Never go against the family , Barack

Some say that Barack Obama is the new Kennedy. Some say he's the new Lincoln. Some even say that he's the living embodiment of Franklin Roosevelt. But, I think these comparisons are way off base. Actually , Obama is more like Michael Corleone from the Godfather movies. Like Michael Corleone, Barack Obama may find that it is much easier to play "armchair quarterback" , than to actually be the one in charge , who must make life or death decisions against those who are dedicated to destroy  him and his "family" of fellow  Americans. The Bush Doctrine is very similar to the Corleone doctrine ,both basically emphasizing pre-emptive strikes against enemies before they grow into more serious threats.And Obama , like Corleone,believes himself to be above the brutal methods of his family , and feels that he can do it better ; with reason and diplomacy ,rather than violence and killing. However, that was before he met with President Bush , and before his top secret security briefings revealed to him the truth behind the war against terror ,and the Iraq conflict. Now he knows the truth. The same truth that Bush knew, that Clinton knew,and now he can no longer have the luxury of sitting back and bragging about being against the Iraq war and saying that the intelligence was 'manipulated". Now, as President, he will be forced to do the one thing that has eluded his entire political career up to now. He will be forced to make decisions. Many of them of a life or death matter . No more Bush lied and boys died, no more accusing soldiers of air raiding villages and killing civilians. Now, due to his security briefings ,and meetings with the President,he knows the truth , and it may force him to become the living embodiment of Bush's third term. In the movie , The Godfather , Michael becomes an even more brutal killer than his father or brother; realizing that meetings and diplomacy with the enemy were the tactics that led to the death of both of them. He finds that his version of The Bush Doctrine serves him very well indeed. Obama now faces a Presidency that must deal with a war on two fronts with no easy way out.He must continue the war and fight to win, since defeat would cripple his effectiveness as commander in chief and damage his image as President both at home and abroad. Economically , he will be a disaster of heavy taxes on the very industries that create jobs . He will eventually be forced to abandon most of his promised programs and have to cut taxes for all Americans or be damned as the new Jimmy Carter ; a lame duck President both at home and abroad. Like Michael Corleone, Barack may be forced to govern according to the established methods of the previous administration ; or face utter failure , and because of the terror threat, potential destruction.