If you watched any of the recent Democrat convention in Charlotte recently, you
probably noted the prominent waving of Osama bin Laden's "bloody shirt". A
number of speakers, including the president himself, paraded it out as a major
accomplishment of his administration. This is not terribly surprising, since
there are so few of them to brag about! We noted that here,
last May.
Obama also brought it up himself in his speech
to the U.N. last year. In a fashion which invokes my maxim that liberals are
irony impaired, Obama said famously:
Osama bin Laden is gone, and the idea that change could only come
through violence has been buried with him.
You get that? We did
away with the idea that "change could only come through violence" by
shooting him in the face! I'll give you a second to chew over that
little gem!
Do you remember the rationale of this administration in
not releasing the death photos of bin Laden? That releasing the photos could
trigger "violence, attacks, or acts of revenge" against the U. S. That was
reportedly also the reason that Obama said he would not "spike the ball" over
OBL's death. Even though, he has repeatedly broken that pledge. He mentioned OBL
twice in his 2012
SOTU address.
Which do you think would have a wider influence on the
world in general? A You Tube video of the trailer, of a low budget,
obscure movie that almost no one has ever seen or heard about, or the President
of the United States and his surrogates, repeatedly and gleefully boasting about
the death of Osama bin Laden?
Since the Obama administration itself
acknowledged that the death of bin Laden could be inflammatory and cause
violence retaliation, would it not be fair to state that more than just
photographs could cause that "inflammation"? Has this administration forgotten
that there can be power in words as well?
For example, if I told you
that someone had broken into your house, killed your parents and raped your
sister, would you say to me, "That's all very interesting, but I have to wait to
see some photos before I can muster any outrage."? I don't think so.
But, yet, for the sake of some supposed political advantage, Obama
continues to poke Islamic extremists in the eye over the death of bin Laden,
because of the barrenness of his own accomplishments over the last four years.
I know it is just speculation on my part, but I would venture that
Obama's continually spiking the ball over bin Laden's death and his years long
victory celebration in the endzone did more to foment the unrest at our
embassies than any You Tube video, or at the very least, contributed to it. Add
to this, the Egyptian rioters chanting "Obama, Obama: We are all Osama!", and it
appears that waving the bloody shirt may have indeed had more influence than any
You Tube video. The video may have provided an additional spark, but the
powderkeg was long primed.
When the President of the United States
speaks, as the leader of the last remaining superpower, his words are repeated
and analyzed on television, radio, newspapers, the Internet and by word of
mouth, as opposed to a single video, lost in the clutter of You Tube. His
influence is greater, his audience more far reaching.
At best, Obama
bragging about bin Laden has become a national joke, starting with SNL and
reaching across the Internet, where anything Obama says can be appended with,
"Oh, and by the way, did I tell you I got bin Laden?", and it is still plausible
enough to elicit a sad smile. As in a recent event where the families of fallen
soldiers being returned to the US, had asked that there be no cameras at the
event, so President Obama brought his own photographer.
There was something
unseemly about seeing John "Magic Hat" Kerry at the convention, who bolted as
soon as he could from the field of conflict in Viet Nam, with three dubious
Purple Hearts, who then went on to publicly denigrate America's armed forces,
trying to bask in the glory of America's genuine heroes. Likewise with a
Commander-in-Chief grossly unfamiliar with both military history and tradition.
It is even worse when they acknowledge that America's fighting forces could be
put at risk with provocations over bin Laden's death, and yet, they repeatedly
bring it up, "spiking the ball" for political gain.
Maybe our next
president will recognize that we still live in a dangerous world, and take the
job seriously enough to at least attend the daily national security
briefings?
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