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Approach Confronting Evil with Humility? This Message Will Self Destruct in 5..4..3..2..1
Well, I've been a bit busy tracking the Georgian situation so I've let a lot of politics go slipping by. A good thing, for some. There are plenty of folks who have been posting about McCain and Obama's appearance at the Saddleback Church forum in California.
There's been lots of focus on whether McCain "cheated" (please!), abortion and judges. I just happened to catch one sound bite. The question was whether there is evil and how it should be treated (paraphrasing).
McCain: Evil should be defeated.
Obama: Uh...um...Well, we see evil in Darfur...uh...on our own streets...er...I think...uh...it's important to...uh...that we should approach confronting evil with...er...humility.
Okay. Do I have to say that this has to be the most stupid answer ever given by a politician? I don't support Sen. Obama, but, seriously, where was his head? We have just witnessed some of the most horrific acts of evil for eight years of war with some extremely...well, by Sen. Obama's standard... "amoral" (?) enemies on the face of the planet. What exactly do you call people who behead men, women and children on video? Perform mass executions and video tape it for distribution? Drive suicide bomb vehicles into crowds of children? Pet markets full of families?
Worse, and really bad timing, the Russians just invaded Georgia, threatened Poland, the Ukraine, Azerbiajan, are flying bombers close to American air space, in some bizarre repeat of Soviet aggression and making the much older American population, that remembers the Cold War, recall the nasty, bad old days.
Does Obama really think that Americans want to hear, "Um...er...approach confronting evil with humility"?
Sen. Obama,
The red light that you see flashing in the corner of your eye is your bid for president. It just went into self destruct mode.
There's been lots of focus on whether McCain "cheated" (please!), abortion and judges. I just happened to catch one sound bite. The question was whether there is evil and how it should be treated (paraphrasing).
McCain: Evil should be defeated.
Obama: Uh...um...Well, we see evil in Darfur...uh...on our own streets...er...I think...uh...it's important to...uh...that we should approach confronting evil with...er...humility.
Okay. Do I have to say that this has to be the most stupid answer ever given by a politician? I don't support Sen. Obama, but, seriously, where was his head? We have just witnessed some of the most horrific acts of evil for eight years of war with some extremely...well, by Sen. Obama's standard... "amoral" (?) enemies on the face of the planet. What exactly do you call people who behead men, women and children on video? Perform mass executions and video tape it for distribution? Drive suicide bomb vehicles into crowds of children? Pet markets full of families?
Worse, and really bad timing, the Russians just invaded Georgia, threatened Poland, the Ukraine, Azerbiajan, are flying bombers close to American air space, in some bizarre repeat of Soviet aggression and making the much older American population, that remembers the Cold War, recall the nasty, bad old days.
Does Obama really think that Americans want to hear, "Um...er...approach confronting evil with humility"?
Sen. Obama,
The red light that you see flashing in the corner of your eye is your bid for president. It just went into self destruct mode.
ha.
Mind you, it was still a stupid, clumsy answer. It reminded me of the 57 states and "I see dead veterans" remarks.
As for Russia, most of what you cite -Georgia excepted, and I stand with SangerM on that one- is likely less an attempt to intimidate than one to recall lost eminence, in the same way a ballplayer will put on his old jersey, and remember the glory days. Russia is feeling threatened, and reacts by returning to old and familar symbols for comfort.