Wretchard, Obama *IS* stupid, and does not have a clue. About much of anything beyond his experience: the Ivy League, minority grievance politics, Black Nationalism, yuppie concerns.

It goes FAR beyond Iraq. It’s a “bubble.” At a time of global recession, brought on by rising energy/food prices, Obama has no “plan” to lower energy and food costs. Indeed, he wants them both HIGHER. Because he lives in the bubble. No wonder Bill Clinton has contempt for him. Obama disdains the middle class and their values and thinks he can win with yuppies, blacks, and college kids.

The “I Want” fantasy of simply throwing money at a kitchen remodel, or swinging a sleazy/corrupt real estate deal, without any costs or consequences, is what characterizes most yuppies. There are no real choices, which invariably involve costs and trade-offs. This is why our political class has mostly failed, and lives in a fantasy world every bit equal of Osama’s. The fantasy of doing something, “global warming fighting” without sky-high energy/food bills, mass starvation, food rationing (already in Britain), and political aggression by resource hungry nations like China. The fantasy of withdrawing from Iraq by waving a magic wand and incurring no costs, not the least of which is AQ declaring victory and getting a freer hand from Muslim nations to attack the US from safe havens, is just part of that fantasy.