Rahm Emanuel ATTACKING Obama ?

The Daily Beast: Reports on a recent article in the Washington Post that paints a picture of a heroic Chief of Staff in the shape of Mr Emanuel and a political idiot President in the shape of President Obama. The background to the article is the fact that Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel is not a good manager or to be more precise he does not know how to manage President Obama. One should note that Mr Emanuel is a political animal in his own right, he was in Congress before taking the the job at the White House. It seems from the article that President Obama is not listening to the advice of his Chief of Staff, this shows a failure to manage a President. At the end of the day every President needs someone who can take them by the labels and speak truth to power. It seems from the article that the Kitchen Cabinet of Obama think he is the second coming, he is not, he no Ronald Reagan. All the charisma but none of the political instinct that is develop over time, not a couple of years in the US Senate. Even Ronald Reagan had Nancy Reagan who could tell him when he was well of the reservation as to be on the moon. Thus it can be postulated that Mr Emanuel will not be Chief of Staff in the long term, Presidents at the end of the day don't like to be pictured as idiots and the Washington Post article seems to stress that Obama is tone deaf and is just reading his own press statements as if they are the bible. Thus who will be the next Obama Chief of Staff.

64% UK Population - NO Win in Afghanistan

BBC News: Reports that 64% of the UK population does not think the UK can win in Afghanistan. This is Vietnam all over again, if the people at home don't think you can win its time to come home, at the end of the day the UK will leave Afghanistan, its condition will be as it is now, the power of the the Afghan Government centred in major towns while the Taliban control the rest of the country. The one place Western troops cant win is Afghanistan, the UK has been down this road to many times, at the end of the day we will find a a leader who can control Afghanistan and leave the West alone, thus he can be democratic or a tyrant we will not care, as long as we can leave with the fig leaf of respect and honour. The question is how many heroic Armed Forces Personnel we will lose in the bloody place. That is the sad truth of Afghanistan.

Playing Games - Iran

The New York Times: Reports on the stalling strategy of Iran, the article states the following on Iran's response to the UN's IAEA, " Tehran’s reply was couched in terms the United States and its allies have already dismissed, according to Iranian accounts and diplomats. ". Thus folks we are in a holding pattern, Iran will play the clock out in till it gets the bomb, the Obama Administration will press for tough sanctions from the UN, while China goes at a slow place. Lets be honest folks it really depends how far Iran has got with the bomb, if its years away then the West can play this game but if Iran is a lot closer to the bomb then that is very different case. When it comes to intelligence on Iran's nuclear development I would trust the Mossad not the the CIA or MI6, at the end of the day Israel will have to decide what its in its national security interest, if Iran is close to getting the bomb then Israel will have to act, the question President Obama has to ask, is it better for the region for Israel to attack or Iran or the USA. At the end of the day if there has to be an attack on Iran it would be better if it was the USA. The Tehran Regime would know that if it goes overboard the USA would wipe Iran from the face of the earth, thus Tehran would react but at a lower scale, more terrorists attacks in Iraq, more support for the terrorists in the region, for them to attack Israel. It can be postulated that Iran would not attack the USA due to the above or allow major operations against the USA, as stated the USA would take out Iran. In till then folks a time for games and tedious game playing, before the balloon goes up.

True Blood

Lets face it folks, we all need a break from the politics and wars, even this political geek. Thus have just finished the first season of True Blood, bloody great, no pun!! In a way its a grown up version of Buffy, but I think they have found a female Spike, lets hope. If you like good drama and are over 18 get the box set, if not watch Buffy. Right back to Politics and Wars.

Obama's Health Care Plan

Fox News: Reports on the just released White House health care reform plan, in essence it will cost one trillion dollars, no public option, it will force Americans to buy insurance, those with existing conditions can not be barred from cover and no cap on cover if someone is ill. There will be tax hikes to pay for this plan. The problem with the plan folks is that it will cost the Democrats the Hill in the Mid Term Elections and Obama will be a one term President. Think about this folks, the USA is in a major recession and Obama wants to spend a one trillion dollars on health care, not jobs, the American voter has sent a clear message via the recent state elections, what part of the name Scott Brown didn't Obama get, this plan shows a tin ear by a out of touch President and White House. The Republicans should force Obama to spend all his political capitol to push this through, if Democrats use the 51 vote strategy of the Senate the Republicans should block all Obama's Agenda on the Hill. If Blue Dog Democrats in House and moderate Democrats in the Senate pass this plan they deserve their political fate, the Obama White House thinks the USA is the UK or France, its not, its the New World, that the part the Chicago Mob in the White House cant or wont see, and that kind of political failure is worth of contempt of the first order, they had a chance to bring the USA together but they have further divided the USA. That is a contempt of the political system and the voter.

Terror Flights - Poland

Guardian: Reports on the role of Poland in Bush Era rendition plane flights in Poland. It should be noted that the Obama Administration is still using rendition flights, its to good a weapon against the terrorists who are a threat to the USA and the West. The problem with the left either in the USA or the UK is that they see terrorists as common criminals, sometimes one gets the impression that liberal and left wingers would rather give terrorists cups of tea and a biscuit than water board them to get active information out of them and thus save lives.

The Impeachment of President Bill Clinton

The New York Times: Reviews a new book on the Impeachment of President Bill Clinton, the article states the following, " Indeed, the most consequential result of both Clinton’s behavior and the Starr investigation was the election of George W. Bush. ". The liberal NYT of course has a liberal slant on the whole affair, no pun! But it can be argued that it is right about the election of Bush 43, from there we have 9/11, Afghanistan, for the first two one cant say Al Gore would have dealt with them any differently but one can postulate that Gore would not have gone in to Iraq.