The year for hope and change, and massive disillusionment. Obama 2009

A good snapshot of the last, and hopefully,
beginning of the end of the only Obama term
in office as POTUS. The damages done by Obama
and the demosocialistacrats will take years to
repair. It can and must be done. Terrorism both
domestic and foreign have increased in the last
year, thanks to the Obama policy of apology and
appeasement. The fruit from this policy is rotten
from the inside out, top to bottom. Has time
already run out on Obama. Mr. Friedman states
Obama has perhaps, next year for damage control.
Hopefully, the suspense and results will not further
damage our country and embolden our enemies
even more.


2009 in Review: The Year of Obama
From Stratfor
By George Friedman

December 14, 2009



President Barack Obama’s speech in Oslo marking his receipt of the Nobel Peace Prize was eloquent, as most of his speeches are.



It was also enigmatic — both for its justification of war and for his speaking on behalf of the international community while making clear that as commander in chief, his overarching principle is to protect and defend the United States.

In the end, it was difficult to discern precisely what he meant to say. An eloquent and enigmatic speech is not a bad strategy by a president, but it raises this question: At the end of his first year, what precisely is this president’s strategy abroad? Ironically, it is useful to consider Obama in the light of the last president who dominated and defined his time: Ronald Reagan, a man as persuasive, polarizing and enigmatic as the current president. Read more »


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