The Obama administration was going to restore friendships with the nations of the world that the U.S. supposedly lost under George Bush.
Yesterday, the White House announced it was going to scrap the missile defense shield based in Poland and the Czech Republic. Basically it threw two friends under the bus in favor of Russia, who isn't going to like us no matter what we do.
I hope the administration got something for it. For example, if we obtained concessions from Russia on stopping missile sales to Iran, or for agreement to support Iranian sanctions, it could be argued that this is a defensible move. But I suspect that this is really nothing but unilateral disarmament for its own sake. Hillary Clinton said that dropping the missile defense shield will make us safer. To me it sounds like Neville Chamberlain saying that through the Munich agreement with Hitler, that he accomplished "peace in our time"
One has to wonder if the White House's decision to announce this move on the 70th anniversary of the day that the USSR invaded Poland is more evidence of their stark incompetence. The only other theory explaining the move on this of all days is that they are just sick.
The White House is also starting an unnecessary trade war with China, over a surge in rubber tire imports. The reason for the punitive tariffs, says Obama is because trade agreements must be enforced in order for trading systems to work. Huh? Having the legal right to do something isn't the same thing as being legally required to do it. Good luck now in getting Chinese help with North Korea.
Yeah, this is the way to restore U.S. credibility around the world.
As a lawyer who successfully represented the California Republican Party against ACORN, I am completely sympathetic to (and grateful for) the stings by James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles. But I wonder if they would have been more successful if their costumes weren't so outrageous. If this pair walked into my office on any day other than Halloween, I'd immediately suspect I was being filmed. Giles' outfit, while still credible, could have been toned down a bit. But O'Keefe looked like a cartoon character. The fact that anyone at ACORN fell for it at all shows how stupid these people really are.
Finally, I saw the following comment on a blog post somewhere:
Wal-Mart halter top: $2
Cheap sunglasses: $3
Faux fur coat: $39
Defunding ACORN: Priceless.
Yesterday, the White House announced it was going to scrap the missile defense shield based in Poland and the Czech Republic. Basically it threw two friends under the bus in favor of Russia, who isn't going to like us no matter what we do.
I hope the administration got something for it. For example, if we obtained concessions from Russia on stopping missile sales to Iran, or for agreement to support Iranian sanctions, it could be argued that this is a defensible move. But I suspect that this is really nothing but unilateral disarmament for its own sake. Hillary Clinton said that dropping the missile defense shield will make us safer. To me it sounds like Neville Chamberlain saying that through the Munich agreement with Hitler, that he accomplished "peace in our time"
One has to wonder if the White House's decision to announce this move on the 70th anniversary of the day that the USSR invaded Poland is more evidence of their stark incompetence. The only other theory explaining the move on this of all days is that they are just sick.
The White House is also starting an unnecessary trade war with China, over a surge in rubber tire imports. The reason for the punitive tariffs, says Obama is because trade agreements must be enforced in order for trading systems to work. Huh? Having the legal right to do something isn't the same thing as being legally required to do it. Good luck now in getting Chinese help with North Korea.
Yeah, this is the way to restore U.S. credibility around the world.
As a lawyer who successfully represented the California Republican Party against ACORN, I am completely sympathetic to (and grateful for) the stings by James O'Keefe and Hannah Giles. But I wonder if they would have been more successful if their costumes weren't so outrageous. If this pair walked into my office on any day other than Halloween, I'd immediately suspect I was being filmed. Giles' outfit, while still credible, could have been toned down a bit. But O'Keefe looked like a cartoon character. The fact that anyone at ACORN fell for it at all shows how stupid these people really are.
Finally, I saw the following comment on a blog post somewhere:
Wal-Mart halter top: $2
Cheap sunglasses: $3
Faux fur coat: $39
Defunding ACORN: Priceless.
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