news? Many, apparently. "

Lets Get Real:

This blogger is still waiting for his copy of the book, but it looks like the VERDICT is in, its a wet blanket, its a safe PR book, keeps the Clintons options open and does not offend any one they might need for 2016 or if they get back in to the White House.   it lacks the sharp verdicts of the Gates book, well then it can be argued that Robert Gates thinks his political public career is over and he does not need to care what others think, while Hillary Clinton has to be careful before her 2016 run.   One has to assume that one will get the real Clinton story after her public career is over, either she wins or loses in 2016, if she wins the events of today will have lost the interest of the public, but there will be other Clinton scandals, that is part of the Clinton record.   Fun political times ahead. 

Hillary Clinton and Benghazi - The 2016 Race

Guardian: Reports " Clinton says inquiries into Libyan gun battle that killed US ambassador are spurring her to run for White House "

Lets Get Real:

If you think that Benghazi IS the reason that Hillary Clinton will run in 2016 your to far gone for this blog, your a mindless LIBERAL.   The ONE reason that Clinton might not run is because of Libya.  While the Clinton book will be supported by the liberal press the agenda is not in the control of Clinton or the press in many respects, there is House Select Committee that will bring Hillary before it, lets see how she really copes under pressure, it might come to  a choice defending herself or throwing Obama under the bus, lets not be fools here, we know the Clintons, if it means that Bill and Hillary are back in the Oval they will what ever it takes, even if it means sending Obama to join Jimmy Carter as one of the US's major failures as President.   The liberal press will try to cover for Hillary, but there is Fox News and the House, they could still cause major damage to the Clintons, this story is far from over, its long time in till 2017. 

The Destruction of Iraq AFTER the Iraq War and the US Leaving - Middle East

BBC News: Reports " Iraq's prime minister has asked parliament to declare a state of emergency, after militants took control of the northern city of Mosul. "

Lets Get Real:

This is what happens when the US does not lead, by 2009 the Bush 43 military surge had done the trick,  it had gotten Iraq on the road to peace after years of terrorist attacks, then President Obama entered Office on the IDEA that Iraq was the BAD War and the noble War was Afghanistan,  the problem with that idea is that it was rubbish, what the Oval managed to do was turn a winning War in Iraq in to a losing War, while increasing troops to Afghanistan and then stating it would leave in 2014, this meant that the terrorists in both Afghanistan and Iraq won by default, the US left left Iraq after 2011 with no troops in place to protect the gains of the Bush surge, while the Afghan Taliban increased attacks in Afghanistan to create the image that the US was been driven out of the Country like the old USSR and the British Empire in the 19th Century.   Lets hope the new President in 2017 understands the importance leadership. 

The Memoirs of Hillary Clinton - NYT Book Review

The New York Times: Has the following review of the new book by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, " The book itself, however, turns out to be a subtle, finely calibrated work that provides a portrait of the former secretary of state and former first lady as a heavy-duty policy wonk. "

Lets Get Real:

Thus the pre roll out of the 2016 Hillary Clinton run for the Presidency, she makes it clear that she wanted ACTION over Syria but President Obama played his Hamlet role out  to perfection, on the trade off of five terrorists for one US hostage in Afghanistan the Clinton camp has made it clear that it set the bar higher when Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State, in other words she would have opposed the deal.    On Iran the Clinton Camp has made it clear it has doubts on IF the right deal can be made with Tehran, a deal that keeps the Jewish vote happy with Democrats in essence.    The Clintons will throw Obama to the political lions if meets getting them to the Oval, one does wonder IF President Obama understands how ruthless the Clintons can be, they make Chicago pols look innocent. 

Hillary Cllinton vs. President Obama on Syria - Clinton and 2016

Guardian: Reports " Former secretary of state convinced arming moderates was best way to turn tide against Assad but was overruled by Obama "

Lets Get Real:

If the Obama Oval gets any lower in the polls the Clintons will make sure that any merit of the Obama Administration goes to Hillary Clinton and any  negative results will be down to the Hamlet of the Oval.   If its a choice of between Hillary Clinton in the Oval in 2016 and throwing Obama to his critics then the Oval should expect no mercy, this is the last chance for the Clintons, they will use the political knife on any one in their way, VP Biden is lucky in some respects that NO ONE sees him as a real rival, if he even thinks of running the Clintons will cut his neither regions off, they are going to WIN the Democratic nomination no matter what or what it takes, this is the rebirth in their view of the Clinton Era. 

Afghanistan Assassination Attempt - Afghan War

BBC News: Reports " The front-runner in Afghan's presidential election, Abdullah Abdullah, has survived a suicide bomb attack targeted at his convoy in Kabul. "

Lets Get Real:

Thus the Taliban are making their presence felt in the 2nd round of the Afghan Election, it seems that the Assassination attempt was a real but also worked as a warning to the new President, you might get elected but the Taliban will be the real power in Afghanistan after the West leaves.   Lets see if this makes a difference in the next Afghan President agreeing for US troops to stay in Afghanistan after 2014.   Once the US and the West leaves in full by 2016 one can see Kabul falling to the Taliban and the West will have gained nothing and learned noting from Afghanistan.