Saturday, March 16, 2013

BloggeRhythms 3/16/2013

On Thursday  I mentioned that the incumbent said, “he would have “probably objected” over the White House’s handling of this issue (usage of drones)  if he were still a senator. But his viewpoint changed now that he occupies the Oval Office — not a room in a Senate office building.
 
Now this morning, according to CNBC on-line, “U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced plans on Friday to bolster U.S. missile defenses in response to "irresponsible and reckless provocations" by North Korea, which threatened a preemptive nuclear strike against the United States last week. 
 
The addition of another 14 interceptors amounts to a reversal of an Obama administration decision in 2010 to stop expansion of the missile interceptor system at 30. The Bush administration had planned to deploy a total of 44.”
 
So, here we have another case where the POTUS realizes he made another mistake by pandering to his political base instead of originally trying to grasp his responsibilities as Commander in Chief.
 
This to me is quite a significant step because perhaps it indicates that the incumbent can actually think if he has to. And who knows, maybe as more folks go broke buying gas or suffering the damages of his inane health care bill, perhaps he might even try to fix those too. But, frankly, I wouldn’t get my hopes up to high because that’s a little much to ask.
 
On another subject, there’s this guy who went to preach Christianity in Iran and was arrested in January and sentenced to eight years in prison, accused of evangelizing and threatening national security.    
 
According to Fox News on-line, the man’s wife, Naghmeh Abedini, testified Friday on Capitol Hill and said, "I must say I'm disappointed with our government. I'm disappointed that our president and our State Department has not fully engaged in this case. I'm disappointed that this great country is not doing more to free my husband -- a U.S. citizen. I expect more from our government." 
 
As far as the situation itself goes, “The Iranian government does not recognize his American citizenship, though it had enabled him to travel freely between both countries until this past summer, when he was pulled off a bus and placed under house arrest, according to his supporters. Abedini has been held in Iran's brutal Evin prison since September of last year and was sentenced to eight years in prison.”
 
Now, while I certainly see why this woman's upset, the part I don’t understand is why she believes our government's responsible for getting her husband freed. Unless I missed something, he went there by choice, knew the risks and yet preached religious beliefs anti to the nation’s laws. And regardless of how restrictive Iranian laws may be, going against them doesn’t seem like something very wise to do by oneself. 
 
So, perhaps the lesson to be learned here is that before taking on the risks of evangelizing in a hostile nation, it’s probably best to check with our government first to see what they think before you go overseas by yourself. Unless of course you’re attached to the CIA or something like that. But that couldn’t possibly be true here could it? 
 
That’s it for today folks.
 
Adios

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