On National Defense? Not Obama!

Our President does not seem to be oriented on defending our country and/or its allies. His lack of conviction and action are very reminiscent of Jimmy Carter’s administration.
President Obama has continued to try to get a sociable settlement with the Iranians on nuclear disarmament despite the fact that they openly pour out anti-American rhetoric and blatantly continue marching toward the production of atomic bombs. All this is in the face of repeated warnings of pending disaster from the International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors. One of Iran’s stated goals is to obliterate Israel, our strongest ally in the Middle East.
Obama has continued to rile up the Israelis in an attempt to get them to quit settling the west bank of the Jordan River while he apparently ignores the fact that Hamas has test fired an intermediate range rocket capable of delivering an Iranian nuclear weapon to Tel Aviv.
Despite active agitation of the Iranian people for a democratic government which would probably be friendly to the United States, President Obama continues to send friendly messages and solicitations to President Ahmadinijad, who obviously hates us. All the while he ignores the democrats in Iran and allows them to be pillaged by their own government. No objection, here, from Obama!
In North Korea, people are literally starving to death at the hands of their government and the North Korean leader, Kim Jong Il, while Obama refuses to make an effective objection to the horrible civil crimes being perpetrated there. Of course, the North Korean government can’t do anything about it because they are too busy making atomic bombs and rockets to threaten their neighbors and Hawaii.
In Afghanistan, American troops are wondering what the policy makers in Washington are doing while they are pursuing a course of “Who knows where we are going and what we are doing?” Leadership is needed in that war; and I doubt that a Democrat in the White House can provide it.
I wonder if the Obama administration has given any thought to the possibility of the establishment of Iranian intermediate range ballistic missiles in our near neighbor, Venezuela? Hugo Chavez, the leader in Venezuela is hardly a friend of the United States; and this possibility could create a situation very similar to the Cuban missile crisis of 1962. An Iranian atomic weapon placed in Miami, New Orleans, Houston, or Phoenix would make Hurricane Katrina look like a summer rain shower.
I seriously doubt the effectiveness of leadership in Washington to protect our country.

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