From the very beginning last February. I never had any delusions about the conformity of Barack Obama's campaign for the presidency and my own impeach-Busheney and end-the-occupation-now positions. Obama is a liberal, pragmatic, reality-based, world political leader. That, in itself, is an epochal improvement. He rightly opposed the invasion of Iraq as a "stupid war", but he will redeploy from Iraq "responsibly" and not fast enough to my satisfaction.
But I can still be amused by sharing the fantasies of others.
Faithful readers will remember that I celebrated Muntadar Al-Zaidi for offering his shoes to our Emperor without clothes. I thought this brave, eloquent and unique act qualified Al-Zaidi, at the very least, to be the 1st runner-up for Times Magazine's Man-of-the-Year.
Ben Heine takes this to a higher level: Obama awarding Al-Zaidi the US Medal of Freedom!
Please follow the link and read Mary Sparrowdancer's deed of gift, which I commend and endorse.
As for me, back to the reality of going to work because I will be paying for this useless and endless occupation of Iraq for the rest of my life.
I wish I could do the photoshopping thingy. This one is priceless. And I did read your Man of the Year post and loved it.
ReplyDeleteObama is a liberal, pragmatic... Absolutely, and this is precisely what our country needs to heal. I want out of Iraq, and we are already turning over the Green Zone to Iraqi control. What Obama will do in Afghanistan is beyond me.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year, Vig: 18 days until we boot the Bushies.
BTW, who is this Cosmic Cowboy character?
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...but he will redeploy from Iraq "responsibly" and not fast enough to my satisfaction.
ReplyDeletePragmatic is the key word here. I would also like to pack everything up and leave Iraq yesterday but like stumbling into a patch of thorny vines just tearing off and running for the nearest clearing could do far more harm in the end.
Pragmatism standing on its own is your best bet as Beach Bum states. But that may entail also employing conservative, liberal and other ideas in some cases; that's what pragmatism dictates.
ReplyDeleteYou're a bold person, aren't u?
ReplyDeleteI like Obama's pragmatism, too. That's why I'm hopeful that he'll at least reconsider his "surge" strategy in Afghanistan (do those people want to be occupied any more that the Iraqi's?) and realize that overt military action into Pakistan (an unstable Muslim country with nuclear weaponry) could in fact be detrimental to the region. Fly-swatters and roach-killers, not sledge-hammers.
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