Tit for tat

"Twenty-two days and counting. The world is trying to hold on. Israel is trying to hold on. Maybe we could file for a one time exemption and get the inaugural moved up to January 1st. Just this one time. Please?"    

I have never seen anything like this before. I sure something similar might have happened in our country's history, but it would have been long before my time. I think this outgoing President is in a footrace. A race to see which world leader he can piss off faster. The two people he is really pissing off are Putin and Netanyahu. Our former Cold War enemy and other is one of our best friends. And why is he doing this? Who knows.

By the way, it is no secret that this Administration tried to meddle in both the last Russian election as well as the last Israeli election. Obama had no time for either Putin or Netanyahu, and wanted to have them both replaced. In fact, it is rumored we spent taxpayer dollars to try and help Netanyahu's opponent. I don't recall either country calling for sanctions against us.

The funniest thing about the Russian "meddling" is this - it really did not affect the outcome of the election. All it did was expose some of the dirty laundry that the DNC has. The Russians (if they were indeed responsible for it), did not tamper with any voting machines. They hacked the salacious emails of John Podesta and the DNC. And because of that, we found out all sorts of troubling things. Like just how in bed the media really is with the Democrats.

So now Russia announces they will retaliate against us if we impose sanctions against them. And where does that end? Is it going to be a game of tit for tat, where everyone loses? Well, our incoming President does not believe in making deals where everyone loses. He does not even like deals where one side feels they lost. He likes deals where everyone benefits. But that is not the way Obama operates. Remember what he told John McCain after the 2008 election? "I won, you lost." Zero sum at its finest.

Well I have had it with this entire bunch. From the finger wagging scolding we get from the haughty John Kerry as well as his boss Barack Obama, to the feckless and condescending United Nations. Mostly, I am tired of this game of tit for tat. By the way - sanctions seldom work. Witness what happened in Iran and North Korea. The governments don't suffer - only the people do. And then they hate us even more.

Twenty-two days and counting. The world is trying to hold on. Israel is trying to hold on. Maybe we could file for a one time exemption and get the inaugural moved up to January 1st. Just this one time. Please?