Friday, September 14, 2012
I like Ike
Ike Obama, that is.Barack doesn't look much like Dwight David Eisenhower, but perhaps the Kansas side of his heritage is coming through. Just as Ike got us out of Truman's Korean mess and slowed down the world's biggest bully in 1956, so Obama has gotten us out of Bush's Iraq mess and appears to be slowing down the world's biggest bully in 2012.
Obama's careful pushback against the bully is bearing fruit, as parts of Israel's own government start to pull away from Madman Bibi.
Via RT.com:
Careful craftsmanship doesn't win points from either of our idiot "sides", but it sometimes avoids a major war. Good work. = = = = =Irrelevant sidenote: Obama and Ike share another connection. Obama is the first president since Ike to be seen smoking cigarettes in public. Apparently LBJ also smoked in office, but didn't make it public. (He had stopped after a heart attack in 1955, but started again on November 22.) Other post-Ike presidents have been seen with a cigar now and then, but mainly as a style statement, not real smoking. ¶ 11:15 AM
Obama's careful pushback against the bully is bearing fruit, as parts of Israel's own government start to pull away from Madman Bibi.
Via RT.com:
Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Dan Meridor has spoken out in disagreement with the Netanyahu government's position of setting a "red line" for Iran’s nuclear program. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly called on Israel's allies to give Iran an ultimatum, and has threatened to launch attacks on the country's nuclear facilities. Meridor, who also serves as Deputy of Intelligence and Atomic Energy, echoed Washington’s desire to apply a more diplomatic approach toward Tehran.
Careful craftsmanship doesn't win points from either of our idiot "sides", but it sometimes avoids a major war. Good work. = = = = =Irrelevant sidenote: Obama and Ike share another connection. Obama is the first president since Ike to be seen smoking cigarettes in public. Apparently LBJ also smoked in office, but didn't make it public. (He had stopped after a heart attack in 1955, but started again on November 22.) Other post-Ike presidents have been seen with a cigar now and then, but mainly as a style statement, not real smoking. ¶ 11:15 AM
