“The world is going to hell in a hand-basket.” He says. I
pretend to ignore Captain Obvious.
“We have Israel bombing he Gaza Strip, Russians shooting
down airliners in the Ukraine, kids and women streaming across our southern
border, civil war in Syria, Iraq and Syria being taken over by Muslim
terrorists, and people in this country that still can’t find work but are no
longer on the unemployment rolls.” He took a sip of his beer before continuing.
“How is our president going to handle all this?” He asked.
“He’s not!” I replied. “The leader of the free world is far
too busy fundraising and golfing to be bothered with serious matters. John
Boehner said it best, ‘Our president is AWOL.’ That’s military speak for absent
without official leave. Another fitting military saying is SNAFU. That means
situation normal all fouled up – or something close to that.”
“But isn’t Obama doing anything about these problems?” He
asked. “Didn’t he go to Texas when their Governor wanted to put National Guard
troops on the border?”
Has this guy been brainwashed by the Lamestream Media, or
just stupid? “Obama did go to Texas but not to do anything about the border
crisis there. He went to raise money for the democrats. He was miffed when
Governor Perry declined to meet him at the airport for a ring-kissing. Perry
told the president he would be happy to sit down for substantive talks about
the border crisis. Obama put that on the back burner.”
His face scrunched up, and he said, “But the president
already has a plan to take care of the children coming across the border,
doesn’t he?”
“Right, a plan that will cost us 3.7 billion tax dollars for
healthcare and foster parents for these kids. Do you consider these kids are
your problem? Do you feel obliged to pay for them to be here? What we need is a
plan that will stop them at the border and not let these kids on US soil. We
need to fund the border fence already approved and waiting for money to finish
building. We need increased border security – more Border Patrol agents and
maybe armed National Guard troops to stop the invasion.”
He shook his head. “The Republicans are blocking any
immigration reform plans that come up.”
“Not really. They block any plans that call for amnesty.
That didn’t work the last time we tried it. We now have twenty million more
illegals that want amnesty. Where does it end – when the last person leaves
Central America?”
He shook his head. “That is just one problem our president
is working to resolve, but what can he do about the other problems in the
world? How can he stop Israel from bombing the Palestinians? And what about the
Ukrainian crisis?”
“Forget it.” I said. “The only way Obama would pay full
attention to these and the other crises in the world would be if he could do a
fundraiser there or had a golf date in those countries. Even if he would devote
some time to these problems, he doesn’t have the experience to even guess what
to do about them.”
My new friend continued to blather on about Obama’s
abilities, but after nearly six years of watching our Commander-in-Chief,
flounder from one crisis to another with no tangible result, I knew he was
beating a dead horse. I think he knew it too, but couldn’t admit he voted for
the wrong person – twice.
I can’t decide which is worse: to have Obama AWOL or taking
charge of a situation just to screw it up.
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