The Dangers of Electing a Naive Dreamer to be Commander in Chief

During the campaign our side was constantly pointing out Barack Obama’s flaws when it comes to foreign policy. Remember Reagan: Peace through strength. Even President George W. Bush, with all the cowboy talk, was respected by the rest of the world, even if he wasn’t liked.

Joe Biden’s flaw as Barack Obama’s running mate was occasionally letting the truth slip out. Which is why he was hidden away at the end of the campaign. Remember when he said that a President Barack Obama would be tested and the American people wouldn’t like his response? It looks like that test could happen sooner than we thought.

A Russian air force chief said Saturday that the country could base some strategic bombers in Cuba or on an island offered by Venezuela, the Interfax news agency reported, but a Kremlin official quickly said the military had been speaking only hypothetically.The U.S. and Russia have been trying to reset their relationship, severely strained over U.S. plans to position missile defense elements in Poland and the Czech Republic and by Russia’s invasion of U.S. ally Georgia last year.

Russia has nothing to gain strategically from basing long-range craft within relatively short range of U.S. shores, independent military analyst Alexander Golts said, calling the military statement a retaliatory gesture aimed at hitting back after U.S. ships patrolled Black Sea waters near Georgia.

The chief of staff of Russia’s long range aviation, Maj. Gen. Anatoly Zhikharev, was quoted by Interfax as saying Saturday that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez had offered “a whole island with an airdrome, which we can use as a temporary base for strategic bombers.”

“If there is a corresponding political decision, then the use of the island … by the Russian Air Force is possible,” Zhikharev was quoted as saying.

Interfax reported he said earlier that Cuba has air bases with four or five runways long enough for the huge bombers and could be used to host the long-range planes.

Many of us were concerned over Barack Obama’s lack of experience, but the level of incompetence demonstrated by the Obama administration is simply stunning.

H/T Hot Air