Saturday, April 25, 2015

Perspective: Obama's Real Strategy





 


Everyone is confused about why President Obama performs as
he does. Three Secretaries of Defense have resigned questioning his ability as
Commander in Chief. The Media, most Politicians and the Public at large cannot
decide whether his poor performance is due to his not being competent enough
for the job, or whether he is just the no-drama Obama, or whether he is above the
 day-to-day business of governing or
whether it is  something more sinister.  


Here is another theory. Obama’s behavior is based on his ever
stated belief that the number one problem of the world is “Climate Change”
caused by Man’s use of fossil fuels. Therefore, his principal thrust is to make
it as difficult and as expensive as possible to get and use fossil fuels so that
alternative energy sources can replace them. Consider his actions that support
this theory. His reckless Middle East policies are
clearly putting in jeopardy the world’s largest oil reserves and the oceanic
routes to deliver them to world users. Then he vetoed the Keystone Pipeline
thus making it more expensive for Canada’s
oil to reach world markets. He also blocks drilling on US government lands.
After the Gulf oil spill, he authorized new regulations making off shore oil
drilling more expensive. Overriding the US Congress, he authorized the EPA to
label CO2 a
toxic gas thus permitting him to “kill” coal, one of his avowed goals. And
finally he blocks liquefied natural gas from being exported. In short, he knows
exactly what he is doing!  


When you realize that President Obama single handedly and
without Constitutional authority made these actions happen, you start to get
the picture.  We can expect him to spend
his final two years continuing to do everything he can to weaken fossil fuel
supplies. This is the legacy that he wants, and no one seems willing to
challenge him.  


Impossible as it may seem to rational persons, he will
doubtless be rewarded with a second Nobel Peace Prize!  Meanwhile, “We the People” will pay the
price!