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In reply to the discussion: Obama on TV NOW being great! [View all]bklyncowgirl
(7,960 posts)Here's what I'd like to see him say and do:
Stop being so defensive. Man up. Yes, I screwed up. I underestimated this threat this insane religious cult presents, sorry, I'm a rational human being. I am not underestimating them any more. Here's what we're doing going forward.
Explain the complexities. People aren't stupid--well at least most of them. If your political opponents are blabbering morons show it.
If our strategy is working--show proof--don't just tell us that it is working. No one believes it.
Call out the Isis enablers: Turkey, Saudi Arabia and other Gulf Nations at first in private then if they stop helping them call them out in public.
Bomb their freaking oil fields into a fiery hell. Take out their ability to fund their war.
Call on Americans to make some sacrifices. If we go after Saudi funding of Isis, they may cut off oil production to punish us. If we bomb Isis's oil fields, there will be less oil on the market. Prices will go up. Get this out in front so that when prices rise people will be prepared.
Isis wants to be a country--an "Islamic State" if you will. Well treat them like a country. Call on Congress to actually declare war on Isis. Make those whiners and losers take a stand or shut up.
Finally, people in this country and around the world are frightened and he needs to address that. We need a little less Spock and a little more Kirk.