DRAW YR SWORDS, CUT SOME SLACK
As Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's body begins the process of decomposition and the now-free Libyan's fire bullets victoriously into the air, the focus immediately returns back to the States with President Obama's announcement today that he'll keep his campaign promise in ending the senseless nine year Iraq War. By year's end all remaining troops in the region will make their way home (leaving behind only a scant group of contractors). The first image to flash in my mind upon reading this news was the one of a sailor returning home from World War II and quickly scooping up a pretty dame for a deep, passionate, home-town kiss in Times Square. Bring the Boys Back Home!
There may be harsh waves of noise swarming the President, and the government in general, but one cannot deny the focus he has shown throughout. He didn't jump the gun in the War Room when pressed about Osama bin Laden's whereabouts, but rather, listened, carefully to all opinions and scenarios. He stood firm in his stance on how America should help Libyan rebels deal with Gaddafi, even when many in his respected circle, including Vice President Biden, urged him to think differently. As a result bin Laden (as well as numerous al-Qaeda lackeys destined to take his place) have been eliminated, and a deranged dictator has been removed so that a whole nation of people may find their own prosperity.
He has done what George W. Bush could only enact slogans and banners for. Talking hard in a thick Texan drawl doesn't magically create progress. Obama has proved it's possible to honor the American rite of justice without a balls-to-the-wall, "lets git ‘em" mentality, and actually take the time to look at the whole scope of the situation and its following decision. It’s Chess, not Ping Pong.
Now with today’s reassuring announcement, the attention becomes fully pinned on taming the unrest mad-dogging the country. It's a large step forward, symbolically and financially for us. Don't it make ya feel great for the tough brutes crawling in desert dirt without much inclination of why or for whom? We don’t need to be losing dollars and lives for causes abroad right now, or ever. It’s an important day for America and for the President. Hopefully it doesn't get drowned in mock rebuttals and shoulder shrugs from the right. It’s time to cheer for a President who listens to the ills of the public and not be waiting with condemnation cloaks on the sidelines. Not everything in American politics will ever be perfect, but the little victories do pile up if they’re allowed to.
There may be harsh waves of noise swarming the President, and the government in general, but one cannot deny the focus he has shown throughout. He didn't jump the gun in the War Room when pressed about Osama bin Laden's whereabouts, but rather, listened, carefully to all opinions and scenarios. He stood firm in his stance on how America should help Libyan rebels deal with Gaddafi, even when many in his respected circle, including Vice President Biden, urged him to think differently. As a result bin Laden (as well as numerous al-Qaeda lackeys destined to take his place) have been eliminated, and a deranged dictator has been removed so that a whole nation of people may find their own prosperity.
He has done what George W. Bush could only enact slogans and banners for. Talking hard in a thick Texan drawl doesn't magically create progress. Obama has proved it's possible to honor the American rite of justice without a balls-to-the-wall, "lets git ‘em" mentality, and actually take the time to look at the whole scope of the situation and its following decision. It’s Chess, not Ping Pong.
Now with today’s reassuring announcement, the attention becomes fully pinned on taming the unrest mad-dogging the country. It's a large step forward, symbolically and financially for us. Don't it make ya feel great for the tough brutes crawling in desert dirt without much inclination of why or for whom? We don’t need to be losing dollars and lives for causes abroad right now, or ever. It’s an important day for America and for the President. Hopefully it doesn't get drowned in mock rebuttals and shoulder shrugs from the right. It’s time to cheer for a President who listens to the ills of the public and not be waiting with condemnation cloaks on the sidelines. Not everything in American politics will ever be perfect, but the little victories do pile up if they’re allowed to.
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