The two reasons the NY Daily News sucks so bad are: 1 the opinion page and 2 the Voices of the People.
Personally, I can't read the Daily News without a pen in my hand to write really obvious questions that the reporter, pundit or reader should have asked themselves prior to penning their terrible article.
But, I assume that deadlines are more important than facts over at the Daily News, and that's why it sucks.
This brings me to my first victim:
Andrea Tantaros and her column, This is war, not a law seminar.
No kidding, Andrea. For the past 9 years that the war in Afghanistan has been going on, I thought we were fighting the Taliban with seminars on Commercial Real Estate Leases with drone strikes for those who don't pay the admission fees. I bet Andrea thought that was a great title, too.
You know you're in trouble when someone can't get passed the title.
Now for the actual article.
"A great leader knows how to feel the pain of his people. He acknowledges their struggles, but offers hope."
How true. Now, mention the Nazis.
"As the Nazis set their sights on England, Winston Churchill famously told the House of Commons: We shall defend our island..."
Well done! As we all know, World War II and the war in Afghanistan are almost identical and it is perfectly reasonable to compare the two. By "identical" I mean opposites and by "reasonable" I mean stupid. Perhaps a bit of history is needed for Ms. Tantaros. Well, World War II took place from 1939 to 1945 and involved most of the world's nations -- unlike the war in Afghanistan which has been going on for 3 years longer and most of the world is against. Also, in WWII there was an easily identified enemy and front. Wars like those don't happen anymore, Andrea. Now, civilians and enemies wear the same clothes and the front is the entire world. So, we've made it through one and a half sentences and Ms. Tantaros looks terrible. Let's see what else she "thinks".
"President Obama has no such vision, as is made clear in Bob Woodward's new book, "Obama's Wars." Instead, he is a professor in chief, coolly regarding the nation's problems like a case study to be analyzed without urgency."
As you can see, nothing angers Andrea Tantaros more than a president who think things through -- especially 9-year wars that haven't been going well. I assume that Andrea would rather Obama just send in more troops without a clear battle plan and a license to kill. I mean, battle plans are pretty overrated, unless you listen to generals. Because Andrea brought it up, another reason why the war in Afghanistan and WWII comparison is a terrible one is because we are trying to create an entire new country in Afghanistan. In WWII, we were simply trying to save the world from Nazi rule. We were worried about fixing the world only after the Axis was defeated.
"'We can absorb a terrorist attack. We'll do everything we can to prevent it, but even a 9/11, even the biggest attack ever . . . we absorbed it and we are stronger,' Obama told Woodward".
Why this quote confuses so many on the right should be obvious: Obama said it. I should have stopped reading it after she quoted Rudy "911911911" Guiliani saying he wouldn't have used those words but, I didn't, and the oldest of talking points start to pop up.
Honestly, Obama is saying something here that of us should get a grip of: there is a distinct possibility that the terrorists will try to attack us again and, if it happens, we will be stronger because of it. But, I guess we should just start carpet bombing Afghanistan because Andrea's scared and despite the public of the world is against it.
"These words are also emblematic of his larger public relations approach to handling issues of terrorism. When it comes to issues of national security, Obama has chosen to ignore public opinion - and New York, unfortunately, seems to be his central front.
Take the Obama Justice Department's decision to hold the terror trials at Ground Zero. Everyone from 9/11 families to Mayor Bloomberg has expressed opposition to trying these suspects in the Big Apple, yet the President refuses to change course."
Wow, why you gotta bring up old points? We have to be tough on terrorists but, at the same time, be too afraid to try them in a court of law where they committed the crime. I get it though; Obama wants to do it so it can't be right. And for someone who is so concerned with public opinion, she doesn't seem to mention the rest of the world's view of our wars... The only opinions that matter are those who agree with hers.
At this point, there is a 100% chance of a "Ground Zero Mosque" mention within this article...
“His support for the Ground Zero mosque displays this apathy, as well. Obama has voiced his support for the mosque but refused to weigh in on the "wisdom" of building it, despite an overwhelming majority of Americans who feel the opposite.”
Dingdingding! What do we have for our lovely contestant? Andrea, you’re in the news business – technically – so you must have at least heard of the 60-Minutes episode on the non-mosque. It isn’t a mosque. And there is no controversy besides you and those on the right wanting to prevent certain people from having certain rights because you are scared.
And again with this nonsense about the majority of Americans don’t want the Community Center. Who cares what they want. You seem ready to put the rights of certain people to a vote. That’s not the way this country operates.
“Obama refuses to acknowledge that we are at war with Islamic jihadists. His responses to the Christmas Day bomber and the massacre at Fort Hood were executed in slow motion, and he sounded more professorial than presidential.”
Ugh… this is getting tiresome, Andrea. Obama has said we are at war with extremists – many times. And that professorial demeanor is a breath of fresh air from the previous president who didn’t think; just spoke; didn’t ask questions; just acted.
“Someone should tell Obama that not everything should be approached like a question on a Harvard Law exam.”
Someone should tell Tantaros that not everything should be acted upon with knee-jerk reactions and blind faith but rather slow, deliberate questioning… especially when it involves the lives of our service members.
“If Woodward's book is any indication, Obama's primary concern when it comes to fighting the bad guys in Afghanistan is not winning but "losing the entire Democratic Party." But lives lost and military goals achieved should be his primary concern - not politics. Instead he chose to send an insufficient number of troops to battle while also announcing a withdrawal date.”
“…lives lost and military goals achieved should be his primary concern - not politics.” Andrea! You got it! If only you could realize that in order to prevent further loss of life and achieving those military goals would be to think about why this war is failing and think of ideas of changing those failing policies. I assume Andrea’s idea of fixing the war in Afghanistan would be to send in more troops and more troops and more troops… as if there aren’t enough there for IED target practice already.
Andrea must be clairvoyant because this entire article revolves around what Obama seems to be doing or what he appears to be thinking. It’s complete and utter nonsense and is a perfect example of why the NY Daily News sucks.
