Obama has an interesting take on the idea of victory. Watch (and by the way, kudos to the journalist asking the question): To hear this question and then go immediately to a sports metaphor is surpassingly strange, and deeply revealing … Continue reading →
A man, no plan, a war, Afghanistan. That may not be a proper palindrome, but it describes the relation between President Obama and the Afghan War: According to McClatchy, some members of McChrystal’s staff said they don’t understand why Obama … Continue reading →
Back during the campaign, Obama was fond of saying things like this during speeches, to thunderous applause, “Last point, Guantanamo. That’s easy. Close down Guantanamo.” Like so many things Obama thought in his pre-election arrogance, it hasn’t turned out quite … Continue reading →
…to thinking your politician’s got a secret strategy that’s smart, instead of all the dumb things he’s actually said and done, then you’re in trouble. Note, also, the many disappointed and frustrated Obamaphile commenters who take heart from the same … Continue reading →
And here we thought Obama was going to make the Europeans love us again—for the first time since VE day, which was a temporary anomaly anyway. But no; French President Sarkozy is clearly alarmed at what he hears from the … Continue reading →
Does anyone else get the same feeling I do, that the Iranian leaders are toying with the West and its dialoguing hero Barack Obama, seeing their threats as just so much sputtering impotence? And should anyone with a functioning brain … Continue reading →
Or is it megalomania? Mona Charen has Obama’s number. She notes in particular the odd combination of fake humility and real self-aggrandizement present towards the beginning of his speech to the UN General Assembly: Beware of politicians who claim to … Continue reading →
…the proliferation of the “Obama is weak” meme in recent MSM articles? For example, see the Telegraph’s “The UN loves Obama because he is weak,” and George Will’s “Obama’s willowy weakness,”, as well as this Jerusalem Post piece that calls … Continue reading →
…who needs enemies? Castro hearts Obama, as does Gaddafi.
Continue reading →Obama is annoyed that his magic touch has failed to instantly fix a 60-year-old problem area of the world, Israel and Palestine. Oh, those silly children! Why can’t they all just get along?: Bristling with impatience, President Barack Obama sternly … Continue reading →
I don’t think he is (at least not in the way you’d imagine). But Leslie Gelb does: I’m lost on President Barack Obama’s Afghanistan policy””along with most of Congress and the U.S. military. Not quite eight months ago, Mr. Obama … Continue reading →
I’ve figured something out about Obama, and that is this: nearly everybody’s trying to figure Obama out. That’s one of the few things that unites America at the moment. Left and Right alike, people are busy asking the question “Who … Continue reading →