I Am a Liberal
Allepo has fallen as Obama averted his gaze.
There was a lot of sympathetic talk when all of this started. Talk that faded into the never-ending void of soundbytes gone bye.
I always thought that history would judge Obama kindly in the long run. These days, I am not so sure about that.
Obama's refusal to stare down Aasad, and stand up for Allepo is absolutely shameful. It is a failure on the part of America and it's President's policies in the region.
While I grant Obama the blame, I think the shame of it belongs to all of us. Especially Democrats and Liberals, who have allowed things like transgender bathrooms, and other inconsequentials to distract focus from true issues such as Allepo and other more pressing world issues.
And, while I tend to believe in most Liberal causes, I feel that Democrats have gone a bit overboard with some things. Mostly at the expenses of our own common sense.
There are always lines. Unfortunately, we failed to cross a very important one. Political cowardice is nothing to be proud of, and not something to defend or ignore. What happened there is an absolute atrocitie. One that may have been prevented had America and it's President taken a stand for what is right, instead of burying our political heads in the sands.
Over 470,000 dead since March of 2011. Think about that for a minute.
[b][i][u]470,000 PEOPLE !!![/u][/i][/b]
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/opinions/aleppos-fall-is-obamas-failure/2016/12/15/5af72640-c30f-11e6-9a51-cd56ea1c2bb7_story.html?client=ms-android-metropcs-us
There was a lot of sympathetic talk when all of this started. Talk that faded into the never-ending void of soundbytes gone bye.
I always thought that history would judge Obama kindly in the long run. These days, I am not so sure about that.
Obama's refusal to stare down Aasad, and stand up for Allepo is absolutely shameful. It is a failure on the part of America and it's President's policies in the region.
While I grant Obama the blame, I think the shame of it belongs to all of us. Especially Democrats and Liberals, who have allowed things like transgender bathrooms, and other inconsequentials to distract focus from true issues such as Allepo and other more pressing world issues.
And, while I tend to believe in most Liberal causes, I feel that Democrats have gone a bit overboard with some things. Mostly at the expenses of our own common sense.
There are always lines. Unfortunately, we failed to cross a very important one. Political cowardice is nothing to be proud of, and not something to defend or ignore. What happened there is an absolute atrocitie. One that may have been prevented had America and it's President taken a stand for what is right, instead of burying our political heads in the sands.
Over 470,000 dead since March of 2011. Think about that for a minute.
[b][i][u]470,000 PEOPLE !!![/u][/i][/b]
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/opinions/aleppos-fall-is-obamas-failure/2016/12/15/5af72640-c30f-11e6-9a51-cd56ea1c2bb7_story.html?client=ms-android-metropcs-us
