President Obama has had a bad week – or should I say several bad weeks. And while The Old NCO isn't shedding any tears over his scandal ridden administration, it got me to thinking of why he made the decisions he made – the decisions which have gotten him into the hot water he’s in today. The only explanation I came up with is something I call the Obama Doctrine.
So what is the Obama Doctrine? Basically, it’s an overriding doctrine our President uses when he makes any decision. And the doctrine only has one simple rule – that is in all things, Politics comes first, and America comes second. Sound crazy? Well then, let me provide some examples.
--- Benghazi. Just weeks before the 2012 Presidential election, when you've been out on the campaign trail beating your chest about how you have “Al Qaeda on the run”, you’re informed one of their surrogate terrorist groups is attacking a diplomatic outpost in Libya and American lives are in danger.
What do you do? If you put America first, you send in the Calvary (Marines), damn the fallout, damn the election, you live the American military creed that you “leave no man behind”. Basically, you kick ass and take names. However, if you believe in the Obama Doctrine, you put politics first, and if you have Al Qaeda on the run, you deny there were any terrorist, and you lie to the American public on five Sunday morning talk shows with a cover story that deflects blame for the attack on a You Tube video – just to keep your friends in the press placated until you get past the election. And after you win re-election, you figure since the press is in your pocket, they’ll help you sweep the deaths of four good Americans you left to die in Benghazi under the rug.
--- IRS Targets Conservatives. The story hits the news that the IRS targeted conservative groups applying for tax exempt status by screening applications for key words like Tea Party or any words or phrases that would reflect the organization had conservative leanings – while almost fast tracking applications from liberal groups.
What do you do? If you put America first, you would have stopped this practice and fired the person who was in charge of the division considering tax exempt status along with asking the DOJ to investigate for any criminal wrong doing –and have done it when your administration first knew about the practice – which is now being reported as sometime mid-2012, just in advance of the Presidential election. However, if you believe in the Obama Doctrine, you put politics first. It’s to your benefit to allow the IRS to harass and unjustly treat conservative groups so you ignore the practice as long as you can – and hopefully the story won’t break until after the election. And when you can’t ignore it, or deny knowing about it any longer, you go into outrage mode. You publicly condemn what happened, and say you’ll get to the bottom of it. You find a scapegoat and ask them for a meaningless resignation. In this case, that would be the current ‘acting’ IRS chief, Steven Miller – regardless if in fact he was leaving the position in two weeks followed by a retirement two months later. You seize upon your ‘firing’ as a big deal – make big speeches about how you took control and send all of your surrogates out on the talk shows to help show your condemnation of the IRS. And as for the person who was actually in charge of the folks harassing conservative Americans, you promote them to the new position created under your massive healthcare plan where they can continue to harass conservative Americans about their healthcare coverage.
--- Spy on the Associated Press. If you put America first, you fire Eric Holder. On his watch, the most egregious of sins was conducted by his Department – the Obama Administration using its power to spy on the press. You clean house, have the offenders arrested, and you apologize to the American public. However, if you believe in the Obama Doctrine, you put politics first. You send your Attorney General to Congress to explain what happened -- only to have him claim ignorance of any wrong doing. He just didn't know it was going on. He was out at Starbucks getting a latte while some rouge underlings in the DOJ were breaking the law. All the while, you scream outrage about the incident so you too can appear to be on the right side of the issue.
There are more examples, but if you review the decisions this President has made, it’s very apparent he does not put America first. His legacy will be one of “me, me, me”.
Friday, May 17, 2013
The Obama Doctrine
President Obama has had a bad week – or should I say several bad weeks. And while The Old NCO isn't shedding any tears over his scandal ridden administration, it got me to thinking of why he made the decisions he made – the decisions which have gotten him into the hot water he’s in today. The only explanation I came up with is something I call the Obama Doctrine.
So what is the Obama Doctrine? Basically, it’s an overriding doctrine our President uses when he makes any decision. And the doctrine only has one simple rule – that is in all things, Politics comes first, and America comes second. Sound crazy? Well then, let me provide some examples.
--- Benghazi. Just weeks before the 2012 Presidential election, when you've been out on the campaign trail beating your chest about how you have “Al Qaeda on the run”, you’re informed one of their surrogate terrorist groups is attacking a diplomatic outpost in Libya and American lives are in danger.
What do you do? If you put America first, you send in the Calvary (Marines), damn the fallout, damn the election, you live the American military creed that you “leave no man behind”. Basically, you kick ass and take names. However, if you believe in the Obama Doctrine, you put politics first, and if you have Al Qaeda on the run, you deny there were any terrorist, and you lie to the American public on five Sunday morning talk shows with a cover story that deflects blame for the attack on a You Tube video – just to keep your friends in the press placated until you get past the election. And after you win re-election, you figure since the press is in your pocket, they’ll help you sweep the deaths of four good Americans you left to die in Benghazi under the rug.
--- IRS Targets Conservatives. The story hits the news that the IRS targeted conservative groups applying for tax exempt status by screening applications for key words like Tea Party or any words or phrases that would reflect the organization had conservative leanings – while almost fast tracking applications from liberal groups.
What do you do? If you put America first, you would have stopped this practice and fired the person who was in charge of the division considering tax exempt status along with asking the DOJ to investigate for any criminal wrong doing –and have done it when your administration first knew about the practice – which is now being reported as sometime mid-2012, just in advance of the Presidential election. However, if you believe in the Obama Doctrine, you put politics first. It’s to your benefit to allow the IRS to harass and unjustly treat conservative groups so you ignore the practice as long as you can – and hopefully the story won’t break until after the election. And when you can’t ignore it, or deny knowing about it any longer, you go into outrage mode. You publicly condemn what happened, and say you’ll get to the bottom of it. You find a scapegoat and ask them for a meaningless resignation. In this case, that would be the current ‘acting’ IRS chief, Steven Miller – regardless if in fact he was leaving the position in two weeks followed by a retirement two months later. You seize upon your ‘firing’ as a big deal – make big speeches about how you took control and send all of your surrogates out on the talk shows to help show your condemnation of the IRS. And as for the person who was actually in charge of the folks harassing conservative Americans, you promote them to the new position created under your massive healthcare plan where they can continue to harass conservative Americans about their healthcare coverage.
--- Spy on the Associated Press. If you put America first, you fire Eric Holder. On his watch, the most egregious of sins was conducted by his Department – the Obama Administration using its power to spy on the press. You clean house, have the offenders arrested, and you apologize to the American public. However, if you believe in the Obama Doctrine, you put politics first. You send your Attorney General to Congress to explain what happened -- only to have him claim ignorance of any wrong doing. He just didn't know it was going on. He was out at Starbucks getting a latte while some rouge underlings in the DOJ were breaking the law. All the while, you scream outrage about the incident so you too can appear to be on the right side of the issue.
There are more examples, but if you review the decisions this President has made, it’s very apparent he does not put America first. His legacy will be one of “me, me, me”.
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