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There seems little doubt that the burgeoning conflict in Iraq will lead to a third Iraq war, likely to spread to Syria as well. Needless to say, the horrible shame of the conflict is that it could have been avoided had political pandering not outweighed sound foreign policy practices.

 

On the same subject, but from a different aspect, Governor Mike Huckabee was asked on Fox & Friends this morning what steps he might have taken regarding the situation, were he the POTUS.

 

Paraphrasing the governor’s response, he suggested that the root of the problem can be traced to preclusion of the nation’s development of its own wealth of natural resources, particularly the drilling for oil due to excessive, and likely unnecessary, regulation.

 

Limited ability in domestic oil production forced acquiring billions upon billions of dollars from providers in the Middle-East, who not only gained immense wealth from the windfall, but also cannot, or will not, defend themselves against terrorist threats. Therefore, nations such as Saudi Arabia not only enrich themselves as suppliers, but rely on us for their defense.

 

In conclusion, the governor suggested that, had we not needed oil importation the whole picture of Middle-Eastern involvement on the part of the U.S. would be quite different. And in all probability, the oil-producing nations there would have taken far less of our dollars, while also having to develop the means to protect themselves without us.   

    

The governor’s comments resonated strongly with me, whereas I’ve been presenting the exact same scenario here for the past four years. 

 

While the situation in Iraq continues to grow in complexity, the incumbent is still vacationing in Martha’s Vineyard. He did, however return to DC for a couple of days, which had all the talking heads and media pundits speculating about the reason for his visit. Most thought there’d be some breakthrough announcement about the conflict’s in Iraq, or Israel, or perhaps, even a Supreme Court  justice retirement and replacement. However, whatever the reason was, all were sure the news would be huge.

 

As it turned out though, all the speculation had been wrong whereas nothing of major importance surfaced at all, as recapped by Rush on his show, as follows:   

 

RUSH: We now know, ladies and gentlemen, why Obama went back to Washington, left Martha's Vineyard, split from the vacation. Major Garrett had the details on CBS This Morning. 

 

GARRETT:  In addition to golf, the president's vacation scorecard includes three dinners out, two beach days, one bike ride, a jazz concert, and a fundraiser for Senate Democrats. Not to mention a five-hour bachelor party Monday in the Washington home of former White House chef Sam Kass. 

 

Thus, it looks like the most significant part of the return to DC was a party for a former chef. Which seems in keeping with how the incumbent typically spends taxpayer’s money. Because, compared to previous wastes of funds, such as Cash for Clunkers, the GM bailout, Operation Fast and Furious, Solyndra and Obamacare this jaunt was cheap. According to Judicial Watch the two day extra trip only cost $1.1 million.

 

That’s it for today folks.

 

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