Obama + Muammar Gadaffi = OMG! ...The October Surprise!

طرابلس الغرب  (Tripoli, Libya)

Muammar Gaddafi - The 2011 OCTOBER SURPRISE!

By definition, in American political jargon, an OCTOBER SURPRISE is a news event with the potential to influence the outcome of an election, particularly one for the U.S. presidency. The reference to the month of October is because the Tuesday after the first Monday in November is the date for national elections. The term "October surprise" also has been used preemptively during campaign season by partisans of one side to discredit late-campaign news by the other side too.

So, why did the brutal dictator, Muammar Gaddafi, die in late October 2011 of this year?  Obama needed a real boost for his flagging 2012 Election poll numbers and orchestrated a terrorist's killing along with a U.S. Troops withdrawal from Iraq. This idea appears preposterous, but somehow could the Obama administration been scheming and plotting with the Iraqis to disengage our troops?  That scenario really is the farthest from the truth and sadly even shows further evidence that Obama has no understanding of the U.S. leadership roll in the influence or any consequences in foreign relations affairs. 
  

Obama in the White House Briefing Room

Not surprisingly at his public announcement it was not in the Rose Garden, but Obama instead chose to frame his U.S. Troops withdrawal announcement in the White House Press Room, the close-quarters arena, to talk to the news reporters that is usually reserved for "routine daily press briefings" and more important "all of the campaign rhetoric". Obama opened with, "As a candidate I promised that I would have a troop withdrawal...", which fulfills a promise Obama made on the campaign trail in 2008 while his remarks glossed over America's unpopularity in Iraq and his own administration’s failed efforts to sell the Iraqis on a troop extension. Obama, however, has never dropped his "Campaign Mode" while in office and now is off and running for the 2012 Election Campaign while failing to recognize any further security or defense risks ahead. 

Ironically now, Obama will be shifting gears away from a failed U.S. economy while touting his military prowess in going after high value targets, like Osama bin Laden and Muammar Gaddifi, while safely bringing our Iraq ground troops home, albeit both operations too prematurely withdrawn with dire repercussions ahead.

President Obama’s speech formally declaring that the last 43,000 U.S. troops will leave Iraq by the end of the 2011 year was designed to mask an unpleasant truth: The troops aren’t being withdrawn because the U.S. wants them out. They’re leaving because the Iraqi government refused to let them stay. The actual truth is that the Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's government has already figured out the Obama politically planned timetable which leaves Iraq out in the cold to defend against neighboring countries and warring factions within its own borders.  

Lately, Iraq has been distancing itself from a current ineffectual U.S. President with no understanding of Arab or Muslim society and Middle East foreign policy while aligning itself very closely with Iran and Syria by strengthening their regional OPEC alliance in anticipation of the U.S. troop withdrawal. 

What a real Obama coup de grâce!  Obama has dealt the final blow in killing U.S. military and political influence in the region. Israel, it's time to see your enemies coming and start circling your wagons for the attack!

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