Barack Obama is basically a neo-appeaser, as Syria proves. These days, a lot of pundits have compared Trump to the "America Firsters" back then, but I just wish they'd dig deeper into the 1930's analogy, and point it back at Obama, as my blog post here, does.
Obama has been criticized for not being much of a leader even by liberals, but those are general charges, really; ironic, too, given he's midwifed a lotta change, from health care, love it or hate it, to shifting social norms.
What's he done that's so bad?
Well, basically hewing to to the political playbook of the thirties, if from a different role. Trump plays well as a predator from that era, but if so, Obama fits the niche of prey, and it is a bit less interesting. In any case, I think I've made some good parallels. Read it, tell me what yas think.
I've though about this, a lot.
Obama has been criticized for not being much of a leader even by liberals, but those are general charges, really; ironic, too, given he's midwifed a lotta change, from health care, love it or hate it, to shifting social norms.
What's he done that's so bad?
Well, basically hewing to to the political playbook of the thirties, if from a different role. Trump plays well as a predator from that era, but if so, Obama fits the niche of prey, and it is a bit less interesting. In any case, I think I've made some good parallels. Read it, tell me what yas think.
I've though about this, a lot.