New York Times columnist David Brooks said Sunday that President Barack Obama has a “manhood problem” in the Middle East. “[L]et’s face it,” he said. “Obama, whether deservedly or not, does have a — I’ll say it crudely, but a manhood problem in the Middle East. Is he tough enough to stand up to somebody like Assad, somebody like Putin?”Look, dealing with this is literally easier said than done. Just get the President to mount the podium once again, adopt that haughty proud look, waggle his finger in that professorial hectoring mien, and speechify. Carpet bomb the Middle East and Russia with lofty language, soaring rhetoric, and finger wagging threats. Internally, the Russians fear this. Its dread keeps them awake over in the Kremlin into the wee small hours--until Comrade Vodka takes over the watch.
“I think a lot of the rap is unfair, but certainly in the Middle East, there’s an assumption that he’s not tough,” Brooks added during a roundtable discussion on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” Chuck Todd, NBC’s chief White House correspondent, added that “internally they (the Obama Admin.) fear this.”
(H/T: TheBlaze, Mediaite)
But, on a sober note, it is disconcerting. It is precisely this kind of situation which, when combined with this make of man, will produce a "display" to prove a point. Some theatrical move on Obama's part to demonstrate just how much of a man he really is. Hades hath no fury like a venal politician scorned. The bluster of bullies sounds the loudest. Wars have begun this way.
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