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Epic fail or mission success of Obama's radical left agenda?
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6/24/2015 TheImpendingCollisionofObamasFailuresKenBlackwellPagefull
http://townhall.com/columnists/kenblackwell/2015/06/23/theimpendingcollisionofobamasfailuresn2015920/print 1/2
JUNE 24, 2015
TheImpendingCollisionofObamasFailuresKenBlackwell
6/23/201512:01:00AMKenBlackwell
Editor'sNote:TonyPerkins,PresidentOfTheFamilyResearchCouncil,coathoredthiscolumn.
Liketwospeedingtrainsheadingtowardthesamecollapsedbridge,thedangersandfailuresofBarackObamasforeign,economic,andsocialpoliciesareheadingrapidlytowardimplosion.Ourvitalsecurityinterests,oureconomicwellbeing,ourreligiousliberties,andtheveryfabricofAmericanfamilylifeareallatgraveriskofbecomingcasualtiesoftheextremeideologicalagendaandsimpleincompetenceofthecurrentAdministration.
First,withrespecttoforeignpolicy:WatchingthespreadofISISthroughouttheMiddleEastislikewatchingthegrowthofacancer.YetPresidentObamasayshestillhasnofullyformedstrategywithwhichtodealwithit.
Instead,hisfocushasbeenonIran,towhichendheisencouragingSenateapprovalofaplanthatwouldgiveIranthecontinuedcapacitytoproducenuclearweaponsincomingyears.
TheironyisthatIranistheepicenterofIslamicterrorism.Hezbollah,Hamas,AlQaeda,Shiitejihadism,thePopularFrontfortheLiberationofPalestine,andotherviolentMuslimextremistgroupsallfindabaseofsupportinTehran.TheideathattheUnitedStateswouldendorseaweakagreementwithapowerasdangerousasthisischilling.
CongressmustdemandanonnuclearIranbecauseanuclearIranisanexistentialthreattoIsraelandotherU.S.alliesintheMiddleEast.Ultimately,anIranwithnuclearweaponsisathreattoAmerica,aswell:Technologyissuchthatasmallnucleardevice,madeinIrananddistributedthroughitsterrornetwork,couldreachourshoresinsuitcase.
CompoundingthisisthatthereisNOevidencetheIranianregimehasmadeastrategicdecisiontogiveupthepursuitofnuclearweapons.Andtheregime'strackrecordontransparencyisnobetterthantheObamaAdministrations.PastexperiencemakesclearIrancannotbetrusted.
Additionally,IranisemblematicofmultiplefailuresinMr.Obamasforeignpolicy,fromVladimirPutinsrecentannouncementthatRussiawillbeginbuildingmorenuclearweaponstoChinasresurgence.InthewordsofrespectedforeignpolicyexpertLeslieGelb,theObamateamlacksthebasicinstinctsandjudgmentnecessarytoconductU.S.nationalsecuritypolicyinthenexttwoyears.
6/24/2015 TheImpendingCollisionofObamasFailuresKenBlackwellPagefull
http://townhall.com/columnists/kenblackwell/2015/06/23/theimpendingcollisionofobamasfailuresn2015920/print 2/2
Onthedomesticfront,thingsarenobetter.WithrespectthePresidentsmostprizedeconomicpolicyachievement,theAffordableCareAct(Obamacare),millionsofAmericanshavefounditanythingbutaffordablewiththeirpremiumsrisinganaverageoftenpercent.
Now,Obamacareisheadedforaconstitutionalcollision.TheSupremeCourtisexpectedtoruleagainstthisadministrationinKingv.Burwell.Iftheadministrationloses,andthesubsidiesareruledunconstitutional,thiswillmakeObamacarefinanciallyunobtainableformillionsofhardpressedAmericans.AccordingtoastudybytheKaiserFamilyFoundation,premiumsinthe34statescurrentlyreceivingfederalObamacaresubsidieswouldseepremiumsriseby,minimally,132percent(Alaska)toashighas650percent(Mississippi).
ThedisruptioncausedbyObamacareslikelycollapsewillonlyaugmentthePresidentsfailuretoaddresstheimpendingcollapseofourentitlementsystemofSocialSecurity,Medicare,andMedicaid.Thenationsfiscalforecast,alreadyominouslyovercast,willbecomeoutrightstormyifactionisnottaken,thesoonerthebetter,toremedyourinescapableeconomicproblems.
ThentheresthePresidentsapparentlyhighestsocialpolicygoal,nationwidelegalizationofmarriagebetweentwosamegenderedpartners.IftheCourtendorsestheObamaagendaredefiningmarriagethesocialandreligiousfalloutwillbeimmense.ThedisintegrationoftheintactbiologicalfamilywillaccelerateandthereligiouslibertiesoftensofmillionsofAmericanswillbeplacedatrisk.AshisSolicitorGeneraladmittedduringAprilssamesexmarriagehearingbeforetheCourt,thetaxexemptstatusofchurchesandreligiouscollegeswillbeplacedatriskiftheydontaccommodatethemselvestoanewlyinventedconstitutionalrightforsamesexpartnerslegallytomarry.
Mr.ObamaissteepedinahardLeftideologysorigidthatheseemsimmunetothepoliticalrealitiescareeningtowardaverytroublingcollisionthatwillaffectallaspectsofAmericanlife,nowandintheyearstocome.