The US Naval Academy graduation ceremony was the latest stage for another of President Obama's endless political campaign speeches; a speech predictably full of self aggrandizing anecdotes, written in the high minded style of a naïve and idealistic undergraduate, so full of emotive rhetoric and so lacking substance that on close examination, it becomes a caricature of the post-adolescent idealist, which is no surprise when one looks at the tender age of his speech writer. "Because when America strays from our values, it not only undermines the rule of law, it alienates us from our allies, it energizes our adversaries and it endangers our national security and the lives of our troops. So as Americans, we reject the false choice between our security and our ideals. We can and we must and we will protect both." So our new orator-in-chief told the newly minted naval officers. With the acrobatic doublespeak of political opportunism he hoped to win over the same men and women...(Read Full Post)