By John Lillpop ——Bio and Archives--November 18, 2011
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Starting next summer, the U.S. will send 250 Marines to bases here for six-month tours, eventually rotating 2,500 troops through the country. President Obama announced the partnership at a news conference with Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, describing it as a key step in his administration’s evolving emphasis on the Asia Pacific region as the U.S. winds down wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. “We are here to stay,” Obama said. “This is a region of huge strategic importance to us.”A region of huge strategic importance, Mr. President? And a contingent of 250 Marines will send a strong signal to China and the rest of the world that America is serious? Good grief, is Obama so naïve that he cannot see that his foolish policies only make America look weak and have made us the laughing stock of the globe?
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John W. Lillpop is a recovering liberal. “Clean and sober” since 1992 when last he voted for a Democrat. For years, John lived in the San Francisco Bay Area, the very liberal sanctuary city which protects, rather than prosecutes, certain favored criminals. John escaped the Bay Area in May and now lives in Pine Grove California where conservative values are still in vogue.