Obama Squandering America’s Precious Supply of Enemies

[Cali_Democrat]

BY ANDY BOROWITZ

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—By easing tensions with Cuba and now Iran, President Obama is “recklessly squandering America’s precious supply of enemies,” the leader of a conservative think tank said on Tuesday.

“Our adversarial relationships with Cuba and Iran took years of frostiness and saber-rattling to maintain,” Harland Dorrinson, the executive director of the Washington-based Institute for Infinite Conflict, said. “Thanks to the President, decades of well-crafted hostility have been thrown out the window.”

According to Dorrinson, fears abound in conservative circles that the President might be “capriciously casting about for other powder kegs to defuse” during his remaining time in office.

“If his shameful record is any guide, he’ll probably try to disarm North Korea,” Dorrinson said. “That’s the doomsday scenario.”

Regardless of his future actions, Obama’s detente with Cuba and Iran will likely tarnish his legacy forever, Dorrinson said. “On this President’s watch, America lost two of its most enduring foes,” he said. “He’s going to have to live with that for the rest of his life.”

http://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/obama-squandering-americas-precious-supply-of-enemies

[sufrommich]

1. Nice. k&r. nt

[Wellstone ruled]

2. Amazing how the Might is Right Crowd

looks for some other Straw Man world event to hang their hat on. One main region left, which will be decades of U.S.A.involvement and Blood and Treasure,Middle East. Than you Republican Party and your Stupid Policies,how many Trillions of lost Treasure have you spent.

[99th_Monkey]

3. That would be funnier if ISIS didn't exist

but it still makes an important point, about RW GOP nutcase "outrage" that Obama has
essentially neutralized 2 nation state "enemies" of the US.

[HFRN]

4. 'supply of enemies' is no joke to the MIC

no greater threat to MIC, than loss of enemies

[Enthusiast]

14. +100%

There is no justification for a military one half this size.

[Gothmog]

5. I love good satire

[George II]

6. Says a lot...conservatives THRIVE on enemies.

[SusanaMontana41]

7. tee hee n/t

[Sienna86]

8. Excellent.

Thanks for sharing.

[erronis]

9. Not to worry - there are lots of terrorists and bad actors at home

“On this President’s watch, America lost two of its most enduring foes,” he said. “He’s going to have to live with that for the rest of his life.”

It's really OK. The ass-hats in congress (mostly of the uglican ilk) and the low-sentient-level pops will give the Prez plenty to deal with.

Given the purported race to the bottom in the uglicans and the coronation of the Queen of Clintons, this should permit the President to actually do some lasting changes as promised a couple of elections ago.

[rocktivity]

10. This one sure enough had "Borowitz or the Onion?" written all over it!

rocktivity

[davidn3600]

11. ISIS? North Korea? Russia?

There is always a new boogeyman.

[Scurrilous]

12. Poor North Korea.

Of the 3 original Axis of Evil members, they alone remain reviled.

[Enthusiast]

15. I was thinking the same thing. Expect Fox "News" to start a new focus on NK.

[PowerToThePeople]

13. We need to focus on the enemy within

Republicans, third wayers, Neo-liberals, and other fascist lovers of Reaganesque economics.

Also gun nutters and bigots.

[Enthusiast]

16. I am with you, 100%.

[Cha]

17. Andy!

Mahalo Cali