Trumpets of Glory?

On the eve of the 911 anniversary, President Obama sounded the trumpets of war. 'If you try to harm Americans,you will find no safe haven,..we will hunt you down". A direct threat from the President during his ISIS speech .Quite a change in tone from a few months ago when he defined his foreign policy simply as ,"don't do stupid stuff".But now, because of the beheadings of two Americans and one Brit, and ever diminishing poll numbers , the President has, rhetorically at least, gone from reluctant warrior, to Bush style , anti -terror renegade cowboy, in one fell swoop. Seemingly. In truth , to simply survive his last two years in office , he had to make this change, in order to survive politically, and to save the Democrat Party from defeat in November. But, in the same speech, President Obama also stated that ISIS has not formed the first Islamic State, simply because ISIS, believe it or not, ...is not Islamic. Interesting. Once again, the President, despite his war drum rhetoric, has demonstrated that he still fails to recognize the enemy for what it really is.
This is the first basic rule of war;...to defeat your enemy, ...you must first know your enemy .ISIS is certainly Islamic, and it has certainly created the first terror state , since their forces now control an area larger than Belgium.
Yet, to some, the President's 911 speech,and his recent U.N. speech as well,.. seemed like a rebirth of sorts,..a last ditch effort of a failed Commander in Chief to redeem himself , and make up for the fact that it was his failed policies that created this first terror state of Islam. Redemption? Obama has two years left. Was his speech more empty rhetoric , or is the President finally serious about stopping ISIS? The 911 Anniversary speech sounded good , for the most part, even Bush -like , at least compared to his previous foreign policy speeches.
The President announced a four part strategem, that would not only increase bombing, even extending into Syria,..but indeed, the President has now even suggested arming the Syrian rebels, something that , just a few weeks ago, he refused to even discuss. Quite a change, even though arming any muslim rebels is always a mistake.History has shown, when push comes to shove, armed muslim rebels will always side with other muslims in the end, so what we are really doing, is arming ISIS. But,regardless  the President is still standing firm on the idea that no American troops will be on the ground , other than the additional 400 "advisors" , that he is sending into the region . "Degrade and Destroy" is the new strategem, and key targets will be hit, even into Syria this time. At least,...that's what Obama says .But will it be enough? This strategem was tried previously in Somalia and Yemen , and it failed miserably. The President 's Generals say air strikes are not enough , and ground troops will be necessary , at some point, to stop ISIS cold. But that's only if the airstrikes remain specific , and extremely limited, as they have been so far.However, massive, unending, unlimited , earth scorching airstrikes, that destroy utterly and completely,will always work as they have in wars of the past and will indeed bring a quick end to this "Islamic State', that would not even exist if the President had just kept our usual residual military force in the region.
The fact is , if the U.S. simply uses the power and military skills that make us the number one superpower in the world, no four part strategy by the President is needed. Indeed, military strategy is irrelevant and unnecessary to a nation that can win every conflict by sheer power, and overwhelming force.But now, with the President's  own Party seemingly turned against him,in a cynical effort to win the Midterms ,..and his ever disintegrating poll numbers, ..a reset was necessary.
The reluctant warrior has now become the aggressive cowboy in the Bush mold,..vowing to destroy any who would threaten America . The drone attacks will continue. The limited , pinpoint airstrikes will continue. Our limited Nato  coalition of 9 nations may actually come to fruition. Arming the Syrian rebels also may actually happen.But, probably not. At this point in his Presidency, is Obama really interested in redemption? Is he looking for vengeance against the genocidal forces of ISIS that beheaded two American journalists and hundreds of Christian Kurds and Yazidis? Has this President finally seen the light and accepted the responsibilities of being the Commander in Chief of the number one superpower in the world, and also the leader of the free world? Has this petulant socialist man-child , in his last two years as President,...finally become a man?
Like Shakesphere 's Richard III, like Star Wars ' Darth Vader,....is the President now looking for absolution of sorts , to free himself , spiritually ,...to finally turn away from the ,"dark side", and destroy the evil empire? Perhaps,...but,..perhaps not.In the final installment of the Star Wars saga , Darth Vader turns against the Emperor , and in effect, becomes the hero of the sci-fi saga ,the hero that he always seemed to have the potential to be. President Obama, likewise, has always seemed to have that potential as well. His charisma and political skills could have been a force for  uniting ,... instead of dividing. He could have been a force for free market, Republic good,..instead of socialist evil.
But, the man-child's hatred for Imperialist America and all its imagined sins ,drove him , since 2008,..to diminish her , in an effort to even the score ,and to show the world that America under his command, will no longer be a force for imperialist aggression , and will now shrink and withdraw from world affairs, thereby allowing other nations to grow and prosper without its superpower interference. The President isn't the first member of the left to put forth this theory.However,..
he  should now know that this leftist theory has always been wrong . He should now know that without America's presence in all things, the world ,..very quickly,...falls into chaos, as evil forces quickly move to fill the void.
ISIS and the first terror state is the evidence that proves this. This proof is there for all the world to see. Obama's predecessor President Bush predicted this would happen ,..if we completely withdrew from the Iraq region . He was 100% right. The Islamic Terror State exists today , and commits mass genocide ,..strictly because of Obama and the left's beliefs and policies ,..that have been implemented in the Middle East and beyond.
The simple truth is , America must lead the world ,..or the world cannot survive. This,..Obama must now know. He must. Will it matter? Will Obama now, like Richard III, like Darth Vader,..turn from his dark side and find redemption for all his previous sins? Anything's possible,...but it's  not very likely. Senator Ted Cruz says no. After hearing the 911 and U.N speeches, he is convinced that the President will execute the exact same limited airstrikes for political reasons and nothing more. Senator Cruz believes the speeches and the proposed  coalition , are mere political theater, just designed to boost Democrat votes in November .The  Senator knows that, in reality,..people rarely change,especially leftist idealogues like the President.
One thing is certain . The Anniversary of 911 is here ,..now. Our borders remain ,..completely unprotected from attack and invasion by a merciless enemy that  mocks us, with their continuous   beheadings of American citizens and British allies. But, with the President's speech, the War Trumpets have sounded. For better or worse,..the battle is joined. The President ,...resplendent in his rhetorical war crown and armor,...will indeed ride to the clarion call  of the trumpets and lead the charge as Commander in Chief .And, into the fray, comes strange new allies, in the form of Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Jordan, Qatar, Bahrain,who have already executed airstrikes in Syria. The battle is indeed joined,..but,....will the President and his sinister allies carry the battle to ISIS,..or to America?
Are his War Trumpets a prelude to Glory,.....
or Doom?