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Not Just the Middle East: Obama Foreign Policy Record Is Appalling
The Daily Beast ^ | Sep 21, 2012 4:45 AM EDT | Casey & Rivkin

Posted on 09/21/2012 5:20:55 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach

The organizing principle of the administration’s foreign policy is one of weakness and passivity, coupled with a conspicuous rhetorical abdication of American leadership, write David Rivkin and Lee Casey.

A few days ago on The Daily Beast, Leslie Gelb praised President Obama’s handling of the unfolding crisis in the Middle East last week and evidently discerns no connection between the ensuing wave of anti-American violence and the broader parameters of American foreign policy. He is wrong on both counts. The administration’s crisis management has been mediocre. Even more fundamentally, the current assault on America’s position in the Middle East is attributable not to the trailer for an obscure anti-Muslim movie, but to Obama’s own foreign-policy failures.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: benghazi; libya; obama; waronterror

1 posted on 09/21/2012 5:21:04 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

The problem with Americans is they will not even consider WHY Obama does what he does much less understand WHY he is doing these crazy things.

Obama is giving money to the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. By any measure, this is a terrorist organization that was brought to power in part with Obama’s support.

The problems in Libya were caused in part by Obama’s illegal use of the US military to overthrow a lawful government.

Both Libya and Egypt are headed for fanatical governments. Obama is supporting the overthrow of the government in Syria. Want to bet the plan there is also for radical Islam to be in charge there too?

And US troops are out of Iraq effectively allowing the radicals to take over there too.

The only question to be answered is NOT if Obama is a disaster, there is no question that is true; the question to be answered is: Hussein Obama, is he really a traitor working for Islamic takeover of the world? Is he doing these things on purpose? If you can’t answer that question by now, maybe the NY TIMES or CBS will tell you once the US is under Sharia law.


2 posted on 09/21/2012 5:36:36 PM PDT by politicianslie (Obama: Our first Muslim PRESIDENT,destroying America $1 Trillion at a time! And America sleeps)
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To: politicianslie

Hussein Obama is the Muslim Brotherhood of America.


3 posted on 09/21/2012 5:43:36 PM PDT by Evil Slayer (Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war....)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

...the little boy king has been busy campaigning and fund raising...(for 3 1/2 years)
...104 rounds of golf
...celebrity visits to the WH
...etc etc etc


4 posted on 09/21/2012 5:49:39 PM PDT by Doogle ((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: Evil Slayer
Hussein Obama is the Muslim Brotherhood of America.

When Hussein was first elected, one of the questions was is he a socialist? That seems funny now looking back at the evidence we had. Now the thinking heads have decided the HISTORIC President is in over his head, he's trying and a nice guy but..... When in fact Hussein is working for the destruction of America as we know it. Hussein's plan is simple: Give the left in this country the power and they will do everything the Muslims would do themselves.

The idiots in the press have been talking about the fragile recovery for years. If you think there is a recovery, there is no hope for you. If you think Obama is a fool and that's why he screws everything up, well, there is no hope for you.

Fortunately, Many Americans are starting to get it. Obama could not be this stupid, he's doing everything to destroy on purpose.

Put that in Obama's equation and everything makes sense. A $Billion to Egypt for submarines? WTF(rick)? Obama like every other Muslim on the planet will cheer when all of the Israeli Jews are dead. Then they will finish off Europe and America.

5 posted on 09/21/2012 6:12:08 PM PDT by politicianslie (Obama: Our first Muslim PRESIDENT,destroying America $1 Trillion at a time! And America sleeps)
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To: politicianslie
Obama like every other Muslim on the planet will cheer when all of the Israeli Jews are dead.

Well, God will never allow that, but your analogy of Hussein is right on target.

6 posted on 09/21/2012 6:26:26 PM PDT by Evil Slayer (Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war....)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

The extent of Obama’s foreign policy is the weekday night when its his turn to cook.
They send out for Taco Bell !


7 posted on 09/21/2012 7:55:30 PM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt (Disclaimer - the opinions above merely reflect the writers restricted ability to observe reality)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach
The average American hasn’t a CLUE how much of our tax money Obama has sent down Muslim sh*t holes while he plans to slash the military, CUTS MEDICARE and threatens to withhold senior’s social security checks!

BILLIONS FOR JIHAD! Obamas 2009 Supplemental Appropriations for Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Pandemic Flu was revised and passed by the full committee. It gives billions of U.S. taxpayer dollars to countries and entities that support Sharia law and/or harbor, hide and support those who want to destroy the U.S. and our allies. http://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2009/05/1...

Read the summary from David Obeys office that was quietly released last week with nary a word from any media.

$3.6 BILLION, matching the request, to expand and improve capabilities of the Afghan security forces

$400 MILLION, as requested, to build the counterinsurgency capabilities of the Pakistani security forces

AFGHANISTAN: $1.52 BILLION, $86 MILLION above the request WEST BANK AND GAZA: $665 MILLION in bilateral economic, humanitarian, and security assistance for the West Bank and Gaza

JORDAN: $250 million,$250 million above the request, including $100 million for economic and $150 million for security assistance

EGYPT: $360 MILLION, $310 million above the request, including $50 million for economic assistance,$50 million for border security, and $260 million for security assistance

PAKISTAN:$1.9 billion,$591 million above the request

IRAQ:$968 MILLION,$336 million above the request

Oversight: $20 million,$13 million above the request, to expand oversight capacity of the State Department, USAID, and the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan to review programs in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq

Lebanon:$74 million

International Food Assistance:$500 MILLION,$200 million above the request, for PL 480 international food assistance to alleviate suffering during the global economic crisis

REFUGEE ASSISTANCE:$343 MILLION,$50 million above the request, including humanitarian assistance for Gaza.

Funding for the UN Relief and Works Agency programs in the West Bank and Gaza is limited to $119 million (Note: Gaza = Hamas)

Disaster Assistance: $200 MILLION to avert famines and provide life-saving assistance during natural disasters and for internally displaced people around the world, including Somalia, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, the Middle East and South Asia

Peacekeeping:$837 MILLION FOR UNITED NATIONS peacekeeping operations, including an expanded mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and a new mission in Chad and the Central African Republic

Department of Justice: $17 million, matching the request, for counter-terrorism activities and to provide training and assistance for the Iraqi criminal justice system

OBAMA GIVES YOUR TAX DOLLARS TO REBUILD MUSLIM MOSQUES AROUND THE WORLD! http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/... #

ACCORDING TO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION WILL GIVE AWAY NEARLY $6 MILLION OF AMERICAN TAX DOLLARS TO RESTORE 63 HISTORIC AND CULTURAL SITES, INCLUDING ISLAMIC MOSQUES AND MINARETS, IN 55 NATIONS. See the State Department document here. http://exchanges.state.gov/media/pdfs/office-...

And THAT’S just the tip of the iceberg.

THIS will blow your mind!! http://gbk.eads.usaidallnet.gov/ They should have 2010 up, but they don’t. That’s where you’ll find Obama’s largesse towards Muslim countries really go off the charts.

http://www.foreignassistance.gov/DataView.aspx charts: http://gbk.eads.usaidallnet.gov/data/fast-facts.html .

8 posted on 09/21/2012 10:18:59 PM PDT by patriot08 (TEXAS GAL- born and bred and proud of it!)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

Leslie Gelb has been one of the most praised newsmen around, and yet, in reality, he has been an almost total failure in his reporting and views.

That’s why he likes Obama. They are both delusional.


9 posted on 09/21/2012 11:18:39 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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