The Appalling Timing of Obama’s Missile Defense Decision
I believe this action by Obama must be viewed more in the domestic political sense than the international political sense. For Obama, everything is political, and politics is local — this is more about rewarding his leftist political base than anything else. To them, “Star Wars” is a legacy of Ronald Reagan, and must be stopped. They’ve always been against it, have always been wedded to MAD (but not really, more an excuse to inaction), and see missile defenses as destabilizing and provocative.
The left has been increasingly angry with Obama over his inability to deliver on nationalized healthcare and the cancellation of Reagan’s Star Wars is a nice little bone to toss them to keep ‘em in line.
He did the same with the Unions recently, slapping tarrifs on Chinese tires and risking a trade war just to throw the Unions a bone and keep ‘em happy.
Remember. All politics is local with this president, you don’t have to contort yourself with traditional analysis of foreign policy goals.
