Yesterday afternoon I posted this piece from the Communities section of The Washington Times concerning former Presidents and their public opinions on the facebook page. Those in my inner circle know that I really like George W, and I love that he hasn't said a peep publicly about the current hot topics with regards to this administration. For me, his and his father's staying mum on these topics shows a level of class. Yes, they've been there and done that and they understand what this administration and future administrations have to deal with. I'm sure that they talk about it amongst those in their inner circles but the fact that they don't come out publicly with an opinion says a lot. Bill Clinton though has made his opinions clear, whether through himself or the actions of his wife (like he dare cross Hillary, c'mon now) and is still in the political spotlight. I know that Carter pops up every now and again, he has after all met with Assad before all of this really blew up. I just wrestle with the idea of former presidents being in the spotlight long after their terms have ended. If the administration contacts them privately, whatever, but do these former leaders really need to go and espouse their opinions in a public forum? If they disagree, doesn't that undermine the current administration? Especially with a rather popular president such as Clinton, from the beginning he was for action in Syria despite the fact that Obama had set a red line and waited over a year to reset the red line, deny he set the red line, and waffle around on the golf course debating if he was going to take military action. Maybe it's because I'm a fan of George W and the approaches he took when it came to going to war after 9/11 and the fact that he has always seemed like an approachable guy that has my judgment clouded. I'm absolutely willing to admit to that, not a whole lot of people would. I just think that the overall way that George W handled his whole presidency was with a lot more humanity and humility than what we've seen in this current administration. There weren't many flashy vacations at the expense of the taxpayers, there wasn't a whole lot of anger towards him from the military community (ok, I'm sure there was but having been in DC and heard about his visits to Walter Reed to visit the wounded warriors multiple times, his going on bike rides with rehabbing wounded warriors, and inviting the military to events not for show but just because he cared about them and their families and didn't turn it into a photo op... Just saying, the man would go into the war zone to help serve the troops turkey dinner).
The fact is, at the end of the day, this is Obama's war, not some past President's trying to relive his glory days or whatever. I have already decided my opinion when my kids, or their kids, ask me about the Great and Powerful Obama, and it won't be a pretty one. Maybe things will turn around in the next three years but I'm not hopefully as he's done nothing but make citizens more dependent upon the government, he's put the blame on everyone but himself, he still is trying to force Obamacare upon the masses while exempting himself, Congress, the Supreme Court, federal judges, unions, and everyone but the middle class. He wants illegals to jump the line and gain citizenship before those who come into this country legally, wade through the red tape and do it all right. And well we all know how I feel when it comes to him in the military. Maybe he should be powwowing with former Presidents, in private, to figure out how to not doom our country.
**Note: I edited for clarity on 9/7/2013
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