A problem that Obama cannot solve

The unforced error by Prime Minister Maliki this weekend, described below, makes the possibility of a President Obama more likely. This is a frightening prospect but it is worse even than we had been told. The real threat to the western world is not Iraq or Iran. It is Pakistan. The government is unstable and has the Bomb. What could be worse ? Read the story and see.

Then think about a new president who does not know that Afghanistan does not speak Arabic ! I thought the infamous interview with Bush in 2000 showed appalling ignorance but that was before 9/11. We are now at war in Afghanistan. The young man who scolds his fellow countrymen for failing to learn languages that he, himself, does not speak, is frighteningly ignorant, not only about the world outside Chicago, but about about how ignorant he is.

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2 Responses to “A problem that Obama cannot solve”

  1. Dana says:

    Bottom line it, Mike K, if O gets in, how long do we have before hell in a handbasket becomes a reality?

    Also, would you know of a link that might have a timeline of Afrghanistan, Iran, U. S. involvements? I’m trying to locate something that might show when and where we each interlink through either war, incursions, deal making, etc….(I realize its vague but if you know of something, shoot me the link, pls.)

  2. You could read Charlie Wilson’s War about the Soviet period and the mujahaddeen. For the Taliban, there are several books, one is titled simply The Taliban. It predates 9/11.