Amateurs in the White House

 Karl Rove, former senior advisor to President Bush, said it over the weekend, "It's amateur hour in the Obama White House." He was speaking of how the president and his administration has been handling the Syrian issue. Click the video:

 Indeed..Obama has strung this out going on two weeks. He can't make a decision. First he wasn't going to take the Syrian chemical attack on it's own people to Congress. The narcissism within him says he's all powerful and doesn't need Congress. Then, after Congress said, 'you better,' he decided to to it. But Congress and the American public (56%) are saying 'stay out of Syria.' Congress is a yes and no vote...yes, the Senate is likely to okay a strike, no, the House is likely to vote against it. Obama will waffle on that one, thinking.."Hmmm, the Senate said it was okay, that's enough for me," and take his punitive action against Syrian President Assad.

And that brings up another point. The president has always said any action will be punitive, a "shot across the bow." We'll just punish the guy for being a bad boy...similar to 'time out.' Secretary of State John Kerry says we're not going to war. We're going to play 'little ball.' Read more: Kerry: Strike Will Be Small . This is incredible! Secretary Kerry says any strike against Syria will be "unbelievably

Secretary of State John Kerry

small." Really?! Then why do it? If your effort amounts to nothing more than lobbing a grenade into a landfill, it's not worth it, considering the consequences. No matter how small the Syrian regime will view it as big, and an excuse to retaliate not only against us in some way, but Israel and Jordan as well. This "unbelievably small" effort could escalate in to bigger things. If you're going to do something...make it worth doing. 

Further, Mr. Kerry has issued an ultimatum to the Syrian president. Read more: Kerry: Give Up The Weapons . Like Kerry said, he knows this isn't going to happen. But, to say if Assad does turn over his chemical weapons he can avoid a strike is ludicrous. Two things, Mr. Kerry. One, Assad welcomes a strike. He WANTS to retaliate, and two, wasn't the whole point of a strike to 'punish' Assad for what he did? That's what President Obama is having his war-mongering fit over. Now you say we'll give that up if Assad plays nice? Sounds like someone is trying to save face here and get the president out the mess he created. 

Or, and this could be huge, has Mr. Kerry just undermined the president by trying to strike a deal with Assad. Obama has made the rounds of TV network inteerviews trying to drum up support for a strike against Syria. He is taking his case before all of us in an address to the nation Tuesday night. One would think that, knowing this, Kerry would have cleared this with the president BEFORE going public with it, wouldn't one?

Ah...but this is the Obama White House we're talking about!

As Mr. Rove said, "It's amateur hour at the White House."



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