esrosedotblog

POWER MOVE

This is a big deal:

White House to Scrap Bush’s Approach to Missile Shield

It is not an abandonment of the concept, it is a realignment. The missiles will really be focused on Iran. The bushies had them set up so they could be used on Russia. The old cold war ethos.

It is a big deal because it is Obama taking the reins of defense strongly and surely with a policy in place to justify the plan.

It is a big deal because it is the first time he uses Gates as a strong advocate. The Bush SOD. The anti-Rumsfeld.

It is a big deal because Obama is listening to the generals here and not to the cold war pressure groups. A military not a political decision.

And it is a big deal because everyone thinks of Obama as kind of soft on foreign affairs and defense and this is muscle. Not only in the world but within our own country where the GOoPer leader of the House chose to condemn the move without and briefing or real information.

Obama is the Commander in Chief.

I read that he got up about midnight to break the bad news to the Czechs. The old plan was a boon to the Czechan and Polish economies.

I don't write much about defense matters. I am for a strong defense. I am not interested in disarmament in the leftish way. In that sense, I am more in the middle. I have been interested in how they would come out on some of these issues.

There is some progressive pressure to cut the missile shield. He is having none of that. He is moving his chess pieces.

Remember. Obama is a chess player not a checkers player. This is true at home and, now, abroad.

Labels: Administration Obama