January 27, 2009
Hopenchange: Dental Care Will Defeat al Qaeda
To say I'm stunned by the President's interview with al Arabiya TV would be misleading. His comments were perfectly predictable. But is there a word which describes the feeling when you're surprised when something completely expected happens in the exact way you thought it would?
Anyway, I have about five or six windows open to other blogs commenting on this. I guess the general rule is that when other people say what you're thinking, then writing the same thing again is just an exercise in vanity.
One of the most striking comments on President Obama's interview was made by Dan Riehl, "Obama believes he will defeat al Qaeda with a better education and health care plan to hear him tell it."
Obama isn't that naive. And I actually appreciate his attempt to mend some fences. It's called diplomacy, which is the grand art of lying at the international level. The key question, in my mind, is whether he understands the truthiness of it all? Magic 8 Ball says no, but hope springs eternal.
By Rusty at January 27, 2009 11:14 AM | | l digg this
