Osama To Obama

Osama (to Obama) seems not to know that America is a polyglot society. He does not know which part he is addressing. He is either ignorant (or impatient) of the facts on the ground. He does not know (as Obama asserts) that a nation is not a speedboat; that it cannot be turned on a dime. Has he been unaware of America's incremental distancing (itself) from Israel; from its incrementally building hostility towards it? He may think that Turkey has successfully made the turn – and it has at that. Osama forgets that the U. S. is not Turkey; that it has a long history of obligation, innovation and freedom (that acts as ballast). Neither does Osama understand elections, and the damage they can do to a chief executive.

Osama addresses Obama to taunt him; in the same way I sometimes address the American people, to open their eyes - that Zen slap in the face - to warn, not necessarily of what will happen (I am essentially an optimist, though some will no doubt dispute it), but to warn of what could. This is not pessimism; it is to motivate; to get them off their asses and take a look around.

Osama is prodding the POTUS to double down on Israel; to deliver that scalp. In turn, he promises that we will be allowed to live free from fear. Now isn't that the odd 'stick and carrot' routine?