It never fails to amaze me just how quickly the White House adopts stupid strategies. The latest strategy is "a lack of a strategy".
Earlier this week, president Obama told us that he has no strategy for dealing with ISIS even though in August 2013, Obama himself said in a press conference that America needed a strategy for dealing with ISIS and the other terrorist groups fighting in Syria and that he would develop one. That idiotic comment made the USA look weak and Obama look foolish. The White House staff spent two days trying to walk the statement back under a withering and disapproving wave of coverage from much of the media, even including some of the Obama supporting liberal media.
Now, the same strategy is being applied to other issues. Remember that big executive action coming on immigration? We hear today that it will likely be delayed until after the election because the Department of Homeland Security has not finished developing a strategy for dealing with the issue. This excuse is about as lame as the one about ISIS. Is there really anyone in America who believes that DHS has been unable to develop a plan to carry out Obama's desires regarding immigration? Remember, it has been about four months since the White House first told us that Obama would act on this subject before the end of the summer. Somehow, I think that DHS could develop a strategy in less than four months.
What will be the next area where the White House trots out this "lack of strategy yet" concept. Here are a few possibilities:
1. Obama announces that he wants to sign legislation funding the government, but he has not yet worked out a strategy for picking up the pen.
2. We hear that Obama wants to work on tax reform, but he has not yet received a strategy from the IRS for finding a copy of the current tax code.
3. Obama announces that he wants to help the Ukrainians deal with the Russian invasion, but he cannot because he has no strategy with regard to finding Ukraine on a map.
4. And the most likely: Obama announces that he knows that his term ends in January 2017, but he has not yet worked out a strategy to move his stuff out of the White House.
Earlier this week, president Obama told us that he has no strategy for dealing with ISIS even though in August 2013, Obama himself said in a press conference that America needed a strategy for dealing with ISIS and the other terrorist groups fighting in Syria and that he would develop one. That idiotic comment made the USA look weak and Obama look foolish. The White House staff spent two days trying to walk the statement back under a withering and disapproving wave of coverage from much of the media, even including some of the Obama supporting liberal media.
Now, the same strategy is being applied to other issues. Remember that big executive action coming on immigration? We hear today that it will likely be delayed until after the election because the Department of Homeland Security has not finished developing a strategy for dealing with the issue. This excuse is about as lame as the one about ISIS. Is there really anyone in America who believes that DHS has been unable to develop a plan to carry out Obama's desires regarding immigration? Remember, it has been about four months since the White House first told us that Obama would act on this subject before the end of the summer. Somehow, I think that DHS could develop a strategy in less than four months.
What will be the next area where the White House trots out this "lack of strategy yet" concept. Here are a few possibilities:
1. Obama announces that he wants to sign legislation funding the government, but he has not yet worked out a strategy for picking up the pen.
2. We hear that Obama wants to work on tax reform, but he has not yet received a strategy from the IRS for finding a copy of the current tax code.
3. Obama announces that he wants to help the Ukrainians deal with the Russian invasion, but he cannot because he has no strategy with regard to finding Ukraine on a map.
4. And the most likely: Obama announces that he knows that his term ends in January 2017, but he has not yet worked out a strategy to move his stuff out of the White House.
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