Republicans are in trouble with their backs against the wall
Sean Lewis
January 28. 2010
The man behind the curtain has been exposed
and America does not like what it sees.
The Republican party is the cause of America's problems.
President Obama has shown the American people how
the Republican party is obstructing progress in a time of emergency.
Typically the Minority party out of power is about making
sure the minority position has a seat at the table and'
is heard.
This however this does not mean the minority party prevents
the will of the majority of the people who voted in representatives
of the majority party to carry out the will of the Majority of
America.
This however has been the goal of the Republican party,
the ONLY goal. To prevent any legislation of the majority
party to become law.
This is morally reprehensable when two significant facts are
included.
One the country is in the middle of massive crisis.
Two the Crisis is a direct result of Republican policy.
The very people who created the problem are preventing
others from fixing their mistakes.
Why are the Republicans doing this? For strictly political reasons,
this is about party first, not country.
If the Democrats fix the Republican crisis, the Republicans
will fall even further from favor. This will also prove that
republican policy is the wrong flawed policy for America to follow.
So Republicans have decided the Democrats must fail so that
the Republican party stays viable. So what if the country goes
down in flames in the process.
This is the same short sighted philosophy the Republicans governed
the Country by for 8 years, the result was almost complete
economic collapse.
Add to this that in an attempt to revitalize their party, the GOP
embraced a rabid Tiger by the tail.
A loose coalition of far right fringe movements.
Teabaggers
Birthers
Oathers
Minute men
2nd ammenders
and anti government militias.
The GOP thought they could tame these fringe elements
the way they tamed the Right to lifers and Religious Right.
The GOP is currently getting a rude awakening, these
groups have no allegiance or loyalty to any politician
who violates even one of their tenants. Worst, to obey ALL
of the Tenants of these Fringers the GOP must abandon their
long standing platforms that kept them acceptable to
Main Stream Moderate America.
The GOP now finds itself with two options.
Abandon the Fringe and pass legislation the majority
of America wants, and as a party no longer be a force
of political power because their old policies will be
proven not to work.
Embrace the Fringe and in affect become everything
America opposes,an intolerant, intractable, radical
xenophobic movement.
As I said in the beginning the Republicans are in trouble
with their backs against the wall.
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Thursday, January 28, 2010
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
The Afghan people deserve a real chance at Peace, that is why I support President Obama and the Troop increase.
The Afghan people deserve a real chance at Peace,
that is why I support President Obama and the Troop increase.
Sean Lewis
December 1, 2009
The moment Rumsfeld denied the Military Generals request to
send addition troops into Tora Bora to capture or kill
Bin Laden, that was the moment that a swift and
long lasting victory against terrorism was forever lost.
We have been fighting a mismanaged war of attrition
and will ever since that moment.
The will of Al-Qaeda would have been crushed if
Bin Laden had been quickly brought to justice. The
exact opposite occurred when Bin laden was allowed to
escape. It not only allowed Al-Qaeda to re-constitute
itself but also energized multiple terrorist organizations
through out the world.
These organizations now knew that not only could they
strike at America, but they could also do so and live to
reap the benefits of such a successful attack.
Had the US actually completed the task of capturing or
killing Bin Laden the post war Afghanistan theater of
operations would have been one of reconstruction not
continued warfare.
Unfortunately this is not what occurred.
Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda found sanctuary in Pakistan
and reestablished itself as a nebulous enemy with
no central point to attack and thus be able to eradicate
it. Such a swift and quick victory will never be available again.
In fact the ability to win militarily may no longer be an option.
This option was squandered by Rumsfeld, time,
constant war, incompetence, torture and no clear plan or
strategy have turned the population in Afghanistan into
angry participants in a war not of their choosing.
What President Obama may be trying to do is to
make an untenable situation at least salvageable.
To do this he is willing to do what the Bush Administration
under Rumsfeld failed to done.
Fight the war the correct way with a clear strategy and
exit.
Simply put, for 8 years the war was not fought to attain
a long term victory, but merely to win in the short term.
These are not the same things as time has clearly proven.
President Obama wants to try to correct a monumental
mistake. To TRULY stabilize the region so that the population
has a real opportunity to establish their own government
that may be able to withstand the influence of both the
Taliban and Al-Qaeda.
America had no business in trying to establish a US
style democracy in another Country. This is a recipe
for certain failure.
It is one thing to free a people from tyranny, but they will
quickly reject their rescuers if they are merely shackled
to another form of forced governance.
This is exactly what the Bush Administration did, they
merely changed one form of forced governance for
another, neither of which were the actual will of
the Afghan people.
The best President Obama can hope for after 8 years
of utter incompetent Presidential oversight in the
execution of military action in Afghanistan, is a country that
can remain stable and not once again come under the influence
of the Taliban and Al-Qaeda.
It is a long shot, but that doesn't mean the Afghan people
do not deserve the opportunity to actually have the ability
for real reform in a safe and stable environment that is
created by overwhelming military force, securing the peace.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/12/1/81844/7221?new=true
that is why I support President Obama and the Troop increase.
Sean Lewis
December 1, 2009
The moment Rumsfeld denied the Military Generals request to
send addition troops into Tora Bora to capture or kill
Bin Laden, that was the moment that a swift and
long lasting victory against terrorism was forever lost.
We have been fighting a mismanaged war of attrition
and will ever since that moment.
The will of Al-Qaeda would have been crushed if
Bin Laden had been quickly brought to justice. The
exact opposite occurred when Bin laden was allowed to
escape. It not only allowed Al-Qaeda to re-constitute
itself but also energized multiple terrorist organizations
through out the world.
These organizations now knew that not only could they
strike at America, but they could also do so and live to
reap the benefits of such a successful attack.
Had the US actually completed the task of capturing or
killing Bin Laden the post war Afghanistan theater of
operations would have been one of reconstruction not
continued warfare.
Unfortunately this is not what occurred.
Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda found sanctuary in Pakistan
and reestablished itself as a nebulous enemy with
no central point to attack and thus be able to eradicate
it. Such a swift and quick victory will never be available again.
In fact the ability to win militarily may no longer be an option.
This option was squandered by Rumsfeld, time,
constant war, incompetence, torture and no clear plan or
strategy have turned the population in Afghanistan into
angry participants in a war not of their choosing.
What President Obama may be trying to do is to
make an untenable situation at least salvageable.
To do this he is willing to do what the Bush Administration
under Rumsfeld failed to done.
Fight the war the correct way with a clear strategy and
exit.
Simply put, for 8 years the war was not fought to attain
a long term victory, but merely to win in the short term.
These are not the same things as time has clearly proven.
President Obama wants to try to correct a monumental
mistake. To TRULY stabilize the region so that the population
has a real opportunity to establish their own government
that may be able to withstand the influence of both the
Taliban and Al-Qaeda.
America had no business in trying to establish a US
style democracy in another Country. This is a recipe
for certain failure.
It is one thing to free a people from tyranny, but they will
quickly reject their rescuers if they are merely shackled
to another form of forced governance.
This is exactly what the Bush Administration did, they
merely changed one form of forced governance for
another, neither of which were the actual will of
the Afghan people.
The best President Obama can hope for after 8 years
of utter incompetent Presidential oversight in the
execution of military action in Afghanistan, is a country that
can remain stable and not once again come under the influence
of the Taliban and Al-Qaeda.
It is a long shot, but that doesn't mean the Afghan people
do not deserve the opportunity to actually have the ability
for real reform in a safe and stable environment that is
created by overwhelming military force, securing the peace.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2009/12/1/81844/7221?new=true
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