Shortly after the inauguration of President Obama the media went wild with comparisons between the incoming administration and Camelot. The expectations and hopes for the new president were great , Obama would be the next JFK. The following were just a few headlines: Camelot Crowns Obama for the future (ABC News Jan. 08) Barack Obama, Camelot’s New Knight (Washington Post Jan.08) Is Camelot’s future in Obama’s hands? (CNN Aug .09)
The comparisons to FDR or Lincoln had been there since the campaign. The new comparison to JFK became the new inauguration frenzy. Set a great tone for the recent historical presidency, the stage was set, the music playing, the audience clamoring , all that was needed now was King Arthur .
Three years since the inauguration, the words Camelot and Obama may not be seen to many places. Between the right wing media criticizing the administration and what I can only hope to be non deliberate incompetence, the adulation has turned to disappointment. Watching said transformation has been interesting. The continuity of agenda from Bush to Obama has left me perplexed. There was much Hope, but there has been very little change. The American people continue to loose their freedoms bit by bit , the dollar grows weaker, the economy continues to collapse, and the U.S. is still at war. Yet all the above mentioned factors did not compel me to write about the president. I thought the right wing was doing an excellent job, trashing the current administration, all by themselves. So why write this now?
Illegal war for European royalty profit in one area of the world while ignoring human rights violations in Egypt following the U.S. supported overthrow of the previous regime there. This administration turning a blind eye to what could be the biggest threat to the U.S. since the Cuban missile crisis, along with the systematic assault on the rights of the American people… These are the issues which have moved my soul to express my concerns here.
Iran is establishing a military base in Venezuela to be manned by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard and Venezuelan missile officers. Iranian Shahab 3, Scud-B, and Scud-C missiles will be deployed from the Iranian base IN VENEZUELA.
This is a multipurpose action, it allows Iran to bypass U.N. sanctions, it increases the threat to Venezuelan neighbors like Colombia, and it places the U.S. with in strategic reach of Iranian missiles. To make matters worse Venezuela is allowing the building of a nuclear “power plant” by Russians. Can everyone see the threat of a new nuclear missile crisis? In 1962 , due to the strong stand of the Kennedy administration, the Cuban missile crisis was averted. As many presidents before him, Kennedy cited the Monroe Doctrine to push Russian missiles out of Cuba. The Monroe Doctrine basically states that any attempts to colonize or interfere with nations in the western hemisphere would be viewed as acts of aggression requiring U.S. involvement. This doctrine was also used by Roosevelt, Coolidge, Hoover, and Reagan. With that said , where is Mr. Camelot as the U.S. potentially faces nuclear annihilation ?
Coming to the rescue of a damsel in distress is the classical romantic role of a knight. The opportunity for president Obama to be said knight is here. After the U.S. supported overthrow of the Egyptian government , a military regime took its place. The Egyptian people continue to protest and push for democracy. Recently female protestors there were arrested, taken to a detention center, stripped searched, tortured, and examined for virginity by military police while male guards photographed the events. Those women found not to be virgin would be charged with prostitution and punished accordingly. Once again, where is Camelot’s knight?
Camelot’s knight is off illegally using our military in Libya to assist the “U.N.”. At least that’s what we are to believe. In order to find out what is truly going on we must defer to the Latin phrase “Cui Bono?” who benefits? The truth is the European royal families own a very large portion off the oil coming out of Libya and are using the U.N. to protect their assets. Conveniently the U.S. will be allowed access to Libya as a port for AFRICOM (the U.S. military’s African Command). Libya will be to Africa as Kuwait is to Iraq. This would be an acceptable military strategic move, if not for the fact that while we are busy in Libya, Afghanistan, and Iraq the Iranians and Russians are amassing, strategically speaking, against the U.S. in Venezuela. This is the tragedy of Camelot, not the inspirational story of a young king Arthur.