The Obama Doctrine: Humanitarian Intervention Anywhere We Can Get to Conveniently, Against Anyone We Can Attack with No Risk

By: Jeff Emanuel (Diary)  |  March 29th at 11:00 AM  | 

Dan Nexon has pretty effectively summed up the “Obama Doctrine” as the “Humanitarian-intervention-against-militarily-weak-fossil-fuel-producing-countries-in-strategically-important-regions-that-are-also-located-near-many-large-NATO-military-bases-and-are-run-by-dictators-who-kind-of-piss-us-off-and-have-no-powerful-allies Doctrine.” That seems to sum it up pretty well. The only thing I’d add is that it also includes both parts of Obama’s key campaign refrains, Hope and Change.  As in, we’re going to hope that change comes to Libya in the form of a new, non-Qaddafi government; we’re going to hope | Read More »

In the Beginning was Obama, and He gave the Gift of Internet; and Before Him there Was no Internet, Whatever Google may Say

By: Jeff Emanuel (Diary)  |  April 13th at 06:40 PM  | 

From the Book of Obama, Chapter and Verse 1: In thebeginning was Obama, Worker of light and the Hope of People unhappy with that which had made their Country great. And Obama saw that the world was without Internet, and He knew such a world to be void and formless So he decided to bestow upon the World the gift of Internet And some said | Read More »

President Obama and the Curse of Hyperinflated Expectations

By: Jeff Emanuel (Diary)  |  February 3rd at 03:49 PM  | 

At very least, this ongoing saga goes to show that you simply can’t run for the highest office in the land on a platform of exceptionless adherence to the Rule of Law and purer-than-the-driven-snow ethicality, and then implement that promise on a “well, it’s [supposedly] better than the last guy” basis. Is that business as usual? Absolutely. However, President Obama didn’t run for office on | Read More »