Let me make myself clear

Yesterday was the 12th Anniversary of 9/11 and the attacks on the World Trade Centers in New York City. There were many posts on my Facebook feed about where people were and what they were doing when they heard that it had happened. They told what they were feeling and what they were thinking, and how it made them feel for days after.

I didn't post anything. My story is pretty insignificant in perspective of someone who went through the terror of something like that event. I remember where I was, what I was doing, what I was wearing, and how it made me feel. At 11 years old, I didn't feel that much. It was odd, but I didn't experience the impact of that event like a lot of people who have told their stories.

My thoughts now still don't seem to have the same heaviness about it that their's do. I feel like I'm equating it to an instance if my brother got beat up, my dad would take care of him and the one who did the beating. It was unfortunate that it happened, but bad things happen and the important thing to focus on is how to respond. I feel former President Bush took appropriate action, in the appropriate order given the knowledge that we had and information of which I was aware.

I contrast that instance with what happen in Benghazi last year. I don't remember where I was, or what I was wearing or what I was doing, but I do remember the inferno of indignation I felt when I heard what happened to those few who died when they could have been protected. Furthermore, I continue to be incised by my President's lack of attention on it. In fact, he actually apologized to them (the attackers), and lied to us (my home country).

The President just gave a speech a couple of days ago. I read it yesterday. He didn't bring up Benghazi, but he did mention children more times than I care to count. Whose children? All the children. The prevarication of my President is abominable.

These are the parts of his speech that I want to address:

"When dictators commit atrocities, they depend upon the world to look the other way until those horrifying pictures fade from memory. But these things happened. The facts cannot be denied. The question now is what the United States of America, and the international community, is prepared to do about it. Because what happened to those people -- to those children -- is not only a violation of international law, it’s also a danger to our security." 

Here you can hear him talking about the children of Syria. He wants to talk about those children, when he has not taken care of him own. Those men who died needlessly in Benghazi were someone's children.

"And I know Americans want all of us in Washington-- especially me -- to concentrate on the task of building our nation here at home: putting people back to work, educating our kids, growing our middle class."

^That is none of his damn business. He is not responsible for any of that. 

Here is what the federal government is responsible according to the Constitution which is what our government was founded on:

Powers delegated to U.S. (National) Government:

(1) Exclusive powers

(1) To lay and collect import duties.[8]
(2) To pay the debts of the U.S. Government.
(3) To regulate commerce with foreign nations and Indian Tribes.
(4) To regulate commerce among the States.[2]
(5) To regulate immigration.[7]
(6) To establish a uniform rule of naturalization.
(7) To establish uniform laws on bankruptcy throughout the United States.
(8) To coin money and regulate its value and that of foreign coin, and to issue bills of credit.
(9) To provide for the punishment of counterfeiting the securities and current coin of the United States.[3]
(10) To fix the standard of weights and measures.
(11) To provide and regulate postal services.
(12) To establish protection for intellectual property, including patent, copyright, and trademark rights.
(13) To constitute lower national courts.
(14) To define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and offenses against the laws of nations.[3]
(15) To declare war, authorize warlike activities by other than the armed forces, and make rules concerning captures.
(16) To raise, support and regulate the armed forces.
(17) To govern what part of the Militia shall be employed in the service of the United States.
(18) To exercise general Legislation[9] over federal ground, which is limited to federal territories and districts, land purchased from states with the consent of their legislatures, U.S. flag vessels on the high seas, and the grounds of U.S. embassies abroad.
(19) To guarantee a republican form[12] of government to the States.[3]
(20) To enter into a treaty, alliance, or confederation with a foreign state.
(21) To declare the punishment for treason.[3]
(22) To prescribe the manner in which the acts, records, and judicial proceedings of each state shall be proved to other states and what should be done about them.
(23) To admit new states into the Union.
(24) To make laws necessary and proper for executing the powers delegated to the U.S. government.

Nowhere does it mention anything about "putting people back to work, educating our children..." or "growing our middle class." I can say he is absolutely wrong if he thinks all Americans want him to get busy doing those things.

"This is not a world we should accept. This is what’s at stake. And that is why, after careful deliberation, I determined that it is in the national security interests of the United States to respond to the Assad regime’s use of chemical weapons through a targeted military strike. The purpose of this strike would be to deter Assad from using chemical weapons, to degrade his regime’s ability to use them, and to make clear to the world that we will not tolerate their use."

I'm sorry, Mr. President, I doubt you would know what "the national security interests of the United States" were if they slapped you up side the head. None of your actions as president have indicated that you know anything about running a military, much less the American military.

"My answer is simple: I will not put American boots on the ground in Syria. I will not pursue an open-ended action like Iraq or Afghanistan. I will not pursue a prolonged air campaign like Libya or Kosovo. This would be a targeted strike to achieve a clear objective: deterring the use of chemical weapons, and degrading Assad’s capabilities."

I actually have more respect for ^ that man than I do my current president. I have more trust in his word, than I do my current president. 

"Let me make something clear: The United States military doesn’t do pinpricks. Even a limited strike will send a message to Assad that no other nation can deliver. I don’t think we should remove another dictator with force -- we learned from Iraq that doing so makes us responsible for all that comes next. But a targeted strike can make Assad, or any other dictator, think twice before using chemical weapons."

Mr. President, you keep using the word "clear," I do not think it means what you think it means.
Heaven forbid we be responsible for anything besides our own country. Oh, I bet they'll think twice - that'll give them something to think about for sure. They're so good at thinking, they'll get the message, no doubt. It will be clear as mud.                                  

"Other questions involve the dangers of retaliation. We don’t dismiss any threats, but the Assad regime does not have the ability to seriously threaten our military. Any other retaliation they might seek is in line with threats that we face every day. Neither Assad nor his allies have any interest in escalation that would lead to his demise. And our ally, Israel, can defend itself with overwhelming force, as well as the unshakeable support of the United States of America.

Oh, so now Israel is our ally. Got it. 

"It’s true that some of Assad’s opponents are extremists. But al Qaeda will only draw strength in a more chaotic Syria if people there see the world doing nothing to prevent innocent civilians from being gassed to death." 

Oh, I'm sorry, I missed the part where you became an expert on Islamic extremists.                                                    

"And so, to my friends on the right, I ask you to reconcile your commitment to America’s military might with a failure to act when a cause is so plainly just. To my friends on the left, I ask you to reconcile your belief in freedom and dignity for all people with those images of children writhing in pain, and going still on a cold hospital floor. For sometimes resolutions and statements of condemnation are simply not enough.Indeed, I’d ask every member of Congress, and those of you watching at home tonight, to view those videos of the attack, and then ask: What kind of world will we live in if the United States of America sees a dictator brazenly violate international law with poison gas, and we choose to look the other way?"

What "cause is so plainly just"? You wanna talk about "images of children writhing in pain, and going still on a cold hospital floor" but you support Planned Parenthood, and are actually publicly known as the first president to openly support abortion. Really? What did you do if not "choose to look the other way" about what happened in Benghazi?

"America is not the world’s policeman. Terrible things happen across the globe, and it is beyond our means to right every wrong. But when, with modest effort and risk, we can stop children from being gassed to death, and thereby make our own children safer over the long run, I believe we should act. That’s what makes America different. That’s what makes us exceptional. With humility, but with resolve, let us never lose sight of that essential truth."

Think about the children he says. Let's do it for the children he says. To what kind of "modest effort and risk" is he referring? What on God's green earth makes him think that doing anything to Syria would be anything like a "modest effort and risk"? Whose lives is he risking? Apparently not his own. Not his daughters'.

I tend to get some "heat" for posting things on Facebook in opposition to the mainstream media and my president. I may even quote Rush Limbaugh *God forbid!* I guess right now in my life, I care more about mentioning an alternative viewpoint than I do about being popular. It may come back to bite me in the butt, which is entirely possible given how things go in America these days. 

http://m.washingtonpost.com/politics/running-transcript-president-obamas-sept-10-speech-on-syria/2013/09/10/a8826aa6-1a2e-11e3-8685-5021e0c41964_story.html

http://constitution.org/powright.htm