Posted on 10/25/2011 5:38:42 PM PDT by jazusamo
Lack of U.S. leadership enables radicalization in the Middle East
When the Arab Spring uprisings broke out earlier this year, many foreign-policy experts were alarmed that the revolts took the White House by surprise and concerned by the Obama administration’s lackadaisical response. Washington adopted a hands-off policy toward the sweeping political changes, arguing that the people of the region should be free to chart their own destiny. “There must be no doubt that the United States of America welcomes change that advances self-determination and opportunity,” President Obama said in May. In his typically weak manner, he also cautioned that, “we must proceed with a sense of humility.”
Consequently, the humble U.S. administration abrogated any strong leadership role in guiding the change that was under way. Muslim extremists realized they were being presented with an opportunity to assume power and began that process. Obama administration cheerleaders watched unconcerned from the sidelines, maintaining either that radical takeovers would not happen, would not matter or would be a positive outcome. The idea that Islamists would not come to power is quickly being disposed of.
In Tunisia, the once-banned Ennahda or Renaissance Party, which promotes Shariah-based rule, won the plurality of the vote in Sunday’s elections to the new Constituent Assembly. In Egypt, the Muslim Brotherhood, which earlier had said it would stay out of electoral politics, is favored to dominate the parliamentary and presidential races scheduled for the coming months...
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The brutal Gadafy murder puts the Obama Administration in a quandary. They took out Osama unilaterally invading another country without due process of law or advise and consent. They took out an American citizen without due process of law. They invaded Libya without advise and consent, resulting in the butcher of its dictator. The Obama Administration has broken every ideal they criticized Bush on and called for the closing of Gitmo about, all for the need for a bump in the polls - to look tough in forein policy because his domestic policy has failed miserably.
The brutal Gadafy murder puts the Obama Administration in a quandary. They took out Osama unilaterally invading another country without due process of law or advise and consent. They took out an American citizen without due process of law. They invaded Libya without advise and consent, resulting in the butcher of its dictator. The Obama Administration has broken every ideal they criticized Bush on and called for the closing of Gitmo about, all for the need for a bump in the polls - to look tough in forein policy because his domestic policy has failed miserably.
Agreed. What was done regarding foreign relations and hostile actions during President Bush’s administration by himself and those under him was done for the good of our nation. Not so with Obama, everything is done for his benefit, there’s a huge difference between them as far as motive.
And when pro democracy protesters in Iran needed our help, Obama said we “musn’t be seen as meddling” in other country’s affairs. Ummhmmm.
Did you get the e-mail from RR? I’ll format the article now and we can go ahead and post if you wish.
Got it. Go ahead, I’m ready when it’s posted.
Done!
And his “media” whores continue to carry his water.
I’ve never actually seen that, amusing.
Anyway, it made me sick watching these liberals celebrate this “Arab Spring” crap. We knew this was coming.
I’m against monarchy but I think all those crapholes could use a nice pro-western King like Iraq had before the pre-Saddam Soviet-loving military dictator took over and had him shot.
“Democracy” over there seems to inevitably lead to islamosocialist parties winning and persecuting any opposition.
““Democracy” over there seems to inevitably lead to islamosocialist parties winning and persecuting any opposition.”
Yes. You can’t rationalize with animals. And the overwhelimg majority of lifeforms in those sh*tholes are animals, period.
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