Comments on: Lead, Mr. President

By: Ken Baughman

Ken Baughman — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 03:24:16 +0000

Just saw the post that included the comment that, “Peace can never come at the end of a gun.”
Never? Tell that to a WWII veteran.

By: don

don — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 02:07:29 +0000

Just having a moment

I then shall live as one who’s been forgiven;
I’ll walk with joy to know my debts are paid.
I know my name is clear before my Father;
I am His child, and I am not afraid.
So greatly pardoned, I’ll forgive my brother,
The law of love I gladly will obey.
I then shall live as one who’s learned compassion;
I’ve been so loved that I’ll risk loving too.
I know how fear builds walls instead of bridges;
I’ll dare to see another’s point of view.
And when relationship demand commitment,
Then I’ll be there to care and follow through.
Your kingdom come around and through and in me;
Your power and glory, let them shine through me;
Your Hallowed name, O may I bear with honor,
And may You living Kingdom come in me.
The Bread of Life, O may I share with honor,
And may You feed a hungry world through me.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:08:08 +0000

Just for the record:

Yes, Obama should have come right out and addressed the nation. He should have taken the blame right away instead of waiting 10 days.

I do trust, however that you were also upset and vocal–possibly moreso–that President George W. Bush waited six days to address the nation after Richard Reed attempted to blow up a plane on Christmas Day not too long after 9/11 and also did not cut his vacation short.

By: don

don — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:46:05 +0000

On a slightly different note. Do we suppose that we would even be in either battle now had we as a country embraced the SDI idea proposed in 1983… (ihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_Defense_Initiativet)
…and spent on it as we did bailing out private enterprises. The 100 billion invested seems like chump change in light of what we have spent and are proposing to spend this last year alone. Does anyone think our adversaries would be as emboldened as they are now if they had confidence we could pop them from a satellite at our will. Talk about Peace control. Iran, North Korea, the Soviets. Just a couple good illustrations such as Mr Kadafi received would suffice. It might even silence Mr Chavez.
Thats what I appreciate about my older brother, Jesus. That two edged sword, and the great white beast he rides.

Shalom

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:04:19 +0000

Personally, I don’t see much difference between Bush and Obama as far as foreign policy. Little stuff like Gitmo and what you call a person I think make little difference. The fact is, the more we interfere in their business over seas the more we are going to enrage the radicals. This goes for the previous administration as it does for Obama’s. Peace can never come at the end of a gun. Also, regarding treating those as criminals, if we have sent elite forces to take out those who planned and execute 9/11 instead of looking at it militarily we would have a lot less debt and a lot less troubles that we seeing right now. But of course going that route would not have lined the pockets of Blackwater, KBR and Halliburton then would it? Privatize your Army and fight an endless, winless war profit making at its finest….

By: Paul Edwards

Paul Edwards — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 03:40:43 +0000

Jeff – in every case you have cited (WTC ‘93, USS Cole, OKC ‘95) the terrorists were treated as criminals, processed through our criminal justice system (the ones we caught) and not as enemy combatants. What happened on 9/11 in NYC and DC was precipitated by Bill Clinton approaching terrorists as he would common street thugs. Certainly GWB must take responsibility for any intelligence his administration had that could have preempted 9/11. But the fact is, it was the Bush Doctrine of treating terrorists as enemies that prevented another attack on American soil UNTIL the Obama administration changed the Bush Doctrine on the treatment of terrorists back to the Clinton Doctrine of approaching it criminally rather than militarily.

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 03:32:06 +0000

This president is looking more and more like God’s judgment on our land. He gave us someone so inept, so morally bankrupt, so fundamentally incapable of being nothing other than a “post turtle”, that common sense people are left pulling their hair out in disbelief.

We can disagree about the economy, spending, and taxes. When it comes to the security of our land, the rights of the unborn children and the sanctity of traditional marriage, we have no one else to now look to except Jesus our Lord and Savior. The government that people looked to and hoped would be right and moral is gone. We Americans are being shaken like at no other time in our history. We need to be ready for a major upheaval.

By: don

don — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:06:14 +0000

Ah yes, the old name and blame game.

Just once, it would be pleasing to my ears and comforting to my spirit to hear;

“My fellow Americans”,….

…. again, as we did in the past from a president who served ‘all’ the American people.

http://loveundefiled.blogspot.com/2009/12/ronald-reagans-christmas-message-true.html

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 17:31:00 +0000

I agree with Jeff. Just as I hold Bush responsible for 9/11, I hold Obama to blame for this current failure. Presidential candidates have a certain time alloted to them to blame their successor–that time is during campaigns. Once you’re sworn in, you’re responsible, despite what the previous administration did. It’s your job to find the mistakes and fix it. It’s your country now and a failure by the government, TSA, whoever falls squarely on Obama’s shoulders, just as the economy and everything else (in the same way, Bush is still to blame for what happened during his 8 years).

I don’t have a problem with Obama staying on vacation…in this age of teleconferencing and such, I’m pretty sure work could still get done. Taking three days to address the nation, however, is pretty dang bad.

But while Obama must be hold responsible, let’s also not forget that there are dozens throughout the chain who failed as well, from whoever originally approved the terrorist’s travels to the TSA people who were busy cleaning their nails when he passed through the checkpoint. This was a complete failure on all levels and it’s not going to be solved by treating passengers like prisoners when they get on a plane.

Having said that, I still have a hunch this would have occurred even if someone else–John McCain–were in office. The systemwide failure is too big and the nation has a tendency not to address problems until they occur. It’s not a political problem, it’s a management one. And the past 20 years, we haven’t had stellar management.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:38:25 +0000

Would those who say this “failure” is on Obama admit that 9/11 is on Bush? Watch FoxNews and they have said that Bush “kept us safe”. I am willing to put this on Obama, if the Right will do the same with Bush and 9/11? And please don’t say that terrorism was not an issue. ‘93 World trade towers. USS Cole and even Okl ‘95.