Saturday, January 12, 2013

Why did Obama choose them?

Why did Obama choose Brennan, Kerry, and Hagel? Neo-neocon thinks it was because

(1) He agrees with them on foreign policy, and they agree with him.

(2) They are basically non-entities in their own right (Kerry is the one who’s most his own man, and the only thing he’s ever really done, besides run a lackluster presidential campaign, was to throw away his medals and testify that American forces in Vietnam operated “in a fashion reminiscent of Genghis Khan”). They are virtually certain to be Obama’s willing handmaidens and not threaten him in any way.

(3) As a side benefit, these nominations will outrage the right.

Even if somehow a Republican—or at least someone to the right of Obama on foreign policy—were to be elected in 2016, the damage these four people can and probably will have done is likely to be severe. And people the world over will have realized (in fact, they already do realize) that American foreign policy is more mutable than it used to be, that the range of possibilities and fluctuations has widened, and that America’s word cannot be relied on.

Read more here: http://neoneocon.com/2013/01/11/obamas-second-term-foreign-policy-not-really-like-ike/

1 comment:

OMMAG said...

Every Obama appointment is intended to cause the most disruption possible.