Why Obama is a Grave MILITARY Mistake for America

This is not another sourced dissertation on the question of Christianity and Obama, but rather a look at the how Obama's leadership affects our world presence and international relations.

Straight out: I am not going to profess to be anything of an expert in this area - I'm FAR from it. Rather, I will leave it up to CNN (yes, not Fox News for a change!) and an American patriot who just returned after ten years of residence in Russia.

First, the blog entry/article is posted here:http://inthefield.blogs.cnn.com/2008/11/07/in-moscow-obama-is-unfamiliar-and-intriguing/

And, I was most profoundly struck by the comment from "American Patriot," November 7th, 2008 1615 GMT, worth reading if you've not the time for the entire article:

"I have just returned to the US after nearly 10 years of living in Russia. I returned for the election.

It is amazing to me how ignorant we are of other countries, especially of Russia. Of course this ignorance is fed by our own media, as the reporters never live among the real people, but in much nicer accommodations and they do not really know or understand what is going on around them.

Russians, like most American’s know absolutely nothing of Obama except what the Russian state run media wants them to know. McCain has been painted as a warmonger who dislikes Russia. Obama is portrayed as a “nice” guy, which in the Russian culture means he is weak and he can be manipulated and run over…of course this is of benefit to Russia, especially to Putin who IS a modern day Stalin just better dressed.

The reality of the Russian military and the society in general is that it is a “paper tiger” which must maintain its illusion of strength. Its military is filled with the conscripts who could not afford to payoff doctors to get them waivers for serving, and many of those conscripts are extremely poor and uneducated, and very brutal people, who tend to be drunks. The average Russian officer, not to mention enlisted man is incapable of making the simplest decisions, which certainly adds to the weakness of their military.

Russian military strength comes only in its size and culture of not valuing human life, and their willingness to throw away the lives of its men, therefore sending waves of soldiers against their enemies, overcoming by the mass of men.

The US (and Europe) must stand up to Russia. It is unlikely that the EU will do this since they are beholden to Russian oil, and Russia has proven adept at turning off the oil to Europe to get their way. Further, Europe tends to be characterized by cowardice, and content to have the US as the world’s police force, with “US” paying the bill in both blood and money while Europe reaps the benefits… but then why not, socialism prefers free rides.

America MUST stand up to Russia, and MUST CONFRONT Russia. We must develop and support allies in the region (such as Georgia, the Ukraine, Latvia, Poland, etc…), and we must not back down, and we must not reward Russia with WTO membership.

Obama is not the man to do this. He is perceived as very weak not only in Russia but in Europe. Any support that he seems to have from across the oceans is not a result of respect, but rather out of anticipation of his weakness and ability to be manipulated, to the detriment of the USA, on the world stage.

American’s forgot its standing and responsibility in the world when it even considered Obama for president, let alone in electing him. November 4th saw America shoot itself in the foot making the world a more dangerous place for “US”.

Do not be fooled, our stature did not grow in the world, and especially in Russia. Rather we are better “liked” because we are viewed as the new patsies for the duration of the Obama administration. We have made a grave mistake."

This whole "grave mistake" concept seems to be something of a theme. Meritorious, I would suggest.