A Letter To Obama


Posted without permission of the author. My apologies, but this is too good to not pass on for others to read.

“One more time . . .

May 19, 2011

1967 . . .

Dear President Obama,

Reading your speech today was to read the words that I always knew you believed, but could never voice prior to the election of 2008; as with most of your long held beliefs, if you were honest with the American people then they would not elect you to collect stray dogs. I had to watch as people who share my faith vote for you in droves. It reminded me of something that I can’t mention now for danger of being labeled as something I am not. Suffice it to say it never ceases to amaze me how otherwise intelligent people can be converted into automatons during vote harvesting time. But that’s how we ended up with a contest between you and Senator McCain. I cannot believe that all the J Streets in the world can provide you the cover needed to generate the same support this time around, then again if you are advocating for this now, you must be in far worse political trouble than even I can imagine, I wonder if an LBJ day is not in your future? “I will not accept nor seek the nomination of my party for the . . .” Maybe you should practice so you don’t need the teleprompter.

The present borders of Israel are the result of successfully fending off attacks that neighboring countries saw fit to perpetrate on the newly formed nation of Israel. Which was formed as a reaction to the greatest mechanized effort to end Judaism from the continent of Europe by Hitler, and his murderous following. Israel has to maintain it’s current borders to keep future attacks from, on the one hand, occurring, and on the other hand, from being fought on the same land it lives on. All the while keeping its’ population safe from everything from rifle fire as well a missiles, and suicide bombers. In order to meet this objective it could not alter its current borders. Especially in the light of recent events of Egypt falling to what will eventually become another country guided by radical islam, armed now with our tanks and planes. The notion that such a nation founded out of the ashes of evil from histories worst crime should in any way be made to sacrifice anything is near criminal, and borders on the insane.

In reading your speech you give yourself every opportunity to be right in the eyes of historians. Too much in fact. One wonders what you really care about: what people think about you, or the notion of not being blamed for a world worse off for your stewardship of it? Why do you believe that muslims will, can, or even want to be reformed from without when in their most hardened political States believe in using nuclear weapons in a first strike capacity, if only they could figure out how. They are a patient foe, and you think the technological advances of the day will some how woo them from their destiny with murder? I don’t think so. I know we are real good at what we do, but evil has the advantage here. It takes me a second to realize this when looking at our modern, and dare I say it, socially liberal society; and theirs based on the bondage of woman and the commitment to be governed by a system of law best suited to the dust bin of history. Am I being too judgmental for you? My apologies. But you can bet that islam is in no mood to be reformed from without. Not by a long shot. Like an angry drunk in a bar all it wants is to do is stay put on it’s perch, unreformed and unrepentant, for what it has done in the name of Allah.

World War One was known as the “war to end all wars.” It was fought with armaments that were the chemical descendants of Alfred Nobel’s work in explosives. Essentially a pacifist who hated war gave war it’s greatest weapon. Of which you are, uncharacteristically, the winner of his prize. As time has worn on we have new and more deadly ways to fight wars. You and I will likely live to see that horrible day. Because man has not proven himself able to resist that temptation to harm another for sport or gain. Whether you are an unarmed housekeeper in the sights of a violent socialist full of himself, or a defenseless child from a pedophile, or a nation that chooses not work, but war, to further it’s national goals. History is littered with this reality. A future generation will wonder why we tried to do what we have done only to provoke what we most want to avoid.

Funny how that happens. Funny, I’m not laughing, though in 18 months you won’t be either.”

Respectfully,

Joe Doakes

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