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Politics : The Obama - Clinton Disaster -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (11030)	4/10/2009 3:00:15 PM
From: pompsander	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 103300

This writer points out some problems most people see in the bubbled neocons...some of the links should be followed from the original article to get the full flavor.... This kind of "analysis" is easy if the so-called conservative alternative is the old arguments...There need to be new arguments..and new leaders on the right. ___________________________ adventures in invective by E.D. Kain “What leaves me with a queasy feeling, though, is the growing sense that Obama is willing to denigrate America in order to boost his own personal popularity in other countries. As President, Obama has a responsibility to explain and interpret America to the rest of the world — in a way that is truthful and corresponds to reality for sure, but in a way that explains his country and its history and actions. So it would have been nice for him to point out just once that (as Charles Krauthammer has reminded us) during the last two decades Americans have shed their blood and spent their treasure in order to defend innocent Muslims in Kuwait, Bosnia, Afghanistan, and Iraq.” ~Peter Wehner Right, Peter. That’s exactly what Obama’s doing - denigrating America in order to boost his popularity in other countries. And you’re right, he should have reminded the Turks and Europeans about all those American-instigated wars; I’m sure they’ve forgotten all about them by now. Certainly the President should have spent more time pointing out just how successful the “liberating” Americans have been in Iraq. That always goes over well in countries totally opposed to the Iraq war and fundamentally opposed to American arrogance and imperialism. You see, Wehner is having trouble with what many neocons and movement conservative types are suffering from: a total break with reality. This makes it very, very difficult to understand the importance of reinvigorating our diplomatic efforts with, yes, even the French. I might go so far as to say that in fact our diplomatic efforts are a good deal more important than our massive cuts to the defense budget. Writes Wehner: In the World According to Obama, it was Bush and presumably Tony Blair, and not Saddam Hussein, who are to blame for the Iraq war. He might have added “In the World According to Obama and Just About Everyone Else Outside the Conservative Movement Echo Chamber” but that would be tantamount to admitting that Obama’s stated beliefs on this subject actually reflect popular opinion and that it’s not all just one huge popularity gambit. I can only hope that the conservative movement stays the course, and continues to run this thing into the ground. Total self-destruction is necessary for it to be replaced by any viable, honorable, or intellectual conservatism. Besides that, if I want a really good laugh from time to time, I can just visit a movement conservative blog or two. Nothing like some crazy to brighten your day. Now, if only they weren’t quite so predictable…. ordinary-gentlemen.com