Martin Eisenstadt tapped by Obama to join Haiti relief effort
January 18th, 2010 . by MartyWell, it’s official. The Obama administration has asked me to return from my Middle East fact finding mission to assist George Bush in raising funds for the Haiti relief effort. You got to hand it to Obama. Some argued that he was chosen because he is sort of black and sort of Muslim and neither a Bush nor a Clinton nor an erratic former POW, the perfect figure head to allow America to distance itself from some of George Bush’s less popular policies. The old bait and switch that empires are known to employ when times demand it. “That wasn’t me who killed your family and/or looted your treasury. That was the other guy. The one with the snarl. Sorry. Moving on.”
It just goes to show what a mentsch Barack Obama really is. He easily could have proceeded with the Haiti relief effort without enlisting the services of great Americans like George Bush and myself. In fact, one could even argue that by sidelining those of us with Iraq nation-building experience, he would be signaling to the world that he disapproves of how we neocons handled our various wars and foreign enterprises. Instead, in a true spirit of bipartisanship, Obama has made the bold decision to show continuity in foreign policy and to loudly proclaim that George Bush and I are decent men with nothing to be ashamed of. Which I want to reiterate. The millions killed and maimed as a result of our invasion and occupation of Iraq was a small price to pay when compared to the billions of dollars in oil and infrastructure contracts now available to American companies. So let me take this opportunity to formally apologize for implying that time on FOX that you were born in Kenya and to clearly assert that you are a worthy commander-in-chief who I am proud to serve.
