Axles of evil get the grease
We all remember the now famous words of George W. Bush when he labeled Iraq, Iran and North Korea “The axis of evil” at his State of the Union address in 2002. His conviction in his comments were strength to right minded people but his critics cried aloud with vitriol.Of course the leaders of those countries didn’t like his comments either and voiced their opinions and shook their mighty fists. Most of the left shuddered with fear and criticized Bush for not handling them with diplomacy and dignity while he stood tall and ignored the noise.
The left lamented that world trust and image was being squandered by this cowboy whose just stomping everybody out with his boots.Boots that have mud on them from a day of real work at the ranch. Years of carrot and no stick were in jeopardy now because someone is actually standing up. Further fears of the left is that this type of approach would expose them for what they really are; spineless word jugglers who can spin any defeat into a ‘mutual compromise’ but in the end any progress is at the expense of the American peoples pocket books and slowly eroding freedoms.
The louder the shrills and veiled threats the less likely it was to get anything on Bushes watch. Even with the backing of the American press Bush handled his charge as leader of the free world on morals, conviction and what was good for America first.
Now of course the watch has changed hands and things are completely different. Squeaky wheels do indeed get the grease and the world knows it.
Iran is closer than ever (or so they say) to enriching uranium for nuclear purposes and this administration is willing to drop any pre conditions to have a talk. Kim Jong-il has launched a missile over Japan and he’ celebrates his victory by lying to his people and retires to bed to watch another porn marathon. He’ll sleep well tonight knowing the current administration won’t do much more than rattle their gums. Iraq is not a problem of course because George Bush saw to it that Saddam was deposed and planted the seeds of freedom which are now beginning to grow. Our current leader however is trying to figure out how to sell the redeployment of troops to “the good war” without making it look he’s broken his promise of them coming home.
Even small wheels seem to be getting greased up. The pirates in Somalia who were emboldened by 3 teenagers who held off a fleet of destroyers for as long as they could with nothing more than a couple of AK 47’s went on a spree of hi-jacking in the last 24 hours. Sure the military did a masterful job and perhaps the President gave full and honest attention to the matter. But the die is cast and Obama owns it. He’s not going to stand up to the world, he is a true paper tiger and that really doesn’t bode well for you and me.
Maybe it’s true that our standing in the world wasn’t the greatest under Bush, maybe other countries did hate us for our ability and willingness to get in a fight and scrap. But how do you think they’ll view us when we’re beaten down left with only pieces of worthless paper to show the world after we’ve been betrayed. What will Obama say?
While some may wish to leave our security up to the empty promises of proven liars but still look good, I would rather be seen as a brute knowing my head can lay down in peace tonight. The rest of the world will get along fine and in reality if they were honest they would rather have a big dog on the porch as well because they have stakes in this game too. They would prefer I’m sure, George W. Bush.
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