Senate Democrats and Health Care Reform

Fox News: Reports on the US Senate's Finance Committee Bill for Health Care Reform, how some Liberal, Centre and Conservative Senate Democrats have not show their hand on the Bill. I will make this prediction that all the Democrats will vote for the Bill, they are still in enchanted with President Obama, as long as the Bill helps main street that is the point, the costs should be lower for customers to buy health care, the Insurance companies should take people on with a pre existing condition, there should not be a cap on the cost of the cover, new treatment cost that is just a fact of life. Also Abortion should be paid for my the Government and Gays and Lesbians should have the same rights as everyone else in the USA who are married or in civil partnership. As to the COST, all US citizens should be me made to pay for medical over, business through tax credit should cover their workers. The US Government should tax the banks to pay for some of this, if they can be bailed out they can pay for the system that bailed them out this time. As to illegal immigrants they should be allowed to buy medical over, its logical in some respects, if they have cover they don't add to the cost to others, if they are not allowed to have cover they cost for US citizens will go up as they will have to cover for illegal immigrants. This blog is not predictable on some issues.

Clinton, Gates on Afghanistan

The New York Times: Reports on the united front of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Secretary of Defence Robert Gates when it comes to Afghanistan, the NYT writes the following, "delivered a one-two punch in favor of a more ambitious approach. " It will be interesting to see how President Obama deals with this split in his Administration, on the one side you have State and Defence who want to increase troops in Afghanistan and then you have VP Biden who is having flashbacks to Vietnam and wants to withdraw troops and hit Al Qaeda bases in Pakistan with drones, even if this could topple the secular government of Pakistan. Every President has a defined moment, this is Obama's, lets see if his judgement is up to par.

13,000 BACK UP for US troops in Afghanistan

CBS: Reports that the Obama Administration is sending out another thirteen thousand troops as back up to his March surge, these troops serve as a back up to combat troops, the cover different aspects beyond combat, they keep the Army in the field. Thus as CBS notes Obama has now sent thirty four thousand troops to Afghanistan. The real question for President Obama is will he send the forty thousand combat troops as requested by the US Commander on the ground General McChrystal. As CBS notes to keep forty thousand combat troops in theatre they need back up, from engineers to cooks, thus your talking a few more thousand US troops on the top of the combat request. If Obama agrees to the McChrystal request then the West will know that Obama wants to win in Afghanistan, if on the other hand Obama follows the Biden advice of taking troops out of Afghanistan and more drone attacks on Pakistan the West will learn that Obama is not serious about Western security, also it would show bad judgment on the people around Obama, and lets be honest here Obama has a track record of bad judgment on the people close to him at one time or another. If President Obama does follow the advice of General McChrystal it would show the American voter that Obama is willing to take on his left wing, and the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize had not made him soft to the security of the USA or the West.