Huh??? I get your M.O. of attacking the messenger and not the message. But on this one, why bother? You even said you don't disagree with the article. He quotes Obama's CIA Director and Pentagon Chief, Diane Feinstein, Obama's Drug Czar, and liberal Frank Bruni. He's not quoting ANY Republicans, only Democrats that are saying that Obama is failing to lead. I guess since it was an article that you agreed with you still had to say something to your followers to disparage it, so you went with the old "consider the source".
I'm going to start saying "consider the source" every time you post something political. After all, you did just admit last week that you were paid to lie for Democrats.
You cut me to the quick, Max..
My only point is that the author takes the quotes
out of context.
Frank Bruni's original article doesn't come to the same conclusion as the article posted; even though reading it you would think the two are in congruence.
Bruni's point is that Obama needs to establish a tough narrative that the Republicans (and many Democrats) can get behind - which doesn't make the argument that
"he cannot lead." Instead, Bruni's point is that Obama is too cerebral, and could be over-complicating what is ultimately a simpler national security issue.
I tend to agree with some of this. Much of the narrative from the Administration to the American public has been very poorly worded to get one's message across. The Syrian/Iraqi "jobs" argument is a perfect example of a really awful message to push on Sunday talk - but in reality, is highly representative of the reality in the region. Much of ISIS' strength lies in the socioeconomic insecurity and lack of opportunity for those living in Syria and Iraq.
So, to the argument's of those quoted, yes, Obama lacks the ability to construct a cogent narrative on the issue, and I think, lacks a focused and actionable vision as to how to best solve the problems in the region using U.S.
military power. I think Obama may feel the exercise of military force, particularly a ground invasion, would only be a temporary stopgap measure that might ultimately make the situation worse over time.
All in all though, as I said, I don't disagree with some of the points of the article, while others I do. To the point of the source, it is not a well sourced article because the quotes are largely taken out of context and in doing so, the author constructs an unfounded argument as his conclusion.
