Reply #26: Drop the sarcasm....I agree with Afghanistan... [View All]

I agreed with Obama during the campaign--that we should have focused on Afghanistan, instead of going into Iraq. I also
agreed that further resources needed to be committed to Afg to ensure that bin Laden and Al Qeda didn't re-group there.

That's one issue.

My main issue with war is the neocon plan that Obama is continuing. It started with Bush, when they lied us into
war with Iraq. In case you haven't checked out Project for a New American Century--you might want to Google it.
PNAC (or the neocons) laid out their grand plans for big, big war in the Middle East. The purpose of this war is
to dominate the resources and the people in this area of the world.

The bastards were brazen enough to detail the plan on their website. They even asked Bill Clinton for war with Iraq in 1998, and he refused.
They had to wait until Bush was President--before their 'plan in the sand' could be realized.

They laid out which countries they wanted to invade and in what order: Iraq, Iran, Libya and Syria. They tried to
initiate Iran, but their justifications for war were so absurd that they couldn't; and Iraq was a disaster and public
sentiment was dropping for it, so their Iran plans were halted. So, they're skipping around now.

Sure enough, we're in Libya now and soon to be involved with Syria. Obama is spearheading all of this and is the
mouthpiece behind getting the public on board. This is part of the neocon plan. No mistake about that. It's
a fact.

And by the way--I have said before and I'll say it again--Obama is the only shot we've got. He's a good man. He's not
a narcissist or a sociopath, like most of our public officials. He's most likely the only grown up in the room when
he's working with Congress. What the Obama Administration has taught me is that the power of the Presidency is incredibly
limited--and in some respects--nonexistent.

Neocons and corporatists in the Democratic and Republican parties have all of the power. They slowly amassed it during the
the past few decades and our entire government has been engulfed. They're in the CIA, the Pentagon, the DOD, the NSA. They're
like the mafia--and they're working in tandem with and beholden to powerful corporations. The President is just one man, and there's
no way one person can break up this power structure.

I understand his limitations and I don't attack him personally--but for Pete's sake--can I be at least be disappointed that it
has come to this? Do I have your permission to be just a tad bit upset that our democracy is NO LONGER and that a President
in this country is basically ineffectual up against these marauding psychopaths who view us (that's you too) as useless insects?