Obama, Iran and Israel: Obama and Pelosi Fiddle (with Health Care) While the World Burns

It has not just been the economy and jobs which have stalled while Obama obsessed over health care (destroying the Democratic Party in the process--seer yesterday's article, "Democrats R.I.P.).


Remember how Obama said--in one of his characteristic flat statements that he obviously did not mean, much like: I will focus on jobs like a laser beam"--that we could not afford to let Iran have nuclear weapons? What has Obama done to STOP: Iran from getting nuclear weapons? NOTHING. Absolutely nothing.


No real sanctions. No effective "negotiations. Nothing. Certainly no attack taking out Iran's nuclear facilities (as Israel did with Syria). Indeed, all we have done is antagonize Israel--our ally--while allowing Iran to stall for the entire Obama Presidency.


Prediction: Short of a major attack, there is now no way to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear power. Therefore, it is going to happen, since an attack is not in the cards (unless by Israel, which really cannot afford to let Iran become a nuclear power, whatever the cost).


For Israel, Iran should be like a government takeover of health care has been fro Obama: Worth any cost--including bribery, cheating, lying and slash/burn tactics to prevent Iran from having nuclear weapons. But it is going to be a tough job for Israel, and the total failure of the Untied States to do any thing about Iran--even support the dissidents there--is a major error.


I have said that the country may not survive Obama's obsession with health care (in its present form). The total failure to deal with Iran is yet another way in which that may be a true prediction, besides the economy.


Now don't get me wrong. President Bush was not successful, either, with Iran. At least, however, I think Iran was a little AFRAID of President Bush. They are obviously not afraid of Obama. Who could be, if you are a country who does not like the USA. Obama does little but apologize for this country, when he is not obsessed with health care.


It is ironic, is it not, that IRAQ may be the big foreign policy SUCCESS of the Bush Administration--even if it took too long and cost too much. Oh, the overall War on Terror was a success, and the initial invasion of Afghanistan was a success. But Bush accomplished little with Iran, except a little intimidation. Ditto with North Korea. And Afghanistan is a continuing problem, as is Pakistan. Overall, if you told either me or President Bush that Iraq would be in the present position--even if fragile--I think that would have been regarded as SUCCESS (especially if you don't look at the pain getting to this point). Any truly objective observer would have to agree. Indeed, Joe Biden--in one of the most cynical ploys in American history--tried to take credit for the Obama Administration as to how well Iraq is doing (relatively).


Obama, on the other hand, has NO foreign policy "success". Oh, he has killed some terrorists with drones in Pakistan--in an aggressive policy begun in the Bush Administration but apparently expanded under Obama. However, Obama's allies on the left--such as the ACLU--OPPOSE this kind of killing of terrorists without giving them Miranda rights (dropping leaflets?). Meanwhile, with health care, Obama is not paying much attention. I trust our military is capable of handling things without him, because that is what they have been doing. It took Obama about 6 months just to decide whether to give the generals the troops they wanted, and then--military genius (lol) that Obama is, he CUT the number and told the terrorists how long the troops would stay).


Iran, however, is where Obama has really dropped the ball. Again, we are going to have trouble surviving Obama's concentration on health care.


P.S. Yes, a powerful Iran not only threatens world stability, but threatens to undermine our hard-won (with blood and treasure) success in Iraq. We could never expect more in Iraq than to give the people of Iraq a CHANCE to build a stable country not under the thumb of a tyrant. Even World War II resulted in the Evil Empire of the Soviet Union rather than a free Eastern Europe. But the CHANCE we have given Iraq could be negated if we allow Iran to dominate the region.