OBAMA AT UN: USES IRONY AGAINST RUSSIA

President Obama addressed the UN today (September 28, 2015) using irony against Russia, for its actions in the Crimea and in Syria. During his speech he castigated "certain major powers (that) want to ignore international rules and impose order through force of military action". The New York Times (today) always selective regarding any embarrassing revelations or major USA blunders apparently failed to report the cacophony of tongue clicks and snickering which must certainly have come from the UN representatives and the observation gallery when they heard this remark. Well perhaps it wasn't irony. Did Obama really mean it? How could his speech writers put such drivel in his mouth? Was it not the USA which invaded Iraq under false pretenses! with no provocation? Our President, to his credit, did claim some USA responsibility for the chaos in Iraq and Syria, later in his speech.

However, he is still being outflanked by Mr. Putin in Syria. Mr. Putin has offered a sensible and logical approach to the Syria tragedy. The Russian PM (who wisely enlisted Iraq, and Iran into his plan) has suggested that the US join with Russia to aid the Assad government (the only legitiamate governmental entity) and its military to defeat ISIS. The Obama plan of ad hoc air attacks alone..is not working. Nor is his $500 million dollar plan to train carefully vetted Syrian fighters. That plan has been revealed to have cost $100 million dollars per soldier! This is probably the highest military training costs ever recorded in human history.

The Putin plan is certainly the first logical step in solving the political problems of a fraying, chaotic Syria-and a fragmenting Iraq. Both nations are spewing desperate, pathetic refugees onto the west trending byways and roads of Europe causing economic and social,unrest in those places too. Putin's strategy would alleviate that problem as well. Mr. Obama is a logical man, who probably knows Putin's approach has the greatest possibility of ultimate success. But our President seems unable or unwilling to make that jump into a political abyss. He would be literally crucified by our dysfunctional ideologically hide-bound Congress. Mr. Obama's hands are tied by our non- functioning system. So he makes speeches and Mr. Putin moves his pieces over the chessboard.