Obama and the IRS - 2nd Term Blues

The White House: Here is the latest paper statement by the Oval on the IRS scandal, " The President was briefed this afternoon by Secretary Lew and Principal Deputy Commissioner Werfel on today’s report. The President appreciates the effort put into reviewing operations within the IRS, and most importantly, making sure that agency moves quickly to restore the public’s trust.

As the President has made clear, the misconduct identified in last month’s Inspector General report is unacceptable. He will not tolerate inappropriate behavior in any agency and the President believes that IRS personnel must operate with absolute integrity, fairness and neutrality.

The President believes Principal Deputy Commissioner Werfel’s report is an important step in ensuring accountability for any staff that acted inappropriately, identifies the failures in their systems that allowed the misconduct to happen, and takes a forward-looking systemic view at the agency’s management.  The Administration is committed to making sure the IRS continues to reform itself with the goals of providing the highest quality service and reflecting the principles of fairness and neutrality.  ".

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Quite funny and cynical by the White House, as stressed in red above by this blog its down to the  " systems that allowed the misconduct to happen, and takes a forward - looking systemic view of the agency's management ", therefore the Oval has decide that is the system fault first, not a people fault, the same people running ObamaCare, the IRS scandal has gone quite of late, so has Libya, press investigations and the State Department, lets see if any of them has legs, to keep a story current and in the minds of the people the Republicans have to have more people before Congress, even better if they take the 5th.  The Republicans have to recall that the liberal press are not their friends, the liberal press will try to divert to any other story, so keep the heat on the Oval Republicans, this is THE Chicago political mob, there is always something there, unlike POTUS, there is no there with Obama, there never was as Berlin shows, and his failure to get Hong Kong and Russia to hand over Edward Snowden shows how weak Obama REALLY IS, a weak US President gets rolled by its enemies, just look at Jimmy Carter. 

Obama's Berlin Speech - Review

Telegraph: Here is a review of President Obama's Berlin Speech, following in the steps of President Kennedy and President Reagan, the article notes the following, " Barack Obama bombs in Berlin: a weak, underwhelming address from a floundering president ".

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Thus folks the Obama " Star Show " is over, 2nd terms never go well, just ask Nixon, Reagan, Clinton and Bush 43, but the BIG BUT when talking about Obama's speech is the fact that Reagan had gone through Iran - Contra in late 1986, and then a Congress started hearings, that did not stop Reagan from being Leader of the West, he demanded that President Gorbachev, " .....if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization: Come here to this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall! "*  The 2nd Obama Term is going through its scandals, from Libya to the IRS, and a few other in between, the Obama of 2013 is not the Obama of 2008, a weak President is a weak leader, the US needs another Reagan in 2017. 

* “  Remarks on East-West Relations at the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin June 12, 1987.” The Public Papers of President Ronald W. Reagan.  Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.

Obama's FAILURE on Afghanistan - Afghanistan Update

Guardian: Reports the first attempts for talks between the US and the Afghan Taliban, the article notes the following, " Afghan government anger at opening of Taliban office in Qatar leads US to suspend plans to attend talks  ".

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Advice to the Oval, when POTUS gets back to the Oval has really has to sit down and work what he wants to do with Afghanistan, the news that the US was to start talks with the Afghan Taliban looked good at first, but then the Afghan Government threw a wobble and the US has had to back down, the Afghan War was the War that Candidate Obama wanted to fight, it was the GOOD WAR, going after those that had killed three thousand people in New York in 2001.   But there is a difference between being a Candidate and President, the War is not popular, it has cost to much in US lives and in US money.  The US Voter wants OUT of Afghanistan, thus this rush to start talks before all the dots had been connected folks, with the Taliban and the Afghan Government.   After 2014 the Oval can not afford for the Taliban to take over Afghanistan, this would look like Vietnam all OVER AGAIN, Obama does not want to be seen as another LBJ, when one thinks of the Johnson Administration one thinks of Vietnam not the Great Society, one has to give some credit to the Oval for getting out of Iraq, even if there was no agreement on a post war stay for the US, thus the present problems, in Afghanistan Obama does not want to be in the Oval and see people feeling on the last helicopter as was the fate of President Ford in 1975.    The US should get OUT in 2014, leave a shaky Government and make it known, that should Afghanistan become a threat again, the US will nuke them, be very clear on that, the powers never win Afghanistan, its just how much damage the Powers suffer before they get out, time to get out of Afghanistan folks. 

South Vietnam ALL OVER Again!! - Afghanistan Update

BBC News: Reports that President Karzai  of Afghanistan has accused the Obama White House of breaking US word when it comes to dealings with the Afghan Taliban.

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This is not new folks in US Foreign Policy, in 1968 during the US Presidential Election the Republican Nominee Richard Nixon got the South Vietnam Government not to attend the Paris Peace talks, he promised they would get a better deal with him, in 2008 then Candidate Obama wanted to fight the good War in Afghanistan, well by the 2nd Nixon Term the Government of South Vietnam was hung out to dry with the Paris deal of 1973 that removed US troops and left the S Vietnam Government with no defence to counter the Army of North Vietnam.  Thus in 2013 President Obama has sold out Afghanistan, and as the article notes the President Karzai has refused to carry on discussion about the US  presence in Afghanistan after 2014, this is VERY GOOD news for the US, it will allow the US to get out, and not leave a force that could come under attack from the Taliban and Al Qaeda, the War in Afghanistan is loss folks, its OVER, the US and its NATO allies are leaving, those that have supported the Western action should think about getting out, once the Allies are out the Afghan Civil War will start, the US it can be postulated will keep drones in Pakistan, they can be used to take out any threat, thus this action by Karzai might be benefit to the Oval and the US, its not high politics folks, its CYA, and this time the Chicago politics of the Oval is right, still dirty pool but right folks for the US and the West. 

Obama's waffle over Syria - Syrian Update

The Weekly Standard: Reports on remarks by President Obama when it comes to Syria and taking action, the President Obama stated the following, " ..it’s kind of hard for you to understand that the complexity of the situation and how we have to not rush into one more war in the Middle East... ".

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One has to say President Obama sounds like UK Foreign Office civil servant who has no backbone for taking action and is trying to talk others out of taking action, but in this case the decision is down to President Obama, he said red lines, he was not forced to say it, then it took pressure from the UK/France and Assad winning on the ground for the Oval to move, and what has the Oval done, NOTHING, small arms will not cut it, the Oval is worried, it has sent anti missiles defences to Jordan and Fighter Planes just in case the Syrian Civil War brings down the Kingdom, while Lebanon faces going back in to Civil War, while the killings in Iraq have started to go up again after the US left in 2011.   If the Oval wants to gain anything from the mess that is Syria, it will have to lead, it can not be UK PM Cameron and French President Hollande, Syria is to BIG, thus its down the OVAL, so will the Oval carry a big stick or lead from behind, those that follow are not leaders, and history is not kind on that kind of weakness folks. 

Is Putin throwing Assad under the Bus ? - Syrian Update

Guardian: Reports the following from the G8 when it comes to Russia support for Assad of Syria, the article notes the following, " Vladimir Putin may allow Assad to go if power vacuum in Syria is avoided ".

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One has the suspicion folks that a secret deal has been struck between the US/UK and Russia, Assad out, the Assad Regime stays or one that is not a threat to the Russian interests in Syria, this is just a suspicion folks.    The Oval has to do something, it has Israel breathing down its neck, it has Iran looking one, if the Oval is weak then the Iran might just go nuclear under the perception that the Oval will not follow through, thus AN Israeli strike and a regional war folks.   Also the Oval should worry that that Israel might take a negative view of the Oval staring direct talks with the Taliban, in other words the US is cutting and running, if your Israel can you trust the word of President Obama.   Everyone outside the Oval knows that the talks are just PR for the Taliban, while the Oval thinks they are real, thus the move of the Oval to have endless talks with the Iran over its nuclear plans, even after Iran has told the Oval to get lost so many times.   Everything is connected folks, from Afghanistan to Syria, and they scream weakness and fear by the Oval, Obama is no JFK or Reagan. 

The Taliban Lie - US Deaths in Afghanistan

BBC News: Reports that 4 US Soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan after the US announced talks with the Afghan Taliban. 

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Thus folks, US and UK Soldiers will carry on being killed for WHAT, its over, the Taliban can keep the Obama Oval happy by having pointless talks but also keep their internal PR going by killing Allied troops in Afghanistan.  One has to ask is the US seeing what it wants to see, as Bush 43 and the Bush Administration saw when it came to Iraqi Intelligence before the War, it has to be recalled that there are various factions of the Taliban, they have to keep to their internal support, thus they might talk but they also from their internal position with these groups and Afghanistan culture have to take the fight to the enemy, that being NATO in this case, thus folks the word of the Taliban is fools gold, but then Obama has a habit for doing this, he has problems with allies but gives the enemies of the US the benefit of the doubt, some people never change folks, and the bubble of the Oval makes that ego even more out of control.  Thus more Allied deaths to come folks, what will POTUS and PM Cameron say to the families of those that die now, what was the point folks, so SAD.