After the whole news story about the death of Osama Bin Laden, I've been thinking of the last ten years that our country has faced. We look at one person, whom is considered a mastermind of a devastating, horrible, tragedy, and we can focus on this person as a target. During this point in history our leader, at the time, was generating his "War on Terror," but failed to find him when he went on his crusade into Iraq and subsequently failed when he made his foray into Afghanistan. Now, after all of this time and after so many lives were taken, we finally have this person. Here is a quote from the former president: "So I don't know where he is. You know, I just don't spend that much time on him ..." -- George W. Bush, March 13, 2002. Does this mean that the level of importance for finding Osama Bin Laden was very low on his priority scale. That is something that makes me wonder a great deal. Even though this one point in history occurred, this doesn't scale back the war effort. It just rallies up the moral for those who've needed closure. Who could begrudge anyone of that? This doesn't mean that President Obama is any better in terms of making strides to end the war effort. I'm sure it will bring up his approval rating a tad but, otherwise, it just took care of a figurehead that espoused a toxic movement that created a larger more difficult problem. That is the obstacle that our government and military have to address. What was the impetus that caused such hatred? Do you think the "cowboy justice" mentality that Bush and many other politicians, including President Obama most recently, makes it all better? I think not! I think it makes our government and our country look extremely unintelligent. It doesn't help that our media sinks us deeper into that abyss but, tbat can take another blog post to discuss.
I think that as Americans, we have to step away from our prejudicial politics and see the greater picture. We have a poor economy and no matter what party that you belong to, it won't go away without an intelligent plan. I've seen a great deal of imbeciles, no matter what angle they come from, that lack any cohesive plans to find a well-rounded difference for both the problems at home and abroad. They are too busy shaking down our president for birth certificates, screaming about small government, or crying "socialist." The ones who aren't into that are interested in pushing for the war effort without any set direction or finding apathy when it comes to financial repair. You know Donald Trump can scream his "birther" rants and raves, but why doesn't he help the impoverished in the midwest. They need employment and affordable housing terribly. Mr. Trump has plenty of cash to throw in that direction I'm sure. He's another nail in the unintelligent casket. Why would anyone want to see him as president? Honestly that reality show peddling asswipe is just a nuisance. I would rather see Bloomberg first, and he's even smart enough to stay away from that job.
I digress, if we took the time to find out what the true motivations were behind 9/11, other than religious suicide, maybe we can settle further disputes. We took the time to train somebody like Bin Laden, so we found a use for him. Charlie Wilson, former Texas Congressman of the US House of Representatives, helped fund his education and military training, along with the CIA. They even glamorized it with a movie! Not really what they really trying to prove with that movie, but it was interesting nonetheless. I think that Obama's apathetic behavior with so many issues is going to remove him come election time, but I'm surely not going to look toward someone like Mitt Romney as a substitution. Who will be a rational choice? What joke will they find next? I feel for our president, because he doesn't seem stupid. He's just not proactive at a time when we need that type of person. One incident isn't going to save a floundering adminstration. I'm a liberal and I never thought that he had anything to offer from the get go. It had nothing to do with his birthplace or party; it was his platform. He had nothing! What change was he looking for? I'm still wondering!
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