The Devil is in the Details
By J Norman MarshWall St. Journal editorial on the leap of faith required in nearly all of Obama’s policies. I haven’t seen the particular South Park episode to which he is referring, but the point is rather obvious nonetheless:
This more or less sums up Mr. Obama’s speech last week on Guantanamo, in which the president explained how he intended to dispose of the remaining detainees after both houses of Congress voted overwhelmingly against bringing them to the U.S.
The president’s plan can briefly be described as follows. Phase One: Order Guantanamo closed. Phase Two: ? Phase Three: Close Gitmo!
As described, the same principle can be applied in every area of Obama’s domestic and foreign agenda: education, healthcare, energy indepedence, Iran, Israel/Palestine, etc. As implied in the article, it’s phase 2 that’s the most difficult. Yet, that’s the phase that Obama never seems to explain (either because he doesn’t know how to do it - i.e. relocate Guantanamo Bay’s prisoners - or because he knows that it’s not a politically viable message - i.e. raise taxes on the middle class.)
Life certainly sounds a whole lot easier when you skip phase 2. Phase 1: Get a job. Phase 2: ? Phase 3: Retire a millionaire. If it were only that easy.