world apology tour

26May/105

Presidential Priorities

By now, good reader, many of you will no doubt have heard the news story regarding President Obama's decision to forego the traditional memorial day wreath laying ceremony at Arlington national cemetary; instead choosing to spend the weekend visiting Chicago, right after he conducts a soooper-awesome photo-op and finger wagging session in Louisiana, designed to show how "on top" of the situation he is, and most assuredly will include a few of his trademark FIRED UP! looks of concern, righteous indignation, and resolute determination, honed by hours of practice over the years-looks that are the envy of his fellow thespians everywhere.

Who knows exactly why a wartime Commander-in-Chief would make such a seemingly tone deaf decision; perhaps he was able to get some really awesome tee times at fabulous golf courses in his former hometown, but who can be certain. Though, fear not my friends, he'll make sure he's back in time to award Sir Paul McCartney with the Gershwin prize at the White House. I mean, we can't have POTUS miss another opportunity for a splendid fete like the one last week for the President of Mexico, right?

Still, regardless of the disrespectful intent this appears to signal on his part, I find it difficult to get more outraged about this than with Obama's handling of national security and foreign affairs overall. It simply underscores an unconscious contempt, or at least willful disregard or pathetic indifference, to the efforts of our warriors currently and in years past to put our nation in the position it is now, or at least was before Obama took office. Whether we re talking about his world apology tour, effectively canceling the Airborne Laser system, canceling the deployment of missile defense in Eastern Europe (at a time when Iran is inexorably moving to a position of threatening Israel and the west with nuclear weapons delivered by ballistic missile no less!), or signing a useless srategic weapons agreement with the Russians that benefits their nation more than our own and that seems to have bought no extra leverage with them on the vexing issue of Iran, it seems that POTUS is intent on weakening our defense and counting on the honor of our enemies rather than maintaining peace through strength.

We're told by his allies that he's not the first President to miss that solemn event. "Why, Reagan missed one!", they say. And reader, that is indeed true. In 1983 Reagan missed the event because he was attending a summit meeting in Williamsburg, Va., with leaders of the industrialized democracies; beacause he was attending to Presidential business! And not because he was vacationing. I think that's excuseable...

Bush 41, G.H.W. Bush, also missed the event. He sent Dan Quayle in his stead in 1992, while President George H.W. Bush attended a wreath-laying ceremony and made brief remarks at an American Legion hall in Kennebunkport, Maine, where he also played a round of golf. This was tone deaf considering it was a little over a year after the formal conclusion of "Operation Desert Storm". Did this add to the public discontent with Bush Sr? Who knows, but let's hope that Obama enjoys the same re-election fortunes that Bush 41 did!

Because when you combine the world apology tour, with this Brilliant!, Judicious! choice of venue by our Harvard educated President, with images like this:

Can we be done with this already?

It seems to indicate that our President has little regard for our nation, the countless patriots who have paid the ultimate price to secure her freedom and security over the years, or many of it's traditions and values. Instead of unconditional love for his country, he instead looks forward to a day when he can love what the nation becomes after he and his Marxist pals reshape it as they believe it should be; the day when Michelle can finally, finally !, be proud of her country.

But, there is an upside to all of this. Maybe Biden of Arabia will same something fabulously gaffe-tastic! Something along the lines of, "This is a big effin' deal!"