President Obama’s Middle East policies continue to unravel as he pursues a dangerous and duplicitous policy. It may have worked while he was getting elected the first time as President, but evidence of failure is everywhere, as the Arab Spring turns into a frenzied death spiral where the winners, to the extent there are any, are radical Islamists including Hezbollah in Lebanon, Hamas in Gaza, the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, and in Turkey, a re-election of the Erdogan government with growing ties to Iran. In Libya the U.S. and NATO are caught up in a quagmire that was supposed to involve heavy U.S. involvement for “days not weeks,” followed by a supporting role only. According to President Obama, who never sought Congressional approval under the War Powers Act, the mission was to protect civilians and enforce an arms embargo. It has now shifted to heavy bombing of Col. Moammar Gaddafi’s compound with the clear intent to kill him or drive him out, precisely what Obama said the mission was not about. And the U.S. has continued an active role in the bombing campaign.
Whether President Obama’s outreach to the Muslim world since becoming President has provoked the turmoil that now exists, or has kept it from getting even worse than it is, is open to debate. But today, virtually every country in that region of the world is either dominated by radical Islamists, often with ties to Iran, or is in turmoil with the current government in jeopardy of being swept away onto the ash heap of history.
So what to do? Step up pressure on Israel, of course, to make a deal with the newly formed alliance between the supposedly moderate Fatah of Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank, and the Iranian-backed Hamas in Gaza. The opportunity for peace between Israel and the Palestinians has been dramatically set back by an Obama policy that is either a case of deliberate undermining for ideological or political reasons, or else the work of rank amateurs. And America’s mainstream media are largely supportive of the Obama narrative that is driving this dangerous and misguided policy.
The problem for Obama is that this is no longer 2008, when while running for president, he said in his speech to the American Israeli Political Action Committee (AIPAC) that Jerusalem “must” remain the “undivided” capital of Israel. The next day, through an aide, came his true position, that Jerusalem was literally “not going to be divided by barbed wire.” That’s what he meant by “undivided.”
He still tries to parse his words to give himself credibility and wiggle room. That way, Israelis and American Jewish supporters might believe him when he says, for example, that his statement prior to Prime Minister Netanyahu’s arrival in Washington in late May wasn’t a policy shift, rather it was the same, but unstated, position of past U.S. presidents.
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He's a fake, fake, fake, flake. Impeach, convict and imprison this butthole along with all the people he
gave jobs to. I stand with Israel and denounce radical Muslims. Who stands with me?
What's the media going to do when this all back fires on them? Do you think we should report the truth then? What a bunch of wimps.
I agree and stand with you!!!
Don't feel bad Judah, who calls itself "Israel" in the latter days, but not in truths or righteousness, because you were only promised "grace" or the Messiah, but were never given the name Israel, only given to the seed of Joseph(Gen. 48:16), who lost such knowledge because they broke the corresponding Sabbaths Covenant(Weekly and Annual) that came with the name covenant! Now that our women(remember the sorty of Eve?) have put into power the right Anti-Christ(Marxism is Anti-Christ, as Islam, by the way) over the real Israel(America), next comes the two-witnesses of Revelation, chapter 11, to severely punish u.s. for 3 1/2 years! Question? Besides the Blacks, who else will give themselves presents when Obama murders these two-witnesses of Yahshua? You? You do also know that Hebrew is the ONLY set-apart spiritual language and not Greek, Latin, or even English, right(Zeph. 3:9, Acts 26:14, 1 Cor. 4:6)? Watch!
Obama with his Muslim Heritage has taken this country into a very dangerous situation in the Middle East.
I stand with Israel foremost & in my opinion America's weakness due to this administration has been
inadvertently the cause of radicals provoking much of the trouble in the Middle East.
Seems that liberals/progressives have something in common………..illegal transfer of weapons to other countries.
1. http://www.performanceboats.com/political-rhetori…
2. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/06/15/house-…
Obama is following a grand old Muslim tradition of speaking out of both sides of his mouth. The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and Hitler were brutally honest in their statements and activities:
The Mufti offered Hitler his “thanks for the sympathy which he had always shown for the Arab and especially Palestinian cause, and to which he had given clear expression in his public speeches. The Arabs were Germany's natural friends because they had the same enemies as had Germany, namely….the Jews….” Hitler replied.
(www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/muftihit.html)
Today we see a different strategy – creeping Sharia to be imposed on the U.S.A. Mainstream media allies of Obama and his friends in the Muslim Brotherhood will win the silent and inexorable war for the American nation if allowed to continue their march toward a global caliphate.
Now If Anyone Is Not Sure Who The "Rope-A-Dope Liar Of The West (Not West Chi-Town) Up Steps The USA Cub Scout "Reject"Pres Barack Obama, Yikeess, With The Fresh Death Of Osama On His Lips, And When There Looking For The Person Behind That Killing, Yikeess, Quote "That Was Because Of George W. Bush, I Really Was Against That Killing" Per Obama, Yikeess, Now As The Nov 2012 Election Gets Closer Pres Obama Pulled The Switch To Kill Osama, Yikeess, GW Bush Did Not Have Anything To Do With That, Yikeess, Our Fair Weather Obama At Work. God Bless America And Sarah Palin.
Impeach, arrest, convict and imprison this treacherous SOB and do it soon!