Obama’s too erudite to be caught reading My Pet Goat to some school children. No, when the fall finally comes to his pride he’ll be doing what he’s always doing – telling people about himself and his greatness and how others can be great too if only when they help him.

It’s a cliche to say that he’d do better with Kafka as he embraces the cockroach that he’s become and isolates himself in the roach motel with his parasitic Chicago cronies.

Isn’t that pretty much the mantra that we heard from the left attacking Pres Bush when he was presiding over the war on terror? Except then it was “He lied and [somebody] died”.

Now our soldiers are under Pres Obama’s watch and their lives are …

I have long thought that one of the insidious problems in our current day military is the Congressional approval process for flag and general officers. While these officers must operate at the military/political nexus, I believe that the approval process swings the pendulum towards officers with better politica and careerl skills to the detriment of the better skilled war-makers.

Within the last week, there were reports that General McChrystal might be tendering his resignation over the Afghan strategy difficulties. In my mind, that would have been an honorable course of action. If a military commander cannot accept the position that he and his subordinates are to be put in, then his withdrawal, whether from his specific position or the military, is in total alignment with the concept of “Duty, Honor, Country”.

Regrettably, these days, we don’t come across many general officers who are willing to sacrifice their careers to make their point. But, then again, honor, whether personal or professional, does not draw much respect these days.