Obama willingly entered this latest military quagmire and now has adopted it as his own. When one thinks about the mathematical probability that the U.S. military will somehow be able to claim some sort of victory out of this cesspool, the chances of that happening are somewhere between slim and none. All the signs point to another massive disaster, much the same as when our government and our military stubbornly refused to see the distinct signs of defeat in Vietnam, continued to escalate it, and paid a terrible price for its mistake.
What about the unconscionable use of Predator and Raptor drones to rain death upon innocent civilians as we try to find those Al-Qaeda bogeymen in the mountains? The use of these drones is inhuman and unconscionable because innocent people who have never done any kind to harm any American are dying needlessly simply because they got in the way of our so-called highly-intelligent bombs that missed their mark. As a loyal American, I totally reject and divorce myself from these military actions that I find completely offensive to mankind. Why is Obama not troubled about this moral issue?
What he could easily do is to put into effect a moratorium on the use of drones and have this entire issue studied in detail to determine if and how they should be used. While I know that the military just loves this latest creation designed to save the lives of troops it is becoming one more symbol of the indiscriminate use of the American military power that greatly increases the recruitment of insurgency forces. But Mr. Obama apparently has no time or inclination for a moratorium.
How can Obama and his economic dream team not clearly understand that continuing to pour hundreds of billions of dollars into the cesspools of Iraq and Afghanistan year after year is bringing America to the brink of national solvency? How can they not understand that their actions and policies relating to unending wars is destroying the nation’s financial foundation, as well as whatever moral foundation is now left in American society?
And now to the huge moral issue of torture. President Obama knows it wrong and has said our nation will not use it. That’s all well and good, but then he conveniently puts this issue into a box and tries to store it in some White House closet, out of sight, out of mind, the worst thing he could possibly do.
I do not see how this issue can just go away for it is so critical to America’s ability to clearly understand the difference between right and wrong. Mr. Obama cannot simply announce that he must concentrate on looking forward and not waste time on things that happened in the past. This is an issue that is not going to go away and he will have to face it one way or another. The longer that it stays in limbo the more it will fester and silently eat away at our nation’s moral foundation. If he, as the leader of this nation fails to act in this matter, he will find that it will someday come back to haunt him for what he could have done and did not have the moral courage to do.
The answer to this apparent predicament is not the least bit complicated. Our president does not need to throw himself into the middle of the fray, orchestrate some kind of investigation, and expose the Bush administration for what it actually did (allegedly). All he need do is to make it known to his Attorney General, Eric Holder, and selected Democratic leaders in Congress that this is a matter of great importance to our standing in the world and, as such, some type of bipartisan commission needs to be formed. No more, no less and then he can go on with addressing the many problems the U.S. faces while others conduct a proper investigation. Why won’t he even do that?
Another important cornerstone of his candidacy was the need for healthcare reform to restructure this industry and bring medical coverage to the 48 million Americans who are without it. He was very strong in promoting the need for this reform and, specifically, stressed the importance of single payer health insurance.
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