As long-time COTTonLINE readers know, we're fond of the thought experiment process. Of making a set of assumptions and reasoning through what the implications of those would be were the assumptions actually true. Then comparing those imagined outcomes to what has, in fact, happened.
Assume President Obama had as his long-term goal in office the weakening and punishment of the United States. Ask yourself to what extent would his behavior have differed from what we have seen him do, or attempt, in the past seven years? If you conclude there isn't much "daylight" between the two profiles - the imagined and the observed - we are in agreement.
We have no way to tell, beyond doubt, whether President Obama is merely hapless or truly evil. The ability to get reelected suggests he isn't stupid so it's likely he actually intends the damage he has wrought, the punishment he has inflicted on our nation.
As a kind of anti-Mandela, Obama appears to believe our disarray is well-earned. Next stop, Secretary General of the reliably anti-American United Nations?
