From the J.M. Hamilton Editorial, Heart of Darkness (9-5-11)

P.S.  I know the economy sucks, but is President Obama kicking some serious tail or what?  I mean if these were normal times, this guy would be coasting to victory in 2012.   Let’s look at his foreign policy score card, shall we? 

Osama bin Laden:  Check.

Colonel Gaddafi, check.

Wind up Mission in Iraq, check.

Start and conclude a war in Libya with multinational political, economic, and military support to prevent genocide by a ruthless dictator, setting a new benchmark for U.S. foreign policy:  Check again.

Ushering in a new – hopefully less costly - age in the U.S. military, that of covert operations, drones, cyber-ops, and less dependence on standing armies:  CHECK!

Pulling the hell out of Afghanistan… Under Review/Pending.

Foreign Policy grade for the Commander in Chief, and showing the Republican Party how to actually hunt down scum bags and win:   A

Note: If Obama was a Republican, the GOP would be singing his praises right now.

Note, if the U.S. can exit Afghanistan, possibly as the election nears, we predict that the President’s poll numbers will enjoy a boost.  Then America can say, definitively, “mission accomplished.”   Coming soon, the Presidents score card on U.S. domestic policy.   This blog has seen some promise from this administration on domestic matters, like having the Justice Department take on the AT&T monopoly, and combination with T-Mobile. The government’s law suit against the banks, initiated this week, over the fraud associated with mortgage debacle is another great start.  Potential here is limitless, as an agent of real change.  Obviously, jobs is priority one!

Finally, see the film adaptation of Heart of Darkness with Mr. Francis Coppola’s Apocalypse Now.  I highly recommend it.

http://blog.jmhamiltonpublishing.com/2011/02/20/blowback.aspx