WP: “Obama’s Foreign Policy Based On Fantasy, Unicorns, And Pixie Dust”

By William Teach March 3, 2014 – 8:06 am

OK, I added those last two for effect. We could have also inserted golfing, incompetence, poor training, poorer knowledge, terrible advisers, and a general inability to care about what’s going on. Yesterday I noted the Washington Post editorial board stated that Ukraine is a test for Obama’s “smart power”. Today

President Obama’s foreign policy is based on fantasy

FOR FIVE YEARS, President Obama has led a foreign policy based more on how he thinks the world should operate than on reality. It was a world in which “the tide of war is receding” and the United States could, without much risk, radically reduce the size of its armed forces. Other leaders, in this vision, would behave rationally and in the interest of their people and the world. Invasions, brute force, great-power games and shifting alliances — these were things of the past. Secretary of State John F. Kerry displayed this mindset on ABC’s “This Week” Sunday when he said, of Russia’s invasion of neighboring Ukraine, “It’s a 19th century act in the 21st century.”

That’s a nice thought, and we all know what he means. A country’s standing is no longer measured in throw-weight or battalions. The world is too interconnected to break into blocs. A small country that plugs into cyberspace can deliver more prosperity to its people (think Singapore or Estonia) than a giant with natural resources and standing armies.

Unfortunately, Russian President Vladimir Putin has not received the memo on 21st-century behavior. Neither has China’s president, Xi Jinping, who is engaging in gunboat diplomacy against Japan and the weaker nations of Southeast Asia. Syrian president Bashar al-Assad is waging a very 20th-century war against his own people, sending helicopters to drop exploding barrels full of screws, nails and other shrapnel onto apartment buildings where families cower in basements. These men will not be deterred by the disapproval of their peers, the weight of world opinion or even disinvestment by Silicon Valley companies. They are concerned primarily with maintaining their holds on power.

We’d all love a peaceful world and everyone shares a Coke. Alas, that has never happened, and who knows if it ever will. As someone once wrote, Obama likes to BE president, he doesn’t like to DO president. With the trappings of the Office comes certain responsibilities, and Obama is unable to handle them. He thinks he can come to the podium (always late to his own scheduled speeches), give a speech, wag a finger, make a pronouncement, and everyone will listen and do what he says. That doesn’t work too well with a parent talking to a recalcitrant teenager, and works worse when aimed at a strongman like Putin, who also controls land, sea, air, and nuclear forces.

But it’s also true that, as long as some leaders play by what Mr. Kerry dismisses as 19th-century rules, the United States can’t pretend that the only game is in another arena altogether. Military strength, trustworthiness as an ally, staying power in difficult corners of the world such as Afghanistan — these still matter, much as we might wish they did not. While the United States has been retrenching, the tide of democracy in the world, which once seemed inexorable, has been receding. In the long run, that’s harmful to U.S. national security, too.

This goes back to the notion I mentioned yesterday in that Obama hasn’t cultivated those international “friendships”. Who does he have a true working relationship with in the international community? Rather hard to get things done without those relationships. Nor does it help that he’s trying to downgrade our military, as well as, to paraphrase John Kerry, turn it into something kinder, gentler.

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“Climate Change” Means Living Sicker And Dying Quicker Or Something

By William Teach March 2, 2014 – 3:07 pm

All because you took a 3 minute shower, used more than 2 sheets of TP, ran the sink while brushing your teeth, and keep the thermostat at 68 instead of 58

Climate Change Means Living Sicker and Dying Quicker

With much of the country still suffering through a record cold snap, it’s hard to think about global warming. But this horrific winter is the “weather on steroids” that climate scientists have been predicting for decades in which hotter days get hotter and cold spells are even more intense.

Beyond images of emaciated polar bears and drought-cracked lakes, however, there remains a major part of climate change’s impact that the media have neglected. Yet it is the one that may have the most immediate and profound consequence for our lives: how rising temperatures, higher carbon-dioxide levels and the corresponding changes in ecosystems will have a serious effect on our health. A recent report in the British medical journal The Lancet noted that “climate change is the biggest global health threat of the 21st century.”

In the coming decades, we’ll be living with higher levels of ozone pollution in the air we breathe, killer heat waves, more uncontrolled outbreaks of deadly bug-borne infectious diseases as vectors migrate to newly warm habitats, and fallout from drought-driven agricultural collapse and from increasingly frequent extreme weather events — floods, hurricanes, fires. Because hot air holds more water, we’ll have more torrential rains, more ferocious hurricanes and more dry spells because of heat-induced changes in rainfall patterns. All these changes translate into increasing rates of ills like asthma, allergies, severe respiratory infections, heart and lung disease, cancer, infectious diseases and even dementia and depression.

OK, so more drought and flood. There’s a reason I call it Hotcoldwetdry, because in Warmist world everything is caused by Mankind’s release of CO2. Funny thing is, we aren’t seeing more hurricanes, wildfires, and disease.

There is also the collateral damage from the harsher climate, such as the debilitating injuries and deaths, the dislocation and loss of social cohesion, and the lack of continuity in health care in the aftermath of weather-related calamities. What happened after Hurricane Katrina and Superstorm Sandy — when parts of the public health system collapsed and thousands of people went without needed medical care, sometimes for months, leading to much higher rates of disability and mortality — provides a chilling glimpse into a future when storms of this magnitude become commonplace.

Interesting. The 2013 US hurricane season was rather quiet. The US hasn’t seen a landfalling hurricane since 10/24/2005. Only one barely-a-hurricane since 2008. Sandy was made worse due to a cold front. Katrina saw problems because of pitiful, incompetent Democrat politicians. Does anyone remember all these problems in the other states affected, which were run by Republicans?

In the absence of mitigation strategies, we’re going to live sicker and die quicker on a hotter planet. “We’re going to see incremental changes in the next five or 10 years but that might not compare to what we’re going to see in the next 30 or 40 years,” says Dr. John Balbus, a senior policy analyst who leads the climate change and health effort at the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences. “Scientists don’t want to be alarmist, but they have systematically underestimated the threat.”

Crystal ball time. Hysterical, ranting prognostication is a specialty of Warmists. Perhaps they can tell us what the exact correct temperature of the Earth should be? Oh, and why there has been no statistically significant warming in 17 years, and only an increase of 0.28F since 1990?

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If All You See…

By William Teach March 2, 2014 – 1:00 pm

…is a horrible fossil fueled machine trespassing in a pristine area that should be loaded with wind turbines, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is Nice Deb, with a post on Judge Jeanine Pirro mocking Obama.

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Sorta Blogless Sunday Pinup

By William Teach March 2, 2014 – 9:05 am

Happy Sunday! Another great day in the Once And Future Nation Of America. This pinup is by Gil Elvgren, with a wee bit of help.

What is happening in Ye Olde Blogosphere? The Fine 15

  1. The Lonely Conservative notes how the Establishment welcomed the Tea Party
  2. Raised On Hoecakes has parrot informants
  3. The People’s Cube features MSNBC’s Common Core geography skills
  4. The Other McCain discusses the feminist fringe
  5. The Jawa Report notes Michelle O insulting housewives
  6. That Mr. G Guy covers a campus booting a disabled Green Beret and his service dog
  7. Sister Toldjah (Phineas) notes that WV Dems excluded themselves from a minimum wage increase
  8. Public Secrets shows that the Great Lakes have frozen over (it’s probably climate change)
  9. protein wisdom has a double facepalm moment from the White House
  10. Nice Deb has some thoughts on the awful new movie Non-Stop
  11. Maggie’s Notebook discusses militarizing the states
  12. Lady Liberty 1885 takes on the local issue with Rev. William “Buffett” Barber
  13. Fausta notes what Venezuelan’s really do not need
  14. American Power has lefties going Moonbat Level 10
  15. And last, but not least, 90Ninety Miles From Tyranny highlights the 2nd Amendment

As always, the full set of pinups can be seen in the Patriotic Pinup category, or over at my Gallery page. While we are on pinups, since it is that time of year, have you gotten your “Pinups for Vets” calendar yet? And don’t forget to check out what I declare to be our War on Women Rule 5 and linky luv posts and things that interest me

Anyone else have a link or hotty-fest going on? Let me know so I can add you to the list. (BTW, since someone asked, the reason I leave links for the previous week up (or you might see a *) is because they are place holders for later in the day or for next weeks. Easier than rewriting all the time. Also, the listing order has to do with how they are added over time, not how good a post is. I just copy and paste from the previous week, then edit. If you see one of the *’s, go ahead and check out the blog anyhow, see if there is an update. I cannot update with my Android during the day.

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WP: Ukraine Is A Test For Obama’s “Smart Power” Or Something

By William Teach March 2, 2014 – 8:31 am

Unfortunately, the test is more like something from Common Core

Obama and Putin are on trains on the same track, 500 miles apart. If one is traveling east at 45 miles per hour and the other is traveling west at 35 kilometers per hour, how many pancakes does it take to shingle a dog house? How many appearances on talk shows will Obama make?

Here we go

Ukraine crisis tests Obama’s foreign policy focus on diplomacy over military force

For much of his time in office, President Obama has been accused by a mix of conservative hawks and liberal interventionists of overseeing a dangerous retreat from the world at a time when American influence is needed most.

The once-hopeful Arab Spring has staggered into civil war and military coup. China is stepping up territorial claims in the waters off East Asia. Longtime allies in Europe and in the Persian Gulf are worried by the inconsistency of a president who came to office promising the end of the United States’ post-Sept. 11 wars.

When it comes to the Arab Spring, the problem wasn’t a use of force by the US, it was that Team Obama, and particularly Obama himself, refused to make statements in support of the people fighting for freedom until it was too late. The Iranians involved in the Green Movement begged Obama, as POTUS, to declare his support. He wouldn’t. He was mostly silent on the Arab Spring itself, until he decided to bomb Libya, then have no post-bombing plan. He declared “red lines” for Syria, where lots of civilians were already being killed, then walked them back and allowed Putin to step in and make a fool of Obama. And his mostly silence, along with a few wishy washy statements, gave the Islamic jihadis all the time to infiltrate and take over the movements. And this doesn’t even attempt to discuss the mess Obama helped create in Egypt. And how Sec Of State Clinton called Bashar Assad a “reformer”.

No one respects Obama internationally, hence China becomes more adventurous, and Russia has no qualms about going in to the Ukraine.

Now Ukraine has emerged as a test of Obama’s argument that, far from weakening American power, he has enhanced it through smarter diplomacy, stronger alliances and a realism untainted by the ideology that guided his predecessor.

It will be a hard argument for him to make, analysts say.

The question is, will he even try? He made a brief statement before going on happy hour. He made a few phone calls. Will this continue? Five years in office shows that Obama will probably not do much more. His words may work great on the campaign trail, but as a world leader he is a joke. There’s little respect for Obama from most world leaders. Our alliances are suffering, the people he nominates as diplomats are fools, and he has no real policy. He simply wings it.

A president who has made clear to the American public that the “tide of war is receding” has also made clear to foreign leaders, including opportunists in Russia, that he has no appetite for a new one. What is left is a vacuum once filled, at least in part, by the possibility of American force.

It’s not simply about war: really, would we go to war over Ukraine? Highly doubtful. Obama has no power to back up his assertions and demands, though. And he has no one to help him out. He hasn’t cultivated any working relationships with world leaders, other than a few selfies at a funeral. Say what you want about Bush and his crazy ideological push for freedom, the man cultivated relationships. Whether they were friendly or simply leader to leader, they were present. His relationship with Putin was based on respect as leaders, as well as fear and power. Putin has no respect for Obama. None.

There are rarely good — or obvious — options in such a crisis. But the position Obama is in, confronting a brazenly defiant Russia and with few ways to meaningfully enforce his threat, has been years in the making. It is the product of his record in office and of the way he understands the period in which he is governing, at home and abroad.

The signal Obama has sent — popular among his domestic political base, unsettling at times to U.S. allies — has been one of deep reluctance to use the heavily burdened American military, even when doing so would meet the criteria he has laid out. He did so most notably in the aftermath of the U.S.-led intervention in Libya nearly three years ago.

Again, it’s not just about the use of military intervention. Heck, he’s more than willing to use drone strikes (and kudos to him, in all seriousness). It’s about getting involved, speaking out, working the phones, building backing from world leaders, even using the United Nations. Obama gives the impression that doing the job, taking care of business, is a chore and interferes with parties, fundraising, golf, appearing on The View, and all the other fun trappings of being POTUS. High end politicians live for these kinds of situations. For Obama, it’s just a bother.

At this point, all Obama can do is take symbolic actions of disapproval, like skipping the G-8 and a trip to Russia. Which would have about as much affect as an unpopular boy boycotting a party he wasn’t wanted at in the first place. No one would care if Obama was absent. He’s annoyed and insulted our allies many times. He treats them with a lack of respect, and shows his narcissism when he meets world leaders. He blew off Poland and the missile shield to cozy up to Russia, and Russia saw this as weakness. Putin knows that he has all the leverage.

“The presidency is not something that lends itself to on-the-job training.

Who knew Joe Biden could have said something so right? BTW, where is Sheriff Joe in all this? Wasn’t he picked as Obama’s running mate because of all his foreign policy experience?

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Bummer: West Nile Virus Could Be Your Neighbor, Cause “Climate Change”

By William Teach March 1, 2014 – 2:47 pm

We’re doomed or something, so says Time’s resident climahysteric, Bryan Walsh

Thanks to Climate Change, West Nile Virus Could Be Your New Neighbor

Invasive species aren’t just species—they can also be pathogens. Such is the case with the West Nile virus. A mosquito-borne virus identified in the West Nile subregion in Uganda in 1937—hence the name—West Nile wasn’t much of a concern to people elsewhere until it broke out of Africa in 1999. The first U.S. cases were confirmed in New York City in 1999, and it has now spread throughout much of the world. Though 80% of infections are subclinical—meaning they yield no symptoms—those who do get sick can get very sick.The virus can led to encephalitis—inflammation of the brain and nervous system—and even death, with 286 people dying from West Nile in the U.S. in 2012. There were more than 5,500 cases reported that year, and the scary thing is that as the climate warms, West Nile will continue to spread.

That’s the conclusion of a new study from a team of researchers in the U.S., Britain and Germany, including those at the Center for Tropical Research at UCLA’s Institute of the Environment and Sustainability. In a study published in the journal Global Change Biology, the researchers took climate and species distribution data, and created models that try to project the spread of the virus as the globe warms. West Nile virus is carried by mosquitoes, and infected insects transmit the virus to human beings with a bite. But birds play a role too—if bitten by an infected mosquito, birds can generate high levels of the virus in their bloodstream, and can then transmit it to uninfected mosquitoes, which in turn can infect people. The biggest indicator of whether West Nile virus will occur is the maximum temperature of the warmest month of the year, which is why the virus has caused the most damage in hot southern states like Texas.

Before Hotcoldwetdry, invasive species and viruses never spread anywhere. Things were exactly the same for the previous 4.5 billion years, with life and disease staying exactly in the same places. Just don’t say anything about the Bubonic Plague, which spread during a cool period.

But, really, this is all part of the scareathon perpetuated by the Warmists, aimed toward their moonbat base and the Low Information Voters, who never take the time to learn the reality. Missing from the scary fable is that this has happened before, and will happen again, and it is simply part of nature, just like the majority of “climate change”.

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If All You See…

By William Teach March 1, 2014 – 1:10 pm

…is extreme weather caused by Someone Else refusing to replace their fossil fueled vehicle with a bicycle, you might just be a Warmist

The blog of the day is House Of Eratosthenes, with a post on Force not being Freedom.

Continuing the classic type photos (I have a whole bunch, so this will continue through next week), and, also, a friend challenged that I couldn’t do this post with just any ol’ picture of a hot babe.

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Strange: Lots Of Sub-zero Days Across The Country

By William Teach March 1, 2014 – 11:25 am

How could this possibly happen? A sub-zero day is defined as one where the temperature drops below zero at some point during the day. All this comes via the Weather Channel

International Falls, Minn.

  • Number of subzero days this winter: 70 through Feb. 28
  • This ties the all-time record for the period of Dec. 1 to Feb. 28 set in 1977-1978.

Grand Forks, N.D.

  • Number of subzero days this winter: 70 through Feb. 28
  • This is the fourth most number of subzero days on record for the period from Dec. 1 to Feb. 28. The all-time record for this period of time is 74 days.
  • When looking at the entire cold season from November to April, the most subzero days on record is 85 in the winter of 1977-1978.

Must be all the GHGs making it so hot that it gets cold.

Duluth, Minn. beat their old record of 59 with 65 days. Aberdeen, S.D has 62 days, 10 short of the mark set in 1916-1917.

Fargo, N.D.

  • Number of subzero days this winter: 65 through Feb. 28.
  • This ties as the fourth most for the period from Dec. 1 to Feb. 28 dating back to the 1880s.

1880’s. Green Bay broke their mark of 48 with 49. Chicago has 22, which ties it for third. Other cities easily cracked their top ten for most sub-zero days.

Oh, and there are all the snow days at or approaching record. Philly has its 3rd snowiest. Chicago, 5th. Indy, 3rd. Detroit, 2nd. Cincy, 5th. Toledo, 1st. Ft. Wayne, 3rd. Peoria, 3rd. Wilmington, Del, 4th. Allentown, Pa, 4th. These are just a few of the cities cracking the top 5 for snowiest. And, since that article was from the 26th, it does not cover the snow that fell through the end of today.

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You’re In Good (Liberal Activist) Hands, NYC

By William Teach March 1, 2014 – 7:19 am

Mayor Bill De Blasio is taking a page from the Obama administration, and surrounding himself with hardcore liberal activists rather than people with real knowledge about running a city. Even the NY Times notices

De Blasio Picks More Liberal Activists Than Managers for City Posts

In Bill de Blasio’s City Hall, it seems more and more, there is only a left wing.

The mayor, who advanced in politics by grass-roots organizing, has built a team filled with former activists — figures more accustomed to picketing administrations or taking potshots from the outside than working from within. His administration is heavily populated with appointees best known for the fights they have fought. (snip)

“We’ve said all along, as we make appointments, our standards are clear,” Mr. de Blasio said in announcing the appointments of Mr. Banks, who once lost to him in a City Council race, and two other officials. “We need people who share our progressive values related to the future of this city.”

Alternative ideas and values are no longer welcome in NYC. So, it seems, is the notion of needing people with quality backgrounds

In any case, Mr. de Blasio’s mayor’s personnel choices are just one means by which he appears to be easing the mayoralty from the practical details of governing into a platform for the kind of social change usually achieved on the streets and in the courts.

It is a far different approach from that of his predecessor, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, who favored agency heads and staff members with button-down business backgrounds.

As far as Bloomberg goes, while you can certainly condemn him for his nannying ways, but the guy did know business. And he wanted business to come to NYC, he wanted people who knew how to Get Things Done, like in a business. I heard an interview with him back in September, and he was thrilled that NYC had so many really, really, really rich people, because he understood they created jobs, and put money in the city coffers. De Blasio is sure to drive people away.

Even those de Blasio has picked who have managerial experience are hardcore progressives, and must share his vision. Expect this to be a very activist government for NYC, and things will not work very well, especially when much of the big tax base moves away.

Mr. Green, who was Mr. Bloomberg’s opponent in the 2001 election, warned that New Yorkers needed “more of a leader and manager than activist and advocate.”

“He’s been preparing for years to run for mayor but not to be mayor,” Mr. Green said. “The most-asked question I get from earnest citizens is, ‘Can he manage the city?’ ”

That reminds me of someone else with few managerial skills but was great at campaigning, and it hasn’t worked so well for the United States.

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Obama: Russia Needs To Stop Being Big Meanies, Then Heads For A Fundraiser

By William Teach March 1, 2014 – 7:01 am

So, Obama called a for a quick statement, then showed up late, as usual. People who show up late aren’t particularly trust-worthy. But, maybe it makes him feel special and powerful. In reality, it shows a profound lack of respect. Anyhow

(The Hill) President Obama warned Friday there “will be costs” if Russian takes military action inside Ukraine.

In a brief appearance in the White House press briefing room, Obama said his administration was “deeply concerned” by reports that the Russian military is already intervening in the Crimea, an area of Ukraine with strong Russian ties.

“Any violation of Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity would be deeply destabilizing, which is not in the interests of Ukraine, Russia or Europe,” Obama said. “It would represent a profound interference in matters that must be determined by the Ukrainian people.”

He warned Russian military intervention would be a “clear violation” of its international commitments, and noted the action came on the heels of the Winter Olympic games.

All in all, it was a pretty weak statement, even for Obama, who has apparently either learned nothing during his 5 years in office or just can’t be bothered. Or both.

(Fox News) Charles Krauthammer told viewers Friday on “Special Report with Bret Baier” that President Obama’s statement on the latest Ukraine developments showed “weakness,” and implied that “we’re not really going to do anything” about the political upheaval in Ukraine. (snip)

“He said, any violation of Ukrainian territory is destabilizing, and that’s not in Russia’s interest. He is instructing Putin on what’s in Russia’s interest?” Krauthammer said. “I can assure you, Putin has calculated his calculated his own interests, and he’s calculated that detaching Crimea from Ukraine and making it, essentially, a colony of Russia, is in Russia’s interest – because he knows he has nothing to fear from the west, because it’s not led by anybody. It used to be led by the United States.”

And

(Fox News) “This administration’s policy toward Russia has been a failure,” Brookes said, later adding, “There is some value in strategic ambiguity because you are trying to deter the Russians from going any further, you’re trying to involve yourself in preventive diplomacy, but this should have been done a long, long time ago. And unfortunately this administration, like so many issues, is behind the power curve.”

Even Sarah Palin chimed in

In 2008, when she was the GOP vice presidential nominee, Palin questioned in a speech whether then-Sen. Barack Obama would have the foreign policy credentials to handle a scenario in which Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine.

“After the Russian army invaded the nation of Georgia, Senator Obama’s reaction was one of indecision and moral equivalence – the kind of response that would only encourage Russia’s Putin to invade Ukraine next,” she said in Reno, Nevada on October 21, 2008.

The former Alaska governor was happy to highlight her prediction on Friday and scold those who criticized her 2008 comments.

“Yes, I could see this one from Alaska,” she said on Facebook. That remark was a reference to a 2008 interview in which Palin argued that Alaska’s proximity to Russia helped boost her foreign policy experience.

And, once his brief slight finger wagging comments were concluded, it was happy hour

President Obama himself, having delivered a limp warning to Vladimir Putin, decamped for a meeting of the Democratic National Committee, where he told a cheering crowd: “Well, it’s Friday, it’s after 5:00. So this is officially happy hour with the Democratic Party.”

I’m going to do something strange: I’m going to somewhat defend Obama. Throughout this entire thing, no one has really offered a better idea as to what Obama should have said, and what he should threaten. Seriously, what can he say? What can he do? Is there anything that would dissuade Russia and Putin? This isn’t the cold war time, and we won’t be covertly sending weapons and aid. One thing I used to always say to my employees is “if I don’t have a better idea, I won’t criticize you”.

On the flip side, I wasn’t POTUS. And I wasn’t the one who became a joke in the international community, at least amongst the leaders of countries around the world. For the most part, Obama is seen as weak and wishy-washy, particularly after his Syrian “red lines” walkback. And then running off to a fundraiser, rather than heading back to the office to keep an eye on things, shows a fundamental disconnect to the issues roiling the region.

His dealings with Russia have always been pathetic, starting with the “reset button” gaffe. He’s always appeared weak and ineffectual. George Bush may have been “hated” around the world, but, for the most part, he was respected as a leader with convictions, keeping the USA strong. Obama is more of a seagull pigeon leader: he flies in (late), makes a lot a bit of noise, some cooing sounds, craps all over everything, then flies off. Usually for personal/fundraising business, not Executive Office business.

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