The Eagle's Nest Blog

Barack Obama's Magical Mystery Tour Begins!

Barack Obama's "Magical Mystery Tour" began today with the help and support of the main stream media (msm). With msm news anchors Katie Couric (CBS), Charlie Gibson (ABC), and Brian Williams (NBC) in tow, Obama is off on campaign stops in Europe, Israel, Iraq & Afghanistan on the agenda.

Once described as a fact finding tour so that Barack Obama could form his "national security plan," has now turned into a world wide rock concert event. It's really hard to formulate a national security plan when you have already stated what you plan to do without giving your generals in the field any opportunity to discuss options and strategy before hand. I guess when you are soooooooo smart, you don't need advise or consult from military experts!

I don't begrudge the msm an opportunity for tagging along. After all, it is news and anyway most of America understands the msm is solidly behind Barack Obama. They did orchestrate his win over Hillary Clinton in the primaries. So why would they even try to give the appearance of fairness and balance by their anchors traveling with John McCain. Their action has a double edged sword risk attached to it. Since Obama is a naive rank amateur on national security and military issues, if he screws up, someone is bound to have video footage. You won't see it on the evening msm news, but it will show up on U-Tube.

Our military leaders will be very respectful and give great updates on the war on terror at all stops. However, you can imagine that a few military eyes will roll when no one is looking. It make one wonder why stop and visit the military at all if you have already decided on "defeat and retreat."

Two other interesting notes: First Barack's wife stayed at home and did not accompany him and the 200+ media people. Second, the itinerary does not include a stop to visit Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Perhaps Michelle Obama is getting more training on how to speak in public without hurting her husband's already fragile campaign? Maybe, Mahmoud and Barack have scheduled a coffee break at "Starbucks" in New York City when Ahmadinejad next visits the United Nations?

I can't wait to see the press in their "I Survived Barack Obama's Magical Mystery Tour" t-shirts. A real collectors item I'm sure!

Message to Congress: Drill Here - Drill Now!

Hey Congress, drill here and drill now! The Democrats want us to believe that if we begin drilling on the outer shelf or in the Gulf of Mexico or off our two coast lines it will take 7 to 10 years to get that oil to market. They also want a second give-away (stimulus check) to buy votes this fall. "Bull Feathers!"

The first stimulus checks aren't even delivered yet and they want a second check already. They say American's need it to cope with higher gas prices. Well you genius's, get off your behinds and allow the energy industry to start drilling again and in Anwar as well. Stop kissing the fanny of the environmental kooks and put a stop to $4.00 plus gas.

President George W. Bush has done his part by rescinding the executive order his father wrote in 1990. Now it's up to you Congress to follow suit. No wonder you have a 9% approval rate. We sent you to Washington to do something and it is time you act or it is time we clean house in November with people who will.

Obama to Eliminate the World's Nuclear Weapons?

I've seen some snake oil salesmen in my day, but the latest from Barack Obama has me stymied. Are there any educated, racial, thoughtful people out there that really believe that Barack Obama can eliminate the world of nuclear weapons?

I realize that there are many people who have bought into the "Change" bull feathers that Obama has been preaching, but lets get real now. This national security and foreign policy rookie wants everyone to believe that he possesses the charm and persuasiveness necessary to get Russia, China, India, Pakistan, North Korea, Britain and Israel to give up their nuclear arsenal. Oh, and he can convince Iran and Syria to not develop these weapons either.

The height of naivety by this rank amateur has no bounds. How can rational people believe him? There are nations in this world that want to destroy western civilization as we know it. If they can't develop nuclear weapons, they will develop biological or chemical weapons. America needs a seasoned leader who understands that diplomacy only works when it is a two way street.

All the naive good intentions in the world will not work with these despots. Look how Kim Jong-Il played Bill Clinton for a chump by obtaining a nuclear reactor that helped him develop a nuclear bomb.

In Indiana today, Obama reverted back to the Bill Clinton position that the War on Terror is really a law enforcement matter requiring new bureaucracies for intelligence gathering and law enforcement infrastructure to stop terrorists. That concept gave us Al Qaeda and September 11, 2001 if my memory serves me correct.

If this is Barack Obama's idea of national security and foreign policy, he may just receive a very cold reception from the leaders in the Middle East who have the wolves at their door steps. It just might be time for Obama to be optioned to the minor leagues to gain more experience to the real ways of world reality. Rookies!

Jesse - Jesse - Jesse!

Well Jesse, you just cost us bloggers four months of great political sound-bite fodder by not running for the US Senate. Thanks for nothing!

The Democrats may have lost their best chance to win the Senate seat by endorsing far left Al Franken over more moderate Mike Ciresi. The Democrats only hope now is the "Obama Factor" (read coat-tails), which may still capture the prize for them. Norm Coleman is far too slick a professional politician to screw up this race before November.

On the Independent Party side, now that Jesse has bolted, Dean Barkley will run instead and have no noticeable effect on the race. Still the poll released last night by ABC's KSTP shows how unhappy both Republicans and Democrats are with their choices. So Mike Ciresi, if you are listening, you have until 5:00 p.m. to register and save the DFL and give us bloggers something to write about.

Barack Obama's "Plan for Defeat in Iraq!"

In today's New York Time's (here) Barack Obama enlightens us with an OP - ED piece called "My Plan for Iraq." I suspect that his friends at MoveOn.org & Code Pink took Barack to the wood shed for a spanking after he stated he was going to wait until he met with the general's on the ground before finalizing his plan for Iraq. So today he unveiled his "Plan."

After reading it, I believe it is more of a "Plan for Defeat & Disaster!" I agree that I'm not Harvard educated, but I have fought in three wars starting in Vietnam in 1970 - 71, Desert Storm 1990 -91 and Operation Iraqi Freedom 2005. I think my life experiences have given me some insight into the nature of geo-political conflicts. More importantly, as a student of history, I believe Obama's plan will result in even worse death and destruction then the three million slaughtered in Southeast Asia after the Democrats forced America to cut and run from Vietnam in 1975.

As Obama has pointed out, he has been against the Iraq war from the start. Yet he has continued to vote to fund the war while he has been in the US Senate. Some would say that it is not an example of a principled stand on Obama's part. Now, when it appears that we have turned a major corner in Iraq with the success of the "surge" and we are preparing to make a major reduction of combat troops from Iraq, Obama wants to give the Army a new Iraq mission: "end this war." That should give those Iraqi's who have supported our coalition a really warm and fuzzy feeling about waking up one morning and finding they are alone against Al Qaeda, Syria, and Iran. If you really want to see this region in flames and civil war, Obama's plan is the recipe for just that catastrophe.

Obama shows his lack of military experience when he says he would have all combat brigades out of Iraq in 16 months after becoming president. The fact is combat brigades only make up 1/2 of our troops in Iraq. The rest are made up of training teams and logistical support necessary to assist the Iraqi government and their young military forces. Where are we going to reposition to be available if the Iraqi government needs our help again?

He said he would pursue a new strategy in Afghanistan by inserting two combat brigade (about 10,000 troops) there. Remember, Obama earlier this year said he would cross the border of Afghanistan to attack Al Qaeda in Pakistan. I'm not sure the Pakistan government would be too happy about that happening. The cold hard military facts are that Afghanistan couldn't be controlled by the British Empire or the Soviet Union. The best we can do is fight a counter-insurgency (special operations style) war and buy time for the Afghan government and army to build up and defend themselves. Isn't that how we have been winning in Iraq with the change of tactics called "the surge?"

Regrettably, Obama's OP - ED is terrible short on real solutions or practical ideas. I'm beginning to think that his military adviser Retired General Wesley Clark wrote it for him. Yes, we know that the intelligence for the war was flawed, so was the intel on December 7, 1941, we get it! This is just another example of Barack Obama's naivety and inexperience. The idea that he can just sit down and sing "kumbiya" and governments like Syria and Iran will play nice and open their wallets to rebuild Iraq is just plain gibberish.

We all want the war to end, especially those of us who have fought it and lost friends in the process. But don't snatch defeat from the jaws of victory just because you are beholding to radical groups that opposed this war to get out your vote.

It is obvious that Barack Obama has no national defense expertise nor does he understand what is at stake here for the world and the United States. We can't abandon our allies and we definitely shouldn't put ourselves into a position that might require us to go back into Iraq and pay for the same real-estate twice. Obama would have been far better off waiting until he spoke to the general's on the ground before announcing it is time to quit and retreat.