Igni ferroque

At last!  At last!
The Sleeper awakes!


Today, the national nightmare ends!  We can now start to heal the damage that the Bush administration has done to the world. 

Despite Mr. Bush's belief that history will vindicate him, he will go down as the more destructive reincarnation Herbert Hoover.  For like Herbert Hoover, he has done massive damage to this country that will take many, many years to undo -- if ever.  Consider, the problems:  the economy, national prestiege, allied relations, poverty, the environment, verterans care, wars in Iraq and Ahfganistan, massisve debt, corporate give aways, unemployment and under-empolyment not seen since the Great Depression, government dissatisfaction at levels that would cause rebellion in any other country; and that is the short list.  Unlike Hoover, Mr. Bush has engaged in a war of choice: Iraq.  It is my opinion that Mr. Bush did this to outdo his father Bush Sr. (Bush Sr. did not take Baghdad because his Sec Def. Chaney knew that there would be an insurgancy that would be unwinnable).  This fact alone makes him worse than Hoover.

Sic semper tyrannis.

President Obama has already (read actions taken as President Elect) taken actions to that continue the morale war on the failed ideals of Neoconservatism ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoconservatism ) by dining with conservative journalists ( http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/13/obama-dines-with-conservative-columnists/ ),  He is reaching out to the oppsition.  In any conflict there are at most 33% of the populaiton allied with you 33% oposed and 33% indiferent.  The objective of any "Grand Strategy" is to persuade the indifferent, fortify your support, and bring the opposition to either the different or the support catagories. 

I marvel at how well President Obama understands and practices strategy.  While the American analogs maybe Lincoln, and FDR, the name that comes to my mind is Titus Flavius Vespasianus ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vespasian ).  The Roman  Empire was staggering under the rule of Nero ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nero ). This crisis of leadership if continued, would have eventually destroyed the Empire.  Because of the reforms implemented by Vespasian, he was considered to be the savior of the Empire.

President Obama will need all of his skills and talents to heal this country and guide it to on a prosperous path in the 21st century.

While some believe that President Obama does not connect to the military, because he has not served, I believe that he will win them over because he understands the universal contract between a society and her warriors: we who will die for you ask that you not spend our lives in vain.  He has shown that he understands Grand Strategy, that he is a ruler that understands the "Way".  Master Sun says that he one of the factors in calculating which faction will succeed in a conflict is to assess the ruler.


" Ask:

Which ruler has the Way,

which general has the ability,

which has gained Heaven and Ground,

which carried out Law and commands,

which army is strong,

which officers and soldiers are trained,

which reward and punish clearly,

by means of these, I know victory and defeat!"

(http://www.sonshi.com/sun1.html).


For the first time in many years I believe that my country will be in good hands.   With President Obama this country will see better times.  Here is a President that understands the "Way".  A ruler that will make our enemies cower in fear, give our allies hope, and our people peace, prosperity, and pride.  President Obama has united us for the long hard road ahead.

Semper fidelis.