Obama’s Pompous Circumstance

International Pandering Bound to Backfire

by: jb williams | published: 07 24, 2008

Presidential candidate Barack Obama has taken his pander machine on the road around the world in an effort to demonstrate two points vital to the success of his campaign for the office of Commander-in-Chief.

• That he is willing to step into the hot zone and confront facts on the ground as defined by military and security experts before setting his official international security policy in stone.
• That despite a nearly blank résumé, void of any military or security experience whatsoever, executive or otherwise, he has what it takes to become the next Commander-in-Chief of the last remaining super-power during a time of war, great international turmoil and continued threat of death and destruction on U.S. soil.

To the average American onlooker, the term “Obamessiah” looks more and more appropriate as the news networks work around the clock to show how Europe and the Middle East react to his arrival as if he were indeed the second coming… The propaganda has boosted Obama to a 4 point lead over McCain this week.

But how real are those rock-star images being beamed around the globe via satellite for American voter consumption back home?

In an MSNBC interview with Chris Matthews [1], who was busy doing his usual stumping for Obama, respected field reporter Andrea Mitchell reported "Let me just say something about the 'message management'. He [Obama] didn't have reporters with him, he didn't have a press pool, he didn't do a press conference while he was on the ground in either Afghanistan or Iraq. What you're seeing is not reporters brought in. You're seeing selected pictures taken by the military, questions by the military, and what some would call "fake interviews" 'cause they're not interviews from a journalist. So, there's a real press issue here. Politically it's smart as can be, but we have not seen a presidential candidate do this in my recollection ever before."

Matthews completely ignored what Mitchell said and tried to return to stumping for Obama. Matthews tried to get Mitchell to confirm his rock-star interpretation of the Obama visit, but Mitchell again responded, "I can't really say that. I just can't report on what was edited out...that's my issue. We don't know what we are seeing."

Mitchell, who is by no means a right-leaning reporter, is pointing out that everything Americans are seeing beamed from abroad is manufactured for voter consumption under the cover of a complete media blackout during the Obama trip. They are “staged” photo ops…

In a personal letter from an American soldier present during Obama’s visit to Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, Battle Captain Jeffrey S. Porter reports a very different version of the Obama visit. I am including the entire text of his letter, typos and all for authenticity…

Hello everyone,

Is Obama listening to the experts on the ground concerning military and security strategies in Afghanistan, Iraq or Israel?

Reporting from Iraq in advance of the Obama visit, NBC’s Andrea Mitchell states “U.S. Military Commanders Oppose Obama's Iraq Withdrawal Plan.” [2] This is not a new revelation. Military and foreign security experts have repeatedly advised against set time-tables for withdraw that are based on an arbitrary wish clock instead of events on the ground.

Good Morning America covered the topic with a July 10, 2008 story titled “Obama's Iraq Withdrawal Plan is Impossible.” [3]

Obama was told the same thing by military commanders during his visit to Iraq. Yet the story beamed back home was how he had again ignored military command advice and instead made an unofficial arbitrary agreement with the Iraqi government concerning American troop withdraw over the coming months.

First, as only a “candidate,” Obama has no authority to make any such agreement of course, a fact often missing in the limited foresight of the egomaniacal pompous nobody from Chicago. More importantly, his actions not only undermined the policies of the sitting Commander-in-Chief, but the military command on the ground in Iraq as well.

In short, Obama has no authority to make any agreements at all on this trip. To the degree that he pretends otherwise for benefit of staged campaign propaganda, he undermines current official U.S. policy in that effort.

Other interesting twists of the truth…

American news agencies have reported that Israel was quite supportive of Obama’s security commitment to their country. What the American media left out of the report is that Israel stated that they are in no way interested in the “change” Obama promises… They are happy to greet and deal with Obama, should he become president, so long as he remains on course with the existing Bush plan for the Middle East… Which Obama then committed to do, in opposition to his promise of “change” to his constituents back home.

But did Israel believe Obama? Israel’s private reaction is recorded in this NewsMax exclusive hours after Obama’s visit… ‘Big Concern’ About Obama; Warns Iran of ‘Inevitable’ Attack [4]

Of course world leaders are giving Obama the obligatory statesmen-like welcome. But they are also telling Obama that the “change” he has promised back home is NOT acceptable to them…  From military commanders in Iraq and Afghanistan to leaders of Israel and European nations, the message to Obama is unequivocally, NO CHANGE from the Bush plans…and we’ll get along fine. But is that what the American press or Obama campaign is telling the American voter? Is Obama listening?

American news reports have made the Obama trip look like a whirlwind one-man tour to save the world in a week, by a man they hope American voters will accept as their new Messiah.

With the blind propaganda support of the U.S. press, Obama is able to create the image of a new leader welcomed by even the most disagreeable leaders around the globe. However….

Keeping track of Reality

• Obama told Israel he stands firmly in defense of their country. But he also indicated to Palestinians that he stands with their desire to force Israel to give up part of their country. He told Israel he supported them, and Palestinians that he also supports them…
• Military leaders in Iraq and Afghanistan told Obama that any arbitrary withdrawal time frame is counter-productive to their stated mission of achieving sustaining peace in the region. But Obama told them that he knows better and is committed to arbitrary withdrawal plans anyway.
• Israel told Obama that they could work with him if elected. But only if he is committed to continuing the existing Bush plan, which Obama has spoken against for months now.
• Obama told the world that he was committed to making certain Iran would never become a nuclear power. Yet he has already committed to his voters back home that he would not use military power to stop Iran from continuing down the road of nuclear proliferation and there are no signs that Iran will stop short of military action.
• Though Obama could not have even visited Iraq safely before last years troop surge, he continued to state that the troop surge was a failure, as he stood and shot hoops for the camera on the ground which was secured by that surge.

The Image is Created

According to recent Pew Research polls, 60 percent or more of Europe and the Middle East support Obama’s bid for the White House, as compared to less than 15% who support McCain. Of course, third world dictators from Ahmadinejad in Iran to Chavez in Venezuela support Obama and the reasons should be obvious to all. But this is the basis upon which Americans should support Obama as well? Is the international campaigning working for American voters?

It’s important to recognize that the same number in these parts of the world, 60 percent, the same 60 percent who prefer Obama over McCain, also believe that America is too big, too strong and too rich – and that America must be brought down to size and removed from its supreme status as the last remaining super-power in the world. It is on the basis of this belief that they support a candidate who at least in rhetoric, agrees with those sentiments.

Will America Elect an Image or vote on Reality?

Clearly, many Americans prefer lies over truth, image over substance and rhetoric over reality. As a result, no matter how ridiculous the Obama campaign becomes, some 40 percent of American voters are indeed foolish enough to fall for the most fraudulent political campaign in modern history come November. It’s as if Obama is running for International Secretary General or world dictator…

What about the other 60 percent of American voters who appear completely demoralized and divided over a less that stellar alternative in John McCain?

In the end, it will be a matter of sane priorities against insane fantasies. Here’s to focusing the nation on sane priorities before they throw the nation off the leftist cliff on the basis of their insane fantasies of a new Messiah named Obama!

I have never seen a more under-qualified but over-confident fraud in my entire life. Obama and his puppet masters are counting on the ignorance of the American voter and so are many of America’s enemies around the globe.

In today’s Berlin speech [5], Obama says “the world is keenly interested in the U.S. election.” This is true and nobody on earth is more interested in Obama’s campaign than terrorists hoping for a “kindler-gentler” president elect… God help us if their useful American idiots are now a voting majority!

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