Tomorrow, all eyes will be on the Blair House and President Obama’s apparent sham theatrics regarding passage of the Health Care Bill. I’m not going to dwell on it; what happens, happens. It does disgust me that the Administration has made the health care plan the focal point of all of its energy for over a year, while millions of Americans have been out of work and losing their homes, and that Obama seems hell-bent on getting the damned bill passed even if 100% of Americans should be against it.
But, the real showdown is not the battle between Obama’s selfish grab for power and the will of the American people. The real action involves a three-way hoedown with the United States, Israel and Iran. And right now, the chief dancer on the floor with all of the cards seems to be Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
During this year of Health Care battles of will, things in Iran have progressed from, “We’re building a nuclear energy program,” to “We do have two nuclear facilities and we are enriching uranium beyond 20% and we do have missiles and we‘re not talking about our warheads…yet and, if you try to do anything about it, you’ll regret it.” On our side of the dance floor, we’ve progressed from, “Straighten out your act or you’re going to face sanctions,” to “Straighten out your act or you’re going to face sanctions.” As for Israel, they’ve been given the finger by Iran and they’ve been fluffed off by our President, and they seem more than ready and willing to launch a preemptive strike on Iran; nevertheless, the rumor is that Obama told them they’d better not fly over Iraqi air space to do it, or they might get shot down.
So here we are with a major international crisis on our hands and we’re still holed up in back rooms trying to threaten, barter and buy enough votes to get the health care plan passed?
The dance orchestra is playing rotten music and I think it’s way past time for the clowns to get out of the tent.
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