Pogo was right

I don't think Obama came into office as intent on global domination as the puppet masters expected or required him to be. Hence, his entire presidency has been bogged down in an approach-avoidance syndrome that precludes him from taking a consistent stand on anything.

The prez isn't a natural-born killer. Secretly, he's a man of peace. The mad-bomber status has been thrust upon him; too willingly, he has acquiesced at times, knowing full-well that violence isn't the answer.  He just doesn't have the balls to say no.

He came close to achieving something meaningful with his healthcare overhaul, but it was compromised into an unnecessarily complex entanglement of competing interests. It's not the universal healthcare system he or his supporters envisioned, but even in its ragged implementation it is better than nothing at all.  Nothing at all is what his malevolent detractors preferred.

Putting it another way, it wasn't the sort of socialism I'd prefer, though I can't bring myself to despise Obama like so many others do.

(Aside: with Ferguson and ISIS dominating the headlines these days it's abundantly clear that we can keep just two crises in mind at once, isn't it?)

But the globalists in the U.S.--and they include majorities in both political parties--have more on their minds than who does or doesn't get healthcare coverage in this country. That is small potatoes.

Obama has been an awful president, but not for the reasons the clumsiest of the oafs in the opposition propose, including every wannabe president out there, from (fill-in-the-blank) to Hillary.

Obama's failure hasn't come about because of his inability to ascertain who our enemies are and accordingly bomb the fuck out of them, as the residue of neocons in Washington would attempt given a second or third chance (the future awaits).

The problem is that Pogo was right--the enemy is us.

Lord knows Obama has done enough mad bombing to keep the globalists busy and the rest of us teetering on the edge of the proverbial cliff, i.e., terrorized.

It's just that they would prefer to be busier yet--and their world demands it.  And by the way, Obama has botched things, hasn't he?

The presidency is no place for a would-be man of peace.  True globalists only need apply.


TS