LITD often titles posts "They Smell Weakness"; this one's called "Why They Smell Weakness"

Secretary Global Test's set of priorities is going to get us all murdered in our beds:

Today, Secretary of State John Kerry decided that the most important issue he could possibly be addressing is the state of the world’s oceans.

Yes, the oceans.

What about the fact that Iraq isdisintegrating before our very eyes? The Sunni radical group ISIS is attempting to create a caliphate state in the Middle East from inside Syria down through Iraq. Those who disagree are being brutallyand viciously murdered in public.

However, I guess John Kerry had ample time to discuss the oceans today.

Besides the events occurring Iraq, it must be a slow day for news. Oh, wait.

What about the conflict in Ukraine? How about Marine Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi who is being held in a Mexican jail? Who really cares about the projected 90,000unaccompanied children pouring over our southern border? It is a dire humanitarian crisis.

Or, one could add, the latest jihadist moves in Africa (resort town attack in Kenya, more kidnapped girls in Nigeria) or the need to find out just who kidnapped the three Israeli teens.

So just why would a well-informed, well-traveled guy like Global Test focus on the oceans at this particular moment?  Maybe to give the Most Equal Comrade a platform for his latest circumvention of the Constitution:

President Obama on Tuesday announced plans to create what could be the largest marine preserve in the world, an initiative that aims to protect "pristine" Pacific Ocean environments but could run into opposition from the fishing industry and lawmakers worried about the president's use of executive power. 

The president announced his plans via video message at an oceans conference hosted by the State Department, and attended by actor Leonardo DiCaprio.  

"We can protect our oceans for future generations," Obama said, vowing to use his "authority as president" to protect "some of our most precious marine landscapes." 

The president did not get into detail in his video message, but officials say Obama is considering a massive expansion to the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, to protect it from drilling, fishing and other actions. The protected waters surround a group of mostly uninhabited islands, controlled by the U.S., that sit between Hawaii and American Samoa.

The Washington Post reported that Obama is looking at expanding the preserve, from almost 87,000 square miles to nearly 782,000 square miles. The monument, created by President George W. Bush just before he left office in 2009, includes seven islands. 

The Post reports that the designation is expected to face opposition from the U.S. tuna fleet, which operates in the region. Republicans in Congress have called the proposal another attempt by the administration to test the limits of executive power. 

Those wacky post-American overlords.