Make No Mistake About It; This Ain't Natural.

Make No Mistake About It; This Ain’t Natural.  There is some sentiment out there, especially in the liberal community where they are feeling particularly vulnerable these days, that the global chaos we are witnessing today and the domestic morass that we are devolving into are simply natural progressions of disparate and random forces; it was going to happen regardless of whom was in control.  Now in some cases, this thought is being insinuated with added emphasis; in others, it is being spoken out loud.   However, you can count on one thing; as the mid-term elections approach and we then turn out attention to the 2016 election cycle, it is a theme we will be hearing more and more.  And the plain and simple fact is this: It is bullshit.

After ridding Iraq of their despot and bringing to a halt the genocide of its citizens, America found that country of the verge of collapse.  It was suddenly realized that winning the war was simply the first step (the Mission was not accomplished); somebody had to reorganize and rebuild.  As imperfect presidents (i.e. Clinton) learned to do, W. Bush regrouped, initiated the surge, re-established relative order in the country, and made provisions for an environment that would allow Iraq to find its own way.  Contrast that with Libya, where we lied to our allies, proceeded headlong into the fire without notifying them, took out the ruling order, and skipped merrily back home.  Oh…wait a moment…we did leave some personnel in a diplomatic outpost in Benghazi to serve as figureheads for our “grand experiment in leading from behind”.  The results of that travesty will stain this nation for generations to come.

Israel faces increased and wider threats on a daily basis.  Feeding this slide into peril is the fact that Obama and his ilk have been openly hostile to the only democracy in the Middle East, overly generous in their outreach to radical Muslims in the Middle East, and overwhelmed by the predictable course of events in Gaza.

The   flood of illegal immigrants across our southern border was a totally predictable (if not orchestrated?) event that can best be described in executive terms as “being easier to ask for forgiveness than permission”.  Obama is once again employing his Obamacare strategy: Once it is done, who can undo it?

The fact that less than half our this nation’s workforce now has full-time jobs; the fact that our national debt continues to rise unabated; the fact that our burgeoning support programs have lost all sense of purpose and are simply hemorrhaging money; the fact that  Obama’s QE fed policy is simply making the rich richer and squeezing the middle class, while steadily increasing the pressure on the inflation and interest rate balloons;  the fact that household income has actually regressed over his terms; the fact that the partisan and dysfunctional divide between our branches of government is at an historical high; the fact that Putin laughs openly at our president while other world leaders simply wonder what the hell he is doing; the fact that the integrity and prestige of the Executive Branch is dramatically tarnished by his constant whoring for campaign funds and his political appointees’ lack of ethics;  the fact that, presented with a wonderful opportunity to advance the state of race relations in this nation for the better, he has instead further polarized and deepened our racial issues…all of this, while not specifically predicable, was entirely to be expected.  There is a cause and effect principle that exists in this universe and denial of it doesn't make it go away.

No doubt, had Romney been elected in 2012 (as many apparently now long for), everything would not be peaches and cream.  There is evil in the world and that evil will have its mischief.  There are thorny social domestic issues that will continue to vex our nation.  This nation has a fundamental debt problem that will not be solved by one president nor overnight.  But I will venture to guess that had Romney won the last presidential election and been allowed to implement his carefully prepared plans of action, this country would not find itself in the precarious position it is in today.  Whatever else Romney might or might not be, he was at a minimum an experienced and competent manager.  He had a proven track record of accomplishment and understood that there are three kinds of managers in this world: (1) The ones that watch things happen; (2) The ones that make things happen; and (3) The ones that wonder what the hell is happening.  This country can live with a number 1 president; oftentimes the least government is the best government.  This country desperately needed, and needs today, a number 2 president that is a true leader and is motivated by something other than partisan concerns.  This country is saddled with a number 3 president and where we are today was totally predictable.  If you get in the car with a drunk driver, don’t be surprised if you end up in a ditch.  If you get on a plane with a train conductor in the cockpit, don’t be surprised if you crash.  If you elect a person to Congress who has clearly demonstrated an inability to manage their own personal affairs, don’t expect them to author great legislation.  And if you elect, and re-elect, an inexperienced, shallow, incompetent, narcissistic, unprincipled, lazy president; you can expect the debacle we are witnessing today.