East Ukraine Crisis Update - New Cold War 2

BBC News: Reports " Russia has 9,000 soldiers and 500 tanks, heavy artillery and armoured personnel carriers in eastern Ukraine, President Petro Poroshenko has said. "

Lets Get Real:

This is the ONE crisis that keeps this blogger awake, Putin pushes and pushes, and the West does nothing.   The Russian air force invades West air space and is causing problems and worry for the Baltic States.  IF the Russian rouble goes through the floor the Kremlin might decide that a crisis with the West is in its best interest, thus support Russian locals in the Baltic States, or cause problems on the Polish border.   Putin so far has taken the Western sanctions and caused worry, what if his job and life are on the line, Putin might go to far, this Russian bear has its claws out and is after what he can get, keep an eye on the Ukraine, this is a major developing story. 

How WILL History rate President Obama - 2nd Term Blues

The New York Times:  Reports on the outcome of the President Obama's State of the Union speech, " ..coming off a midterm election defeat that handed full control of Congress to Republicans, the president faces long odds in actually enacting his agenda and in essence is trying to frame the debate for his remaining time in power and for the emerging 2016 contest to succeed him. "

Lets Get Real:

This State of the Union speech is about 2016, the Oval Office knows that since VP Biden wont be the Democratic nominee he wants some influence with Hillary Clinton as the nominee.    FAT CHANCE, there will be only one ex President that gets the ear of Hillary Clinton if she is the nominee, yes the Big old dog himself, Bill Clinton, if the Clintons are in power President Obama can sing for supper or any influence with the Clintons, when you call someone a racist and its Bill Clinton expect political revenge served cold.   Also as stated as the economy returns the old left wing argument for taxes will have less power, the very success of the US economy could thwart the Obama Agenda.   

The Political Reality of the SOTU - 2nd Term Blues

Telegraph:  Reports on the outcome of the State of the Union speech, " Although Mr Obama knows his plan has almost no chance of becoming reality, he hopes that the Republicans' opposition will at least put them in the politically uncomfortable position of being aligned with America's millionaires against working families. "

Lets Get Real:

For once the Oval Office is making a big mistake, its allowed its ideology to over take facts, the US economy is coming back, thus expect the unemployment rate to go up, as before millions had stopped searching for work, thus with the economy returning there will be people want to get rich or least pay for the week with a job.   If by 2016 the US economy has come back to pre 2008 levels this populist attack on the rich will look old as will President Obama with his white hair.   That is the problem when your run your White House like its the campaign, you govern in prose as a Democrat once said.  If the economy does come back the middle class will not support tax hikes as they know that the rich wont pay them and the burden will fall on them, thus bad strategic move by the Oval Office. 

The Next WH Chief of Staff - Please - New War on terror

Guardian:  Reports " White House chief of staff: Paris unity march snub 'rests on me'..In response to backlash over President Obama’s absence from the 11 January march, Denis McDonough takes full blame for the gaffe "

Lets Get Real:

In other words the veto came from the Oval Office and Mr McDonough has fallen on his sword to protect President Obama, someone should have said to the outgoing Chief of Staff that POTUS would not have done the same for him, that goes for any President.   In the fact the Obama White House is doing something normal for once, its is shielding the President, that is the job of the White House Staff, they can be sacked and thrown in jail as long as the President is protected.    Of course the Paris snub means that McDonough has used up his nine political lives and must go, the Obama Oval needs someone that IS NOT afraid to to tell truth to power, time for regime change at the office of the White House Chief of Staff. 

IS Update - Hostages Threat - New War on Terror

BBC News:  Reports " Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has condemned an apparent threat by the Islamic State group to kill two Japanese hostages. "

Lets Get Real:

This is the latest outrage by IS, they are demanding two hundred million dollars for two Japanese hostages, the PM has made it clear that no such deal will be made.   The US and the UK special forces should try to find the hostages and get them out, setting a time limit of 72 hours on the demand gives one the impression that the terrorists have watched to much 24, they are building up the tension, placing extra pressure on Tokyo.    There is no dealing with terrorists, the IS have to be destroyed root and branch, the West might not have three years to win this WAR, IS is producing its own currency, its getting its members young and thus creating a next generation terrorist.   Time is short the West has to win this WAR. 

IS Update - New War on Terror

Telegraph: Reports " Islamic State fighters mass on Lebanon border and threaten to launch attacks across it..Exclusive: How Islamic State fighters have been training new recruits close to Lebanon – and could launch cross-border attacks "

Lets Get Real:

It would be a nightmare for the Obama legacy if in its term in Office the influence of IS extended from Iraq via Syria to Lebanon.   The air power alone plan of the Oval is not working, a incursion by IS in to Lebanon would bring Iran in to the mix, while the Oval is trying to get a nuclear deal with the Tehran and keep the US Senate from passing new sanctions on Iran.   The US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs any day soon will be back in the Oval Office to tell the President that more US ground troops will be needed in Iraq and special forces for Syria.   The bombing of IS has not stopped them from gaining ground, the US is sending million dollar missiles to take down trucks or groups of terrorists.    There is a limit on this and its value, the US needs ground troops in the Middle East. 

US bugged North Korea - North Korean Crisis

BBC News: Reports  " The US knew North Korea was behind the Sony Pictures hack because it had secretly infiltrated the country's computer networks in 2010, according to the New York Times and Der Spiegel. "

Lets Get Real:

The Obama Administration needs to come down hard on those that leak the above information, they are damaging US national security.   It seems someone at the NSA thinks they should cover to the NSA, as to show the NSA knew about the Sony cyber attack but did not think that it required the action of the NSA, what producers and film actors think through email is hardly a matter of national security, but that is not the point, if after the Sony the North Koreans could go after other computer mainframes that control nuclear power, hospitals etc.    The US NSA should be their not only to defend US national security but also the security of the US economy.