Well it certainly appears as if the trappings of being a lame duck Presidency are starting to reveal themselves. Senior Officials jumping ship, check. Tired rhetoric being used over and over losing its effectiveness, check. Political opponents beginning to challenge legislation and show they have backbone, check?
What is surprising is that the people showing the most backbone to the President are the people we shouldn’t be too surprised about. Intelligence and this President have been at odds for many years, so it is fitting the intelligence community is showing its ire at the president as well.
While this is a setback to the Administration’s seeming march to use force against Iran, the damage is much more long term. Once again we are the victims of an overreaching President, and an under-whelming Congress. The seeming revolt of our nations intelligence agencies places us at a great disadvantage when dealing with Iran.
Had we had a competent President, this intel would have remained secret and the rhetoric used to curb Iranian nuclear technology could have been toned down, but held together reluctant allies. Russia and China both have been more impeding of the US led sanctions, and now will more than likely bail altogether.
While it appears as though Iran is not currently seeking weapons grade nuclear material, we have to remember that they have been a country that has been funding Radical Islamic Terrorists. Having these ties, along with nuclear material, and having every other day reserved for, “Death to America! Death to Israel!” parades.
What has hurt us in this scenario, is that the credibility of the government has been shot, due to obvious missteps, of this Administration. Who know how much more forthcoming Iran would have been if the US military was not bogged down in their next door neighbor?
These are questions that sadly cannot be answered because of morally bankrupt people that make up the Bush Administration. They seized on the fears of the American Public, after a catastrophic event that they did not defend against.
They sacrificed bringing those responsible to justice, in order to settle personal scores, and to extent their tentacles of power. It is for those despicable actions that the Republican Party should be ashamed for not only allowing, but facilitating such actions. They have sullied they very country they pretend to love so dearly.
So it appears, as though the ramifications of these actions will be only made clear with the passage of time. When false patriots such as the Bush Administration will make another push for dictatorial power, until then Iran…Can Stay.
