Obama Wags the Dog

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Obama Wags the Dog
Thursday, March 24, 2011

By Ben Shapiro

As the price of oil skyrockets, as our debt levels rise to new highs and our housing market drops to new lows, President Obama decides that it is a fantastic time to start dropping bombs on Libya.

But nobody, including Obama, seems to know what our objective is in Libya. First, it was deposing terroristic thug Muammar Qaddafi; then it was standing up for the United Nations; then it was protecting civilians; now it is some combination of all of them. This is the same man who once explained with regard to Middle East policy, "I can tell you this -- when I am president of the United States, the American people and the world will always know where I stand."

Now, finding where Obama stands is tougher than finding a cane-less Waldo in a crowd of Christmas elves.

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So what's this really about? President Obama's war of choice in Libya is, very simply, a wag the dog scenario.