Not very much going on today in the news at all which caused me to really scrape around for something worthwhile to blog about. However, right near the bottom of the barrel, I found this shortcut on Drudge: “Iron Dome to be moved to airport for Obama photo-op”
Reading the article gave me pause for two reasons, one being our budget crisis here and the other about the incumbent’s cost to the Israeli's.
Although the trip’s planned for March 20th, “The advance American delegation responsible for organizing President Obama's visit arrived in the country on Sunday evening. The delegation of about 50 people, which includes diplomats, security and logistics personnel and White House representatives, met on Monday with high-ranking officials of the Prime Minister’s Office and the Foreign Ministry to finish preparing the schedule.”
Now, I don’t have a clue as to what the total cost of this advance contingent is, but I’m positive it’s not chump change. However, when it comes to sacrifice, cutbacks and austerity, the White House goes on unaffected. Except for cancellation of the public’s visits which make good headlines and hopefully for the administration, put Republican’s on the defensive.
Then part two of the incumbent’s excessive wastes of money isn’t hitting our bankbooks, but is clipping the Israeli’s. Because, according to Haaretz.com, The Iron Dome is an air defense system developed by Rafael Advanced Defense System, designed to intercept short-range rockets and mortar shells. Israel deployed the system first in the south in April 2011 to intercept rockets from the Gaza Strip. The Israeli-developed system uses cameras and radar to track incoming rockets and is supposed to shoot them down within seconds of their launch.”
So, the way I see it is, this guy decides to visit and have his picture snapped with this huge weapons system, but doesn’t want to go to it and be inconvenienced. Consequently, however many more people are involved in the system's’ temporary relocation or whatever the costs really don’t matter to him, because financial matters simply aren’t his long suit.
Which leads to another question that just popped into my head while typing the above: Is there anyone out there who actually knows what this guy’s long suit really is?
That's it for today folks.
Adios
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