Obamabomb IV

When I'm president, I'm going to issue an executive order banning cars and mandating they be replaced by hovercraft by the end of my first term.

-Charles Martin Cosgriff II

That is a quote, obviously, from my oldest son. He is fortunate (or perhaps unfortunate) enough to be stationed at Guantanamo base as he serves in the U. S. Army. You know, the place that President Barack Obama signed an order to close within a year.

It is not coming off without a hitch. A quite severe hitch, I must say. It appears that Mr. Obama promised to do something without actually considering whether it could be done in the manner he proposed. Or as Chuck also said: "Pretty brilliant plan to decide to do something major before deciding *how* to do it."

To follow up, using my son's words again: "Congress is even cutting funding to closing GTMO because, to paraphrase, 'It's just not feasible and there's no plan in place.' And that's coming from Democrat lawmakers!" I'm sure you now understand his comment at the head of this entry.

Apparently there are folks out there who think that all the government has to do to get something done is order it done. If they say it, it must be so. If they say it can be done, then it can be done. It's as simple as that. I'm not sure that that is the worst case of arrogance I have ever heard, but it surely is effrontery. I seem to recall the Dems hating former President Bush on the same grounds.

This is what happens when you play politics with the serious issues. President Obama, in order to show everyone that he is willing to do something, goes out there and does something. Never mind that it is almost wholly knee-jerk, or that it is certainly grandstanding, or that it may not even be possible. We should not ask whether it was designed to actually make a difference or merely to appeal to his supporters. We should instead fawn over his decisiveness.

Never mind, again, that when Bush was that decisive, he needed to take other opinions and attitudes into account. At the least, he surely should have seen that problems would arise. Am I right, American media?

Do you know who really suffers when this type of idiocy plays out? The soldiers caught in the middle, that's who. The ones serving their country in perhaps the most intimate way that it can be served. The ones who are truly the most let down when their Commander in Chief issues rash orders. How do they know what to do when they can't know what's expected of them? What can this possibly do for morale?

A moment's thought would have kept Mr. Obama from doing such a thing. We as a nation get what we deserve when we elect style over substance. All the while, those who suffer the most are those trying the hardest to serve their country.