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"Kicking and Screaming"--Obama Goes to War.
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President Obama is much like the spoiled kid who consistently got his way. The kid was happiest when he was surrounded by his friends, bragging about how many toys he had, and how he could manipulate his parents to do his bidding. It was his perfect little world.
Obama is happiest when he's surrounded by his inner circle of progressive friends, winning elections, giving speeches from the bully pulpit, and manipulating the American people into believing everything he does is a smashing success. He was the president who brought you Obama Care, Common Core, The Dream Act, green energy, gender equality, gay marriage rights, and more importantly, a safer America through his foreign policy. He was the president that "ended wars." Applause...Applause!
Remember that spoiled kid at home? Well, unfortunately for him, he lives in the real world. One unsuspecting day, his mother took him by the hand and said, "Come on Billy, we're going to the dentist to finally get that bad tooth pulled." Screaming and kicking, he was forced into the family car. He no longer had control of his happy little world.
President Obama is living the same scenario. For the past year he has tried to convince Americans that Al Qaeda was on the run, arming the Free Syrian rebels was a fantasy, Russia was just a regional power, terrorists posed no imminent threat to our homeland, Iran will NEVER be allowed a nuclear weapon, and ISIS was just a Jayvee wannabe terrorist group. Unfortunately, the leader of the free world could not control reality.
Much like the mother of the spoiled kid, the military experts at the Pentagon had to grab President Obama by the ear and drag him, kicking and screaming, into the bowels of CENTCOM at MacDill Air Force Base. I can imagine how that went. "Sir, with all due respect, as stated in your national security briefings, it is critical that we attack inside Syria NOW! ISIS is growing in size by the day, and our homeland is under an imminent threat from Khorasan, an Al Qaeda group Americans don't even know about. We have intelligence confirming they're about to execute an attack on America!"
That was September 17th. The rest is history. On the night of Sept. 22nd, President Obama gave the command to begin airstrikes inside Syria against both Khorasan and ISIS.
As critical as I have been of this administration, I commend President Obama for doing the right thing. He may have fought it to the end, but the security of America and its citizens should always trump all political ideologies.
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