Barack Obama's Mideast Madness

[Vel]

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 America’s allies and emboldened our adversaries. The most pernicious consequence of our retrenchment is evident in Syria where Bashar Assad’s 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

 

[starcraftzzz]

- 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.”

I dont give a shit what they think. I give a shit about reality.

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.

Democracy sucks doesn't it.

The rush to “get out” of Iraq, and now from Afghanistan, coupled with major cuts in the U.S. defense budget, has discouraged America’s allies and emboldened our adversaries.

Except for the fact that in the process of leaving Iraq the country has not spiraled out of control. All the right wingers proclaiming that withdraw would result in amergeadeon were like always proven wrong

The most pernicious consequence of our retrenchment is evident in Syria where Bashar Assad’s brutal regime is perpetrating a bloodbath.

Yes sucks that Obama can't do everything, if only he was like superman or something.

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

Syria produces little oil and has 0 effect on Americas gas prices

. Gasoline prices this week – averaging $3.86 per gallon – are nearly 10 percent higher than a year ago.

Yet slightly slower then it was 3 years ago.

 

[Vel]

I dont give a shit what they think. I give a shit about reality.

Perception = reality

Try reading the article. You might find you learn something.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

- 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.”

I dont give a shit what they think. I give a shit about reality.

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.

Democracy sucks doesn't it.

Except for the fact that in the process of leaving Iraq the country has not spiraled out of control. All the right wingers proclaiming that withdraw would result in amergeadeon were like always proven wrong

Yes sucks that Obama can't do everything, if only he was like superman or something.

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

Syria produces little oil and has 0 effect on Americas gas prices

. Gasoline prices this week – averaging $3.86 per gallon – are nearly 10 percent higher than a year ago.

Yet slightly slower then it was 3 years ago.

What I love about this is NOW we have Liberals defending the supposed illegal Government we installed in Iraq. Wasn't it the Liberals that insisted A) we couldn't win in Iraq, B) that as soon as we left there would be a civil war and C) Nation Building doesn't work? You all told us we couldn't win , we couldn't stabilize the Country, the Government of Iraq would devolve into civil war as soon as we left and it was an illegal Government.

NOW you are defending it. I find that HILARIOUS.

 

[Ed Spacer]

Examples of leftist nationbuilding-
*libya
*egypt
usually,its in our favor to put in leaders that are us friendly.
this dipshit is spreading alqueda through muslim brotherhood,
which has complete support of alqueda and ayman al-zawahiri.

 

[tinydancer]

Al Qaeda is raising flags all over the middle east. Just did in almost 50 people in Iraq. Successfully attacked bases in Yemen. 185 offed in that mission....

You name it. They're baaaaaaaaaaaaaack!

By Obama destabilizing Libya and Egypt he's given the ME to the Brotherhood and AQ.

 

[waltky]

MB doesn't look so good afterall...

Muslim Brotherhood's Goals Questioned as Candidate Runs for Egyptian Presidency
April 06, 2012 - In Egypt, the Muslim Brotherhood's presidential candidate, Khairat el-Shater, submitted his candidacy forms on Thursday, just days after Egyptian clerics said el-Shater pledged to them that he would introduce Sharia, or Islamic law, if he is elected in May.

El-Shater's supporters chanted and cheered as he submitted his formal candidacy documents in Cairo. But some minority party members in Egypt as well as some outside observers are concerned that the Muslim Brotherhood is a step closer to holding a monopoly on power in that country. Marina Ottaway, a Middle East expert at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, says the Brotherhood did nothing illegal when it opted to field a candidate, even after it had pledged to not do so. Still, Ottaway says, it was not the Brotherhood's best move. "I think it was a very unwise decision because it increased the level of anxiety that exists in Egypt about the role of the Muslim Brotherhood," Ottaway said.

The Muslim Brotherhood is proving to be a dominant force in Egyptian politics, and it holds almost half the seats in parliament. It is well-organized, given that the opposition party was banned until after the fall of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak last year. Ottaway says she does not see anything sinister in the Brotherhood's decision to put forth a presidential candidate, noting that politicians often change their minds, particularly as political campaigns progress. "[Hazem] Abu Ismail, who is a Salafi that had presented himself as a candidate, appeared to be getting a lot of support ahead of the election, so that there was some concern that a radical Islamist might end up getting, you know, winning the election," Ottaway said.

As el-Shater submitted his candidacy papers, Islamist political party representatives spoke with researchers, reporters and government officials in Washington. Representatives of the Muslim Brotherhood have held several closed-door meetings with U.S. officials this week and appeared at public events, describing their party as moderate and committed to a multiparty system. Yet, the Brotherhood reversed its pledge to include a variety of voices in the creation of a new constitution. Liberal and Christian groups as well as Islamic scholars are withdrawing from the limited role Islamists offered them. At a Carnegie Endowment conference, the foreign relations coordinator of the Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party, Khaled al-Qazzaz, sought to dispel an audience member's suggestion that Islamists preach democracy until they are in power.

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