Posted on 04/09/2015 12:19:50 PM PDT by Dave346
Many dismayed by Obama’s lack of understanding of Gulf politics
Dubai: Reactions among Gulf citizens to President Barack Obama’s comments on the region were disparate, covering the gamut between derogatory and laudatory, but shock and dismay were the strongest emotions.
Obama in an interview said that Gulf countries had legitimate grievances about external threats menacing them, but insisted that the biggest threats they faced were “not from Iran” but from within.
“They have some very real external threats, but they also have some internal threats — populations that, in some cases, are alienated, youth that are underemployed, an ideology that is destructive and nihilistic, and in some cases, just a belief that there are no legitimate political outlets for grievances,” he said.
“I think the biggest threats that they face may not be coming from Iran invading. It is going to be from dissatisfaction inside their own countries,” he added.
Obama’s argument was promptly refuted by a blogger writing under the moniker “The Free”.
“The problem with the US is that it wants to decide for us who our friend is and who our foe is,” he posted online. “It also wants to decide when we should destroy one another and who should reconstruct what has been destroyed. We are treated like political adolescents,” he said.
The Bulldozer, another blogger, said that the US could not be trusted.
“There is no safe ground with the US, a country that is ready to sell out its closest allies for the sake of its own interests,” he said. “It is not a matter of Sunni or Shiite. It is pure interests. The US sold the Shah of Iran in 1979, and then it sold Kuwait before selling Saddam [Hussain]. It recently sold Hosni [Mubarak] and others. Today, it is selling away everyone.”
“The US has reached a conclusion that Sunnis were a threat and as such they should be subdued,” Conclusion, another blogger, said. “To the US, the Arab countries are the source of terrorists and the best solution to deal with them is to work closely with Iran against them.”
Mohammad Al Azemi said he was shocked that Obama failed to see the reality on the ground.
“Iran has taken over Iraq, Syria and Lebanon and now wants to take over Yemen,” he said. “Yet, we have a US president who says that Iran is not a threat!”
Yazeed said that Obama had become “an ambassador for Iran”, while Abu Yousuf talked about an Iranian-US conspiracy to strike at the Arab Gulf states and the Advisor wants to know the reasons that prompted the US after years of lashing at Iran to say that Tehran was no longer a source of threats.
Kuwaiti, a blogger, said that he wished the GCC leaders would not respond to Obama’s invitation for Gulf leaders to visit the US at Camp David in Spring.
“We need to send a clear protest message to the US,” he said. “We are discovering shocking things, including the fact that the US is not really an ally.”
However, some bloggers said that Obama was right in his characterisation of the situation in the Gulf.
“He spoke about facts and they are the reality on the ground,” a blogger with the Obama Is Right moniker said. “We do have problems in the Gulf and people are facing serious problems. These should be tackled,” he said.
Sahm said that the youth in the Gulf needed more attention.
“What Obama said is realistic and logical. There is an urgent need to address issues related to the youth. Officials need to listen more often to young people and to learn to trust them.”
Obama is going to make the world love us again....
or not.
“We are discovering shocking things, including the fact that the US is not really an ally.”
What took you so long?
FWIW, it’s our _resident who is no one’s ally but his own, NOT, ‘We The People.’
At least he didn’t say their biggest threat was global warming.
That our President is a moron is not a secret anymore.
I've come to the conclusion, the USA is not a reliable ally. Finance and Wall Street will ensure the USA and UK, for example, remain friends. But facing an increasingly fractured and divisive culture at home which doesn't agree what it wants, as well as varied special interests being involved, policy in places like the Mid-East or Africa will be subject to great strains.
“legitimate grievances”
Has anybody else noticed how often Obama uses this as a reason to do something ..??
Which means they NEED HIM to FIX IT.
Such an over-inflated EGO.
Give it some time... Kerry will get around to that 'truth'...
The Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution (short title) (Pub.L. 102–1) or Joint Resolution to authorize the use of United States Armed Forces pursuant to United Nations Security Council Resolution 678 (official title), was the United States Congress's January 14, 1991 authorization of the use of U.S. military force in the Gulf War.
President George H. W. Bush requested a Congressional joint resolution on January 8, 1991, one week before the January 15, 1991 deadline issued to Iraq specified by the November 29, 1990 United Nations United Nations Security Council Resolution 678. President Bush had deployed over 500,000 U.S. troops without Congressional authorization to Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf region in the preceding five months in response to Iraq's August 2, 1990 invasion of Kuwait. President Bush said that as Commander-in-chief he did not need Congressional authorization to use military force against Iraq and that his request for a Congressional joint resolution was merely a courtesy to Congress.
Legislative History
Senate Joint Resolution 2 was approved in the United States Senate on January 12, 1991 by a vote of 52 to 47.
- S.J.Res. 2 was sponsored by John Warner (R) with 34 cosponsors — 29 Republicans and 5 Democrats. (The Democrats were: Howell Heflin, Bennett Johnston, Joe Lieberman, Chuck Robb, and Richard Shelby).
- Approved 52-47 at 2:44 PM EST on Saturday, January 12, 1991.
- Democrats: 10-45. 10 (18%) of 56 Democratic Senators voted for the resolution: John Breaux, Richard Bryan, Al Gore, Bob Graham, Howell Heflin, Bennett Johnston, Joe Lieberman, Harry Reid, Chuck Robb, Richard Shelby
- Alan Cranston was recovering from surgery and did not vote, but would have voted against the resolution.
- Republicans: 42-2. Chuck Grassley and Mark Hatfield voted against the resolution.
House Joint Resolution 77 was approved in the United States House of Representatives on January 12, 1991 by a vote of 250 to 183
- H.J.Res. 77 was sponsored by House Minority Leader Bob Michel (R) with 31 cosponsors — 14 Republicans and 17 Democrats (The Democrats were: Gary Ackerman, Les Aspin, Howard Berman, Dante Fascell, Tom Lantos, Greg Laughlin (R), Mel Levine, Marilyn Lloyd, Dave McCurdy, Charles Thomas McMillen, Gillespie V. Montgomery, John Murtha, Ike Skelton, Stephen J. Solarz, Charles Stenholm, Robert Torricelli, and Harold Volkmer).
- Approved: 250-183 at 3:51 PM EST on Saturday, January 12, 1991.
- Democrats: 86-179. 86 (32%) of 267 Democrats voted for the resolution.
- Mervyn M. Dymally and Mo Udall were ill and did not vote, but would have voted against the resolution.
- Republicans: 164-3. Reps. Silvio Conte, Connie Morella, Frank Riggs voted against the resolution.
- Independent: 0-1. Rep. Bernie Sanders (I) voted against the resolution.
This is a pure dose of the cant of the community organizer. No wonder adults in the Gulf were repulsed by it.
..and if anyone thinks the WOMAN WHO SIDED WITH THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD IN EGYPT will handle things ANY DIFFERENTLY THAN 0DUNGO HAS is simply DELUSIONAL. I’m speaking of HILLARY, of course.
If I were recruiting rebels in one of those countries, I would use Obama’s actual words (with the video for documentation) in my recruiting ads. I’m sure terrorists worldwide have been celebrating ever since 47% of real voters, plus massive fraud, put that thug in our White House.
See my post #10.
Obama is working very hard at creating that situation within the US.
“That our President is a moron is not a secret anymore.”
I’m not so sure that he’s a moron, more like a soul-less automaton who is the mouthpiece for a group of evil-doers who have only their own interests at heart. Call them what you will - muslim brotherhood, one worlder’s, whatever. The common thread is their disdain for freedom and free people.
When he doesn’t have his teleprompter to tell him what to say his real thoughts come out.
Arab Spring part Deux. Cause the first one worked so well.
LOL, Obama’s Muslim affectation collided with his communist community organizer affectation.
He needs to invoke his golf affectation and get done fiance from his obedience affectation to get himself out of this.
LOL, Obama’s Muslim affectation collided with his community community organizer affectation.
He needs to invoke his golf affectation and get some guidance from his obedience affectation to get himself out of this.
(I hate auto correct!)
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