The Taliban Claim TERROR attack in Kabul - 2nd Term Blues

Guardian: Reports on the murder of three US Contractors and one wounded and a Afghan Soldier, the article notes the following, " The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack on Thursday saying a militant infiltrator had carried it out. "

Lets Get Real:

The Taliban can wait out the Obama Administration, they have one PR aim, to make it appear that they chased the US out of Afghanistan as the forefathers had done to the British Empire and the USSR.   The Obama Administration is keeping troops in Afghanistan as it does not want the image of the Taliban walking in victory in to Kabul.   Thus the Obama mistake of not keeping troops in Iraq means that he has to keep Kabul and Afghanistan secure for the new President and US forces.    If Obama lost Iraq and Afghanistan his legacy in World history would be BAD, you do not get reviews if your weak, just ask Jimmy Carter. 

Scandal - Pentagon back Channel to Gaddafi - 2nd Term Blues

Fox News: Reports " Pentagon officials were so concerned with then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's push in 2011 to back Libyan rebels against Muammar Qaddafi that they opened their own back-channels with Qaddafi to try and prevent the U.S. from entering the civil war, according to a report that cited newly uncovered audio tapes.  "

Lets Get Real:

If this story is confirmed its a major scandal, you can not have the Pentagon running its own foreign policy because they do not like what their political leaders are doing.   From the article it seems that President Obama left the problem of Libya to Hillary Clinton, the Clinton State Department was pushing for action, while the Defence Department did not want to take military action.   The new Republican Senate should drag in Hillary Clinton and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs to discuss what the Defence Department was up too, this blog supported US action in Libya, that is not the point, you can not have the military cutting the bridge under the US Secretary of State. 

Keystone XL pipeline Passes the US Congress - 2nd Term Blues

BBC News: Reports " The US Senate has passed a bill to approve the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, sending it to President Barack Obama's desk for a likely veto. "

Lets Get Real:

One can expected President Obama under pressure from the green lobby to veto this Bill, that is good for the Republicans in the long term, they can showcase a White House driven more by a political agenda than good Government.   The Republican Congress should pass bills that force President Obama to veto, then in 2016 the Republican nominee can say that the Congress with Republicas and Democrats passed bills only for the to die on Obama's White House desk.   As these bills go down the drain the Obama poll numbers should also go down. Thus 2016 is starting to look good for Republicans.