Main Consequence of the Election

[jordan179]

Having re-elected the Obamessiah, we Americans are going to at least in part be responsible for the now almost-inevitable major war now brewing in the area between Libya's Western border and India's Eastern border.  Oh, the Muslim Terrorist States will be guilty of the war crimes, but we will be guilty of sitting idly by and watching it happen.  A

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[fpb]

we will be guilty of sitting idly by and watching it happenActually, that is the best thing we could do. There is no law that says that we must stop foreigners from killing each other, and Muslim politics have proved again and again to be poisonous to the West. If I were asked to point out the single most important source of corruption within the British body politic, for instance, I would say the long involvement of Britain with a small group of rich and corrupt Arab countries - Saudi Arabia, Oman, the Emirates. No, my policy of choice would be to stay well away and make a clear statement that the two following act, 1)any closure or attempt to close a main waterway - Suez Canal, Straits of Hormuz, Bab el Mandeb - and, 2), any attempt to interfere with the free buying and selling of oil, would be regarded as a declaration of war. The only thing we have to avoid is a repetition of 1973. Other than that, leave them alone and let India, China and Russia deal with any issue that arises. It will please their arrogant nationalist streak and

[lironess]

So glad you said this I need more coffee before I can be even close to that articulate....

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[belvarius]

It was disheartening to wake up this morning and see that Obama had won a second term. However all is not lost, republicans retained the house and even made a small gain in the senate. Legislative gridlock means a lot of what he wants to do domestically will have a tough time getting passed, if at all, and executive orders do not have the permanence of properly passed laws. The last four years were tough, and I'm not looking forward to the next four, but we will survive

[jordan179]

The second, which might get a successful push from Israel taking out Iran's reactors because that will certainly enflame muslim tempers, will be Egypt pulling out of the Camp David Accords. Once that happens it's a sure bet that the Sinai will be flooded with muslims eager to take shots at Israel.

... which opens the possibility of Israel counterattacking and retaking the Sinai: the Sinai was returned to Egypt as part of the Camp David Accords. Another part of the Camp David Accords ended the war between Egypt and Israel. Under normal international law, Israel would have the right to wage war against Egypt to regain the Sinai. Of course, given the anti-Semitism prevalant on the present international stage, Israel could at least expect international condemnation for such actions. I don't know whether or not fear of such condemnation will deter them, though -- and I hope that it doesn't.

[belvarius]

If Israel does take back the Sinai I hope they tell Egypt to go pound sand when they demand to have it back as part of a cease fire, peace accord, etc.

[jordan179]

Israel's biggest mistake since her declaration has been her weird refusal to annex conquered territories.

[gothelittle]

We have lost our health insurance under Obamacare. I've put the kids on Medicaid, and my husband and I will just have to not see the doctor anymore unless our lives are on the line.

What else is Obama going to take away from working-class families (our income is no longer quite on the lower-middle-class level) in the next four years?

I thought it was the rich he hated. But we're the ones he's punishing.

[galadrion]

It's Americans he hates. The poor ones are just the ones he has the ability to kick around as much as he wants.

(He's trying to kick the rich around, too... but they know the rules of the game better than he does. It's how they got rich.)

[belvarius]

True dat. Obama's a statist and he want's as much state control over our lives as possible. Unfortunately for the poor they're the easiest part of the population to control.

[marycatelli]

Does he even hate us? Or does he regard as not really human -- kinda chessman he can push around the board?

This explains many liberals better than hatred, because they are continually surprised when they do something, and people's eminently predictable reaction results in its issuing in the opposite results from what they intended. They proceed to fudge up explanations why their program still had the effects they intended, there were other factors that worsened it, but they are surprised.

Of course, when they get challenges they can't ignore, they do hate, but it's not their baseline entirely.

[benschachar_77]

Well, at least we will finally know what America would look like had Carter won re-election.

I am just amazed by how utterly brazen the MSM was in their refusal to cover Benghazi and Fast and Furious boondoggles.

[polaris93]

Sometimes I wonder if the MSM -- at least some of them -- have a gun to their heads, courtesy of the Obama administration. Chicago-style relationship with the media.

[cutelildrow]

Sometimes I wish some people in the West would pay attention to Philippine politics. If you guys wanted a good warning of what all you fear is like, look there (because I'd still cheerfully trade you Obama for Aquino.)

[polaris93]

Obama's in a position to start World War 3, whether through blundering or deliberate action. Not to mention aiding and abetting the Islamcization of this country. I think I've got reason to be very afraid.

[polaris93]

It's that spectre of war that scares me the most. We may be about to find out what it's like to have our cities nuked. Iran will do it if she can.