Thoughts of Obama From Bama

Week 120: “Mr. Obama Takes a Victory Lap”

So he bought a town, but he sold the sea
Claimed a shallow victory
On an iron ship, with a wooden crew
They hit the reef when the moon was new
Now he cries himself to sleep
On a beach made of promises he meant to keep
Long ago

Nobody speaks to the captain no more
Nobody talks about the war
Hey what the hell were we fighting for
Such a long, long time ago “Nobody Speaks To The Captain No More”, Jimmy Buffett

For a man who claimed he didn’t want to be perceived as “spiking the football” in celebration of our successful assassination of the terrorist coward Usama Bin Laden last week our Dirty Harry-in-Chief, “That’s my chopper Charlie. This is my gun, Clyde“, sure enough seems to be milking it for all it’s worth. In addition to spiking the football he’s also break dancing in the end zone; jumping jubilantly into the front row seats; pulling out the cell phone; and capping it all off with a double pump reverse dunk over the goal post.

Truth be told our Nobel Peace Prize Winner-in-Chief is taking a victory lap of Obamic proportions. Over blown, over stated, undeserved and over rated.

Since announcing to the world his self proclaimed brilliant, courage’s, wise, sage, momentous, monumental, and historic decision to send in SEAL team 6 to kill UBL Mr. Obama has plum wore himself out patting his own back. Following is a brief recap of the President’s week of not spiking the football following UBL’s death:

• Monday during a Medal of Honor ceremony at the White House honoring two Korean War soldiers Mr. Obama says it's "a better world" with UBL in Davy Jones' locker.
• Thursday President Obama lays a wreath at Ground Zero and meets with 9/11 families
• Friday he visits Ft. Campbell, Kentucky and meets with members of Navy SEAL Team 6.
• Sunday a propaganda fest with 60 Minute’s Steve Croft

Not that we blame the President for the excessive celebration. Especially when you consider the fact that this Administration’s successes have been so few and far between.

Reckon we just can’t expect much more from a tacky Yankee lawyer. Although a little humility, decorum, dignity and class would be a welcome change of pace.

In fact, a lot more humility may be in order as the more we learn about what really led the President to make what initially appeared to be such a gutsy decisive move the more it seems that something just ain’t right. Consider the following questions, inconsistencies, misleading and just downright bizarre remarks and responses, especially during his propaganda session with 60 Minute’s Mr. Pucker Up Buttercup Croft.

• “Loose Lips Sink Ships”. Why does the Obama White House release every minuet detail about this and every counter terror mission they conduct. The public and especially the Jihadist just don’t need to know the specifics about every mission.
For 7 years during W’s watch we heard rumors and rumblings but when it came to any mission specifics their lips were shut tighter than a tick.
The current bunch is so insecure about their anti-terror cred, with good reason we might add, they irresponsibly spill the beans in a pathetic effort to secure affirmation.
• According to the President the CIA informed him about this opportunity last August and advised him there was a 55 percent chance UBL was actually holed up there. Again, according to the President, the exact same odds when he gave the order to proceed last week.
So what in tarnashin took the great decisive one 9 months to finally pull the trigger? Considering the SEALS are good to go on a moment’s notice, who knows how many terrorist plots were hatched and executed, and how many causalities we endured while the President vacillated on another major military decision?

Viewed from this perspective this was anything but a gutsy, decisive and courage’s move by our fearless leader and in reality just more of the same governance by committee and limp wristed foreign policy.
• In response to one of Steve Crofts many ridiculous and almost in the realm of hero worship questions Mr. Obama remarked his biggest concern was getting the SEAL team out if confronted with some unforeseen calamity. On the surface certainly sounds like a legitimate concern and by no means to diminish the mortal danger inherent with any mission of this nature but when really scrutinized as usual the President is taking liberties with the truth.

Consider the following: 1. The element of surprise is always an advantage 2. We knew exactly how many bad guys were in the compound and where they are typically located. 3. Downtown Abbotabad ain’t exactly a hostile environment for US troops. A busload traveling down the road is a fairly common occurrence. 4. In the highly unlikely event all 4 black hawks were unflyable the SEALS could depart by bus, truck, cab, or even by foot and arrive safely at the U.S. Embassy in time for the breakfast buffet. 5. Ain’t no never mind about it if it came down to it 40 Navy SEALS would sure enough kick the entire Pakistani Army’s ass.
• President Obama seemed fixated on the fact the raid had taken place in pitch black darkness, stressed how this increased the danger and made repeated references to this part of the mission during his love fest with Croft. The only problem with this point of view is our Special Opps folks strongly prefer night missions as our night vision technology is unparallel and provides the good guys with an overwhelming military advantage.
• A major White House talking point has been the “treasure trove” of information confiscated from UBL’s house. We have been subjected to this phrase ad naseum by the President and his Democrat comrades. Again, why are we going public with this intelligence? Wouldn’t it make more sense to keep Omar in the dark, not knowing what if anything was found instead of describing in detail the contents of every item for no other reason but to give the President a political talking point?

President Obama concluded his propaganda session with Croft by making the following macho statement which was so obviously out of character for our anti-military, pacifist, Islamic Jihadist sympathizer Chief Executive Officer: “As nervous as I was about this whole process, the one thing I didn't lose sleep over was the possibility of taking bin Laden out. Justice was done. And I think that anyone who would question that the perpetrator of mass murder on American soil didn't deserve what he got needs to have their head examined”.

Instead of making an extended victory lap and doing his best Dirty Harry impressions, “I know what you’re thinking: 'Did he fire six shots, or only five?' Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement, I’ve kinda lost track myself. But being this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you’ve got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well do ya, punk?”, the country would be much better served if the President would shut up for a change, keep Omar guessing, and conduct his affairs with a little discretion and real decisive leadership for a change.

If his record to date is any indication of future events we all best just get ready to wave back as he passes by on his seemingly endless Barack Husain Obama victory lap.

I am, “American by Birth and Southern by the Grace of God”

Ron W. Garikes