The Patriot's Flag

Today I am flying the South Carolina Flag … a patriot flag I fly when politics are rather quiet. Waking up this morning, I expected “Gitmo” to be a relic of the past. It was “ordered” to be closed by Obama yesterday! But alas, nothing has changed in spite of an executive order by a naive President a year ago.

Relatively Quiet

WASHINGTON (CNN) – Promising to return America to the “moral high ground” in the war on terrorism, President Obama issued three executive orders Thursday to demonstrate a clean break from the Bush administration, including one requiring that the Guantanamo Bay detention facility be closed within a year. The date was January 22, 2009.

During a signing ceremony at the White House, Obama reaffirmed his inauguration pledge that the United States does not have “to continue with a false choice between our safety and our ideals.” The president said he was issuing the order to close the facility in order to “restore the standards of due process and the core constitutional values that have made this country great even in the midst of war, even in dealing with terrorism.”

And lest we forget … (McCain and Graham)

Time: “We support President Obama’s decision to close the prison at Guantanamo, reaffirm America’s adherence to the Geneva Conventions, and begin a process that will, we hope, lead to the resolution of all cases of Guantanamo detainees,” said Senator John McCain and Senator Lindsey Graham. “The executive orders issued today constitute an important step in the right direction but leave several major issues unaddressed.”

What have we learned? He looked so “presidential” … so “in control of the situation.”  The News Media was raving about the strength and bravado of this new “historical” president. He also had strong “across-the-isle” support from the likes of McCain and Graham.  But it is now one year later … what have we learned since that day a year ago?

• We learned Obama’s “image” which seemed “presidential” was actually bravado growing out of naivety, we now know that Obama was wrong and could not accomplish what he ordered.
• We have learned our safety was not increased … by restoring our American “ideals” and by restoring the “moral high ground” … the terrorists, one year later, are still trying to kill us… Obama was wrong.
  • There have been 2 terrorists attack during this past year … peace and love didn’t alter the terrorists determination to kill us, apologies are a demonstration of weakness and we became more vulnerable … Obama was wrong.
• We learned the Bush system for Gitmo was probably the most efficient way to handle the problem, the inability of Obama to close Gitmo speaks for the integrity of the system in place … also that Obama now moves toward the Bush position on Gitmo is proof that this was the best system for this situation … Obama was wrong.
• We see our government giving “USA rights” to terrorists, allowing them to “lawyer up” within hours of trying to kill hundreds of people on an airplane over Detroit.  When the next terrorist hits us, and it could have been prevented by interrogating the Underwear Bomber … then Obama will again be proven wrong … and this time should be held liable and fully accountable for a decision that will have killed innocent Americans.
• We find out a year later that our intelligence agencies had no means of interrogating a terrorist caught in the act on our own soil … A YEAR LATER!  Obama’s leadership of his administration didn’t work … so he was wrong again. (Powerline)
• And now we are going to try the mastermind of 911 in New York City in a civil proceeding … giving him full rights and protection under the United States Constitution. This is morally wrong and a slap in the face of any United States citizen. Obama is making another bad decision (don’t tell me it is Holder, Obama appointed Holder!) … so he was wrong, in appointing Holder or by taking this position on terrorists.(Krauthammer’s take here).
• This president has apologized to the world for the bad behavior of the United States … in a hope the world would love us and we would be more secure as a result. Quite the opposite has happened, the world now sees us as weak and our allied friends do not know if they can trust us to stand beside them in a crisis. Obama didn’t gain the respect of the world, he lost it … in his naivety, he again was wrong.

We must conclude that this president, on this signature and now an example issue, was simply catering to his radical left base rather than doing what was right for the safety and security of the country. Politics were placed ahead of national security.  How often is this happening … is he putting politics and himself above the security of the United States? This president is demonstrating his naivety and his inability to lead and keep us safe.   The FACT that he is unable to close the Guantanamo Bay terrorist detention facility with the promised year is all the proof we need that this man, far from being “in control” … he has no control. He is demonstrating he is all “talk” (still giving speeches from the teleprompters daily on TV) but doesn’t understand the “walk” that a president must demonstrate to keep us secure. This requires TOUGH decisions putting the Constitution and US Security above his political aspirations.  That jis why, a year later, he continues to be a “campaigner” and has not fulfilled his promise to be a strong and historical president…. and he never will. He is what he is, an agitator and  [community] organizer not a leader. (He is still following Alinksy’s Rules for Radicals).  (See LINK)

And lets not forget McCain and Graham. It is easy to maintain focus on President Obama and forget  about the moderates (Republicans!?) who were also supporting his ideas at the time. McCain and Graham both supported this president’s decision on the closing of Gitmo, making them complicit in jeopardizing our national security and stance in the world.  We should not forget that these two “moderate Republicans” were also NAIVE and WRONG and are therefore still dangerous to our national security regardless of what they may say now.  We must judge by action, not by words.

President Obama’s signature, like his campaign promises, defies credibility …

… it is the Signature of his Naivety and His Inability to Lead!

This signature carries the same weight as his Campaign Promises!

Why would you have a “zero” in your signature anyway?

1. Sweetness and Light: Obama on organizing after Saul Alinsky (Obama’s agitator roots)
2. Washington Post: Charles Karuthammer, Travesty in New York
3. Free Republic: Why would you have a zero in your signature?

Doug S.C. Flag - Relatively Calm