We all knew that Obama was unprepared for the job, so we should not be suprised when he screw the pooch, but even I have been dumbfounded as I watch our President blunder through the recent unrest in the Middle East/Islamic world. It started during the Iranian revolt that the Obama administration decided to sit out, even as the Iranian mullahs used their secret police to openly murder dissidents in the streets. Somehow that wasn't a violation of human rights that required the US to help establish a NATO-led no-fly zone or engage in some "kinetic military action" (my God, where do they come up with these euphemisms?). See, the President made sure everyone listening both here, and especially Tehran, knew that the good ol' U-S-of A would not be "interfering" with domestic Iranian politics; we have to atone for Kermit Roosevelt's 1950s meddling that restored the young Shah to the throne. Couldn't have a repeat of that type of thing, don't you know!

Then we had the situation that jumped off in Egypt. When the object of popular uprising was Hosni Mubarak, a thuggish dictator for sure, but one who we could reasonably use an ally against terrorist elements in the region, theObama administration suddenly had no qualms about "interfering" in Egypt's internal affairs. Why, according to them Mubarak had to go, even though no one knew just who the real power was behind the demonstrations against the regime; it obviously didn't matter because everyone in the administration and the legacy media just knew that the demonstrators were all for "democracy". And just as importantly, they knew that the Muslim Brotherhood was not intimately involved and we knew that because...hell, who knows! That was what the media and the administration wanted to believe, so it was treated as truth, and anyone saying otherwise was obviously some right wing nut/extremist who hated the idea of democracy down in his very soul.

But now comes word from the internal house organ of the American Left, the New York Times that what was being warned of by numerous conservative thinkers and pundits, prominent among them Sean Hannity, is actually coming to pass. Despite the Obama administration informing us that the Muslim Brotherhood was a largely secular organization, it has been reported that the MB's are poised to inject religion into the mainstream of Egypt's new government, including their belief in sharia law. There is also evidence that the viewpoint that the MB would be able to take a large role in any new Egyptian government would be relatively easy for them is bearing out as well, since they were able to help convince the people that it was their religious duty as Muslims to approve a September date for new parliamentary elections...that favor them as they are the best organized political party in the country outside of the military that is currently running the government. Even the French media understands that the MB are poised to take control in Egypt, even though our super genius President and his brain trust spent weeks telling us it wouldn't , couldn't happen based on their fervent belief that the MB didn't want political power!

And now we have been plunged into a shooting war kinetic military action in Libya with not even a nod to Congress, and with no discernible national interest involved. Our wonderful Dear Leader took to the air waves to explain his rationale for intervening in Libya, and the best he could come up with boils down to Qadaffi is a bad guy, we have to prevent the loss of civilian lives, and we are bugging out ASAP. Now, no one can argue that Qadaffi is a truly evil cat, nor do we want to sit idly by and watch a madman slaughter his own people, BUT there is not one word there that comes close to showing any national interest there. We have been down this road before with a liberal as Commander in Chief and it did not work out for us, because these guys do not have the testicular fortitude to commit to military action and stick it out to a successful conclusion. The last time our military was being used as a Meals on Wheels outfit we got Mogadishu, a feckless air war in the Balkans, and the total ignoring of genocide in Rwanda and the the Sudan.

Further, there are credible reports that the rebels in Libya may not be all sweetness and light as the Obama administration and their media allies have tried to pretend that they are. As far back as February, Reuters was reporting on Al Qaeda's North Africa leader siding with the rebels against Qadaffi.  Now as NATO and the UN are coming close to having to arm the rebels reports are surfacing that the Libyan rebals have some really close ties to Al Qaeda and Hezbollah. So in the name of ousting Qadaffi (or maybe not), but definitely to save Libyan civilians, our illustrious administration is about to help supply the very group that has been at war with us since September 11, 2001. Amazing, huh?

You see, this is what happens when you elect a neophyte with no experience at governing, who then surrounds himself with political hacks (Biden, Panetta), political payoffs (Clinton), sycophants (Susan Rice), careerists (McMullen), and incompetents (Napolitano, Clapper)...just so the Big Boss Man can fell like he's the smartest guy in the room. With this group of clowns in charge, we are in serious trouble, because they have no idea how to handle anything tougher than a 2:00 tee time.

Let's just pray that these Adventures in Blunderland don't result in what BrianR once called a City of Glass scenario, because this fecklessness and weakness makes that a real possibility.