Iran and the Bomb Redux

Telegraph: Reports that Iran is using Taiwan as way to secure equipment that will allow it to become a nuclear armed power. The clock is ticking folks, either Obama or Israel will strike Iran, lets hope its Obama, that just might avoid a regional War in the Middle East, he might have to give back his Nobel Peace Prize, but it would still be the right decision.

USA in Afghanistan for the LONG HAUL - Obama

Fox News: Reports on comments by President Obama that the July 2011 withdrawal from Afghanistan will be conditions based. In 1963 before Dallas JFK withdrew around a thousand troops form Vietnam, the last time I looked events on the ground can change any War planning. Thus this is a wise move by POTUS, it gives him options, if the security is better in 2011 he can withdraw more troops but if the Taliban are still a threat it can be a very slow hand over to the Kabul Government. It can be postulated that the Taliban will try a Tet style offensive in the New Year as to place pressure on Obama, they will want to make Obama the next LBJ and 2011 to be 1968 all over again. Thus the next 18 months will really test President Obama and his policy in Afghanistan. Out of ten I give the Obama policy a 4.5% chance of being a success, and that's being very optimistic.

36bn Cuts in UK Spending!

BBC News: Reports that the UK will need to cut thirty six billion to get out of the financial mess that the Labour Party has placed the country. Its an odd world folks, our brave Armed Forces and fighting and dying in Afghanistan, and it seems Labour will have to cut the defence spending, so that Labour can pander to the left, our soldiers will die or face injury due to the lack of equipment, a national disgrace folks, Mr Brown have you no SHAME.

The OTHER Farce - Health Care Reform

The Hill: Reports on the US Senate version for health care reform, how the public option would only come in under a trigger, if the private market failed to provide cover. This shows how moderate and conservative Democrats have no backbone, rather than making their own minds up they want to see how the Congressional Budge Office grade the cost, does not matter if costs a $1 or a Trillion, the cost will always go up, a public option will bankrupt the United States in the long term. If Democrats want to destroy a Super Power they are going down the right road, it was the economic decline that in the end saw off the Roman and British Empires, it seems that Democrats have forgotten that the USA was meant to be the New World, but it seems that the Democrats want to turn the USA in to a weak European power. This is the time to contact your Senator folks, tell him or her, this is deal breaker, if they vote for the Obama health care reform they will be out on their ears at the next election, make it clear, if they go down this road they cant come back and get re-elected.

Farce Day - Obama and the Nobel Peace Prize

Guardian: Reports on the anger by Norway that President Obama has a very limited visit to pick up his Nobel Peace Prize. Lets get honest here folks, POTUS should rather that Norway posted the Prize to him and even better if it got lost in the post. But it seems that President Obama cant help himself, has to be the STAR, thus he is going to collect his Nobel Peace Prize, perhaps Norway felt he had the best suit of the present world leaders, it was not for doing anything on the world stage. As the Guardian notes even Obama knows it is ironic that a President that has just sent another thirty thousand troops, YES TROOPS to Afghanistan is getting a Peace Prize. The real irony will be if Obama has to bomb Iran next year, what will the daft Nobel Committee do then, give him a second Nobel for his wisdom, have my doubts, the clip of Obama getting this prize will be used by Republicans and comedians for years to get under the Obama skin, now that is funny, very funny in dark sense of the term, the perfect pin to the hot air balloon that is the Obama ego.

The US Senate and Health Care

The New York Times: Reports that Democratic US Senators have agreed a way around the public option argument within their own ranks, the NYT writes the following, " senators said the tentative agreement would sideline but not kill the “public option” ". Thus we shall see if Liberals can take the deal and if moderate and Conservative Democrats can sell the deal back home. At the end of the day its about 60 votes, if the Democrats can get that then they have a bill if not they don't. It will be fun to see how much the Democratic Leadership have to pay for votes, the last one was a hundred million dollars.

Quinnipac Poll - New Low Poll Rating

RCP Blog: Reports on a new poll that shows that President Obama's approval rating going down, the Quinnipiac Poll has Obama at 46% approval rating, while 44% have a negative view of the President. The White House and the Democratic Leadership in the Hill are using the argument that once Obama's health care reform bill is passed his polls will go up, what if they are wrong, lets recall that in the 1960s LBJ pushed for civil rights, it was the right thing to do, but it handed the South over to the Republicans. This is one of the reasons that the White House on the whole was in Republican hands after the 1960s from Nixon to Bush 43. What if by passing the health care reform Bill the Democrats are breaking the camels back, lets recall that after 1945 and the introduction of the NHS in the UK the government for the majority of the period was not in Labour hands but the Conservatives. This is not late 1983/84 when the economy turned around and saw Reagan thrash Walter Mondale by 49 States and 525 Electoral Votes. All the Obama Taxes to pay for his health care reform bill could damage the recovery, thus it could be slow and thus by 2012 Obama could find that he wants to spend more time with his family and decides not run, he does not want to be one term President but to lose in 2012 would be worse, thus Obama might nor run in 2012.