Has the new
Rip Van Winkle awoken from his long slumber?
Like a
Roosevelt of old speaking softer but now looking for some heavy lumber
Rising form the
peaceful nap of the Al Qaeda-is-on-the-run dreams
Now belatedly
realizes that ISIS is much more than a jayvee team
Obama
announced that he will consider air strikes to stop the ISIS onslaught
To bring
backbone to the fleeing Iraqi Army that no longer fought
While Iran,
a noted foe, is sending boots on the ground to aid Iraq
Our efforts
may be too little, too late to stem the ISIS attack
Hindsight is
beautiful, but in this case the result of Obama’s pullout was predicted to a
certainty absolute
Nothing that
has recently occurred in any way that prediction would dim or refute
Not coming
up with a status of forces agreement with some combat forces to in Iraq remain
Would create
a vacuum into which the jihadists would flow and our billions of dollars and
thousands of lives would be flushed down the drain
As to Iraq
to prevent a Caliphate over a large portion we may be too late
But to avoid
further foreign policy disasters Obama needs to clean house, start with a clean
slate
No more
Baghdad Bobs, no more dudes, no more rookie advisers for whom politics is the
Holy Grail
Bring in
military and foreign policy experience that place policy above politics or we
are doomed to fail.
While you
are cleaning house, toss away your pens and put down your phone
You cannot
run a country with the executive branch alone
Look up the
meaning of transparent and make it a real not just a sound bite goal
Try to actually
to man the helm as this ship of states veers toward some deadly shoals
© June
13, 2014 Michael P. Ridley aka the Alaskanpoet
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