Finding someone to talk to about a hostage in Somalia has got to be tough. The country is a haven for terror training cells because there’s no central government that anyone can point to as having power – the country is dominated by warlords. That’s the same reason it’s difficult to find anyone to talk to when you have a crisis like we do now.
President Clinton was in office the last time the U.S. had a run in with that country and it was his weak actions that led Osama bin Laden to conclude Americans were unable to take casualties which led directly to the attacks on September 11th, 2001. Ironically, Hillary Clinton – the wife of Bill Clinton – is now the Secretary of State and is seemingly in charge of handling the stand off with the Somali pirates. This begs the question of whether or not she will botch the situation as badly as her husband did and lay the groundwork for future attacks against the U.S. and our citizens.
The lack of attention being paid to this situation and other international events by he Obama Administration is telling and chilling. North Korea fires a rocket and there is no response. Iran has 7000 centrifuges and announces that they are about have weapons grade material and the U.S. has almost no response. Now we’re seeing the same weak response to the abduction of American merchantmen on the high seas. All this is sending a message to the world. I KNOW the Obama Administration wants to show the U.S. is no longer a warmonger to the people the president feels is important to hear that message. The problem with that strategy is the people who need to see the U.S. still carries a ‘big stick’ are seeing they are free to run wild and do what they want. And who better to do it to than Americans if we are not going to respond? They will look like heroes to their own people and will be emboldened the more they get away with it.For these people to get stronger and succeed all we have to do is do nothing…
President Clinton was in office the last time the U.S. had a run in with that country and it was his weak actions that led Osama bin Laden to conclude Americans were unable to take casualties which led directly to the attacks on September 11th, 2001. Ironically, Hillary Clinton – the wife of Bill Clinton – is now the Secretary of State and is seemingly in charge of handling the stand off with the Somali pirates. This begs the question of whether or not she will botch the situation as badly as her husband did and lay the groundwork for future attacks against the U.S. and our citizens.
The lack of attention being paid to this situation and other international events by he Obama Administration is telling and chilling. North Korea fires a rocket and there is no response. Iran has 7000 centrifuges and announces that they are about have weapons grade material and the U.S. has almost no response. Now we’re seeing the same weak response to the abduction of American merchantmen on the high seas. All this is sending a message to the world. I KNOW the Obama Administration wants to show the U.S. is no longer a warmonger to the people the president feels is important to hear that message. The problem with that strategy is the people who need to see the U.S. still carries a ‘big stick’ are seeing they are free to run wild and do what they want. And who better to do it to than Americans if we are not going to respond? They will look like heroes to their own people and will be emboldened the more they get away with it.For these people to get stronger and succeed all we have to do is do nothing…
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