Tonight is the President of the United State’s annual address to the United States Congress; The State of the Union. This should be an interesting one, to say the least. Over the first year of his Presidency, Barack Obama’s approval rating has dropped from 69% to 46%.
Relatively soon, President Obama will pitch his plan for the war in Afghanistan. If you’ve been following the news, it’s no news to you that he’s been catching heat for delaying his decision. Could you blame him, though? The media seems to be in agreement that additional US forces will be deployed to the region. Obama had to give the American people a few weeks to forget about him winning a Nobel Peace Prize.
Support within the administration has grown for continuing a counterinsurgency strategy with a greater focus on protecting major Afghan population centers along with agricultural areas and transportation routes.
But how will this President sell an escalation of the war?
If President Obama chooses the path already cleared for him, he will surely give a good speech. We can expect fiery rhetoric and vague platitudes about keeping the world safe for democracy, stabilizing the region, with a tug on the old 9/11/01 heart-string. But while the American public is being prepped for the safe middle of the road sales pitch, I can’t help but ponder the possibility of a real change in foreign policy.
Really? Bill O’Reilly doesn’t care about the rule of law? Who’da thunk it?! How can anyone stand to watch this insufferable little man? Kudos to Judge Napolitano for trying to inject a little content into O’Reilly’s hour of knee-jerk tantrums.
“Black Ace” by Black Ace Turner is probably my favorite pre-war blues song. Turner was a self taught guitarist from Texas, and originally recorded this tune in 1937 for Decca Records.
Tonight is the President of the United State’s annual address to the United States Congress; The State of the Union. This should be an interesting one, to say the least. Over the first year of his Presidency, Barack Obama’s approval rating has dropped from 69% to 46%.
