Obama's lack of leadership in the middle east is evident at every gas station in the nation. Interesting article.
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Barack Obama's Mideast Madness
Oliver North | March 22, 2012
- The hurried U.S. withdrawal from Iraq emboldened radical Islamists throughout the Middle East, who now claim their jihad succeeded in driving the American invaders (or crusaders) out of Iraq. This oft-repeated theme is now part of radical Islamist rhetoric in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Bahrain, Jordan and Lebanon and is disseminated in propaganda organs supporting Hezbollah, Hamas, al-Qaeda, the Taliban and even al-Shabab.
- The rush to get out of Iraq, and now from Afghanistan, coupled with major cuts in the U.S. defense budget, has discouraged Americas allies and emboldened our adversaries. The most pernicious consequence of our retrenchment is evident in Syria where Bashar Assads brutal regime is perpetrating a bloodbath.
For Americans, the consequence of this ineptness is most visible at the pump. The Syrian catastrophe helps push up the cost of motor fuel and threaten our fragile economic recovery. Gasoline prices this week averaging $3.86 per gallon are nearly 10 percent higher than a year ago. Independent experts tell us we should expect prices as high as $4.50 or more per gallon by midsummer. All of this because the Mideast mess precipitated by the Nobel Laureate in the White House is likely to get worse before it gets better.
Barack Obama's Mideast Madness
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Barack Obama's Mideast Madness
Oliver North | March 22, 2012
- The hurried U.S. withdrawal from Iraq emboldened radical Islamists throughout the Middle East, who now claim their jihad succeeded in driving the American invaders (or crusaders) out of Iraq. This oft-repeated theme is now part of radical Islamist rhetoric in Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Bahrain, Jordan and Lebanon and is disseminated in propaganda organs supporting Hezbollah, Hamas, al-Qaeda, the Taliban and even al-Shabab.
- The rush to get out of Iraq, and now from Afghanistan, coupled with major cuts in the U.S. defense budget, has discouraged Americas allies and emboldened our adversaries. The most pernicious consequence of our retrenchment is evident in Syria where Bashar Assads brutal regime is perpetrating a bloodbath.
For Americans, the consequence of this ineptness is most visible at the pump. The Syrian catastrophe helps push up the cost of motor fuel and threaten our fragile economic recovery. Gasoline prices this week averaging $3.86 per gallon are nearly 10 percent higher than a year ago. Independent experts tell us we should expect prices as high as $4.50 or more per gallon by midsummer. All of this because the Mideast mess precipitated by the Nobel Laureate in the White House is likely to get worse before it gets better.
Barack Obama's Mideast Madness