In the Middle East, our President arrives among fanfare, protest, and anticipation. The anticipation by the astute observer was reduced to a clear understanding that this region of the world is not one made for the cult of personality made in America.
It has been a given that those who lead in the Middle East must be of a special stock. One that requires a ruthless, calculating, and no nonsense approach. One that has no Oscar cameo appearances, celebrity golf excursions, mind games with the press, or casual dismissal of the problems a country may face. We found out just what role Saddam Hussein played in the entire region when without an adequate use of fore thought, we removed him from power. The vacuum could not be filled by some Magna Carta, democratic, for the people, style Western European vision our leaders had hoped would come to be. Instead it was infiltrated by theocratic and radical elements seeking to use terror, intimidation, and a new found motivation to install a new power structure. This would not be earned by promising entitlements to low income individuals, or the promise of gay marriage, or free health care on the backs of the wealthy. It would come about through attrition, horror, and the instability that random chaos would create. As Saddam became a historical foot note, the Muslim brotherhood and it's ilk poured across the Middle East like a toxic, slow rolling, stream of thick oil, As the people living through this sudden American caused flood of death and destruction did their best to survive day to day, American politicians and media ignorantly greeted it as a movement of revolutionary proportions much like the one that granted us all the liberty we take so much for granted. Obama, while standing in air conditioned corridors and sun bathed country clubs, would be quoted and seen saying Egypt's leader Mubarak must step down. Mubarak, another necessary dictator in a land that was a powder keg. Under Mubarak, the Israeli, Egypt borders remained conflict free, and in turn Egypt benefited from American acceptance and assistance. Now, as radicals with unknown agendas swept the square and violence as well as rape proliferated what our President described by quoting Martin Luther King as he demonstrated his blatant western ignorance, ""'There's something in the soul that cries out for freedom.'" He added, "Those were the cries that came from Tahrir Square and the entire world has taken note.". Our President even went so far as to say, "We should raise our children to be like Egyptian youth.”, in a way only he could. Such a comment in the United States would be looked at in awe at his superb orator skills by those who seemingly worship his every move. But in Egypt's Tahrir Square, perhaps those cries he spoke of were those of the victims within the mob who realized life was about to get much more difficult.
In Egypt, the Muslim brotherhood quickly took power and with Mohamed Morsi assuming almost dictatorial power until the people forced him to back off just yet. Morsi did with his people but did not hesitate to proclaim the illegitimacy of Israel , punctuated with his statement that Jews were descendants of apes and asked Egyptians to "nurse our children and our grandchildren on hatred.".
Meanwhile, the Obama administration still showed it's lack of understanding that all actions, especially those in this tinder box part of the world, have dire consequences, and moved to supply Egypt with 200 M1 Abrams Tanks and F 16 fighters. This justified by the state department as they said, "Egypt receives more than $1 billion a year in development andmilitary aid from the US as part of a package linked to its historic1979 peace deal with Israel. The peace accord is a cornerstone of US Mideast policy."
Perhaps with Mubarak. Perhaps with Sadat. But today is a totally different climate and Obama's foreign policy ignorance is costing the world dearly.
So far, I have yet to mention Libya, as it too was swept up in the vacuum created by Saddam's absence from the world scene and Obama was quick to follow by once again demanding Qaddafi step down to respect the wishes of the Libyan people.
Step down? To be replaced by what? In terms of Qaddafi, the United States had a known quantity that was easy to manage and control as well as contain. Now, our President urged another vacuum be created by the toppling of yet another regional dictator who controlled in the way of the Middle East with fear and intimidation.
Ironically, it was the revolution in Iran that our President said nothing. Iran, the nation that now has tentacles spread through out every nation it neighbors and can affect. The nation that consistently has sought Israels disolvement through funding Hamas, Al Qeada, the Muslim Brotherhood, and others as a means of destroying the nation by proxy.
While in Israel, Obama flippantly compared the disagreements between Israel and its neighbors to those America has with Canada. At first, anyone with any modicum of knowledge and comprehension would have thought this was some ill advised joke by our President. But no, Obama was serious and used the comparison to show our two nations could get along, so why can't Israel get along with their neighbors almost admonishing the Jewish State.
Today, the nations surrounding Israel demand the Jews leave the region and restore it to who they feel belong there. Is it too much to point out to Obama that Judaism and Christianity, two faiths that are being literally killed off by Muslim radicalism, can find their origins right there in the Middle East? To emphasize my point even further I will note that both Christianity and Judaism were there WELL before Islam was even thought of.
In his speech in Israel, Obama used his daughters once again as he has on so many occasions prior, to gain an emotional foothold when he brought to light the flawed history of our nation by saying it wasn't long ago that slavery and discrimination prevented his children from having the life they have now. All of this without one mention of the much, much longer and significant enslavement of the Jews to this nation Egypt he claimed to be so virtuous in it's own revolution. A practice of slavery dating back thousands of years yet not recognized for the suffering it brought upon the very nation Obama spoke in.
The points could be endlessly made and the arguments by the Obama apologists will continue despite the facts. If he is not completely inept and incompetent then he is a man with a very blatant agenda. I will leave both up to the reader to discern. For me, I see this man and his cronies as being quite possibly the very worst thing that has ever happened to this nation in its brief history and also most recently to the entire world due to his apathy and contempt for all things outside his own egotistical orbit.
We can only hope to find the way to contain him and the damage he seeks to cause until his final ouster 3 years from now.
It has been a given that those who lead in the Middle East must be of a special stock. One that requires a ruthless, calculating, and no nonsense approach. One that has no Oscar cameo appearances, celebrity golf excursions, mind games with the press, or casual dismissal of the problems a country may face. We found out just what role Saddam Hussein played in the entire region when without an adequate use of fore thought, we removed him from power. The vacuum could not be filled by some Magna Carta, democratic, for the people, style Western European vision our leaders had hoped would come to be. Instead it was infiltrated by theocratic and radical elements seeking to use terror, intimidation, and a new found motivation to install a new power structure. This would not be earned by promising entitlements to low income individuals, or the promise of gay marriage, or free health care on the backs of the wealthy. It would come about through attrition, horror, and the instability that random chaos would create. As Saddam became a historical foot note, the Muslim brotherhood and it's ilk poured across the Middle East like a toxic, slow rolling, stream of thick oil, As the people living through this sudden American caused flood of death and destruction did their best to survive day to day, American politicians and media ignorantly greeted it as a movement of revolutionary proportions much like the one that granted us all the liberty we take so much for granted. Obama, while standing in air conditioned corridors and sun bathed country clubs, would be quoted and seen saying Egypt's leader Mubarak must step down. Mubarak, another necessary dictator in a land that was a powder keg. Under Mubarak, the Israeli, Egypt borders remained conflict free, and in turn Egypt benefited from American acceptance and assistance. Now, as radicals with unknown agendas swept the square and violence as well as rape proliferated what our President described by quoting Martin Luther King as he demonstrated his blatant western ignorance, ""'There's something in the soul that cries out for freedom.'" He added, "Those were the cries that came from Tahrir Square and the entire world has taken note.". Our President even went so far as to say, "We should raise our children to be like Egyptian youth.”, in a way only he could. Such a comment in the United States would be looked at in awe at his superb orator skills by those who seemingly worship his every move. But in Egypt's Tahrir Square, perhaps those cries he spoke of were those of the victims within the mob who realized life was about to get much more difficult.
In Egypt, the Muslim brotherhood quickly took power and with Mohamed Morsi assuming almost dictatorial power until the people forced him to back off just yet. Morsi did with his people but did not hesitate to proclaim the illegitimacy of Israel , punctuated with his statement that Jews were descendants of apes and asked Egyptians to "nurse our children and our grandchildren on hatred.".
Meanwhile, the Obama administration still showed it's lack of understanding that all actions, especially those in this tinder box part of the world, have dire consequences, and moved to supply Egypt with 200 M1 Abrams Tanks and F 16 fighters. This justified by the state department as they said, "Egypt receives more than $1 billion a year in development andmilitary aid from the US as part of a package linked to its historic1979 peace deal with Israel. The peace accord is a cornerstone of US Mideast policy."
Perhaps with Mubarak. Perhaps with Sadat. But today is a totally different climate and Obama's foreign policy ignorance is costing the world dearly.
So far, I have yet to mention Libya, as it too was swept up in the vacuum created by Saddam's absence from the world scene and Obama was quick to follow by once again demanding Qaddafi step down to respect the wishes of the Libyan people.
Step down? To be replaced by what? In terms of Qaddafi, the United States had a known quantity that was easy to manage and control as well as contain. Now, our President urged another vacuum be created by the toppling of yet another regional dictator who controlled in the way of the Middle East with fear and intimidation.
Ironically, it was the revolution in Iran that our President said nothing. Iran, the nation that now has tentacles spread through out every nation it neighbors and can affect. The nation that consistently has sought Israels disolvement through funding Hamas, Al Qeada, the Muslim Brotherhood, and others as a means of destroying the nation by proxy.
While in Israel, Obama flippantly compared the disagreements between Israel and its neighbors to those America has with Canada. At first, anyone with any modicum of knowledge and comprehension would have thought this was some ill advised joke by our President. But no, Obama was serious and used the comparison to show our two nations could get along, so why can't Israel get along with their neighbors almost admonishing the Jewish State.
Today, the nations surrounding Israel demand the Jews leave the region and restore it to who they feel belong there. Is it too much to point out to Obama that Judaism and Christianity, two faiths that are being literally killed off by Muslim radicalism, can find their origins right there in the Middle East? To emphasize my point even further I will note that both Christianity and Judaism were there WELL before Islam was even thought of.
In his speech in Israel, Obama used his daughters once again as he has on so many occasions prior, to gain an emotional foothold when he brought to light the flawed history of our nation by saying it wasn't long ago that slavery and discrimination prevented his children from having the life they have now. All of this without one mention of the much, much longer and significant enslavement of the Jews to this nation Egypt he claimed to be so virtuous in it's own revolution. A practice of slavery dating back thousands of years yet not recognized for the suffering it brought upon the very nation Obama spoke in.
The points could be endlessly made and the arguments by the Obama apologists will continue despite the facts. If he is not completely inept and incompetent then he is a man with a very blatant agenda. I will leave both up to the reader to discern. For me, I see this man and his cronies as being quite possibly the very worst thing that has ever happened to this nation in its brief history and also most recently to the entire world due to his apathy and contempt for all things outside his own egotistical orbit.
We can only hope to find the way to contain him and the damage he seeks to cause until his final ouster 3 years from now.



You have a very firm and well stated understanding of the problem, Mark. Now, if we could only get a majority of citizens to pay enough attention to get the same understanding. My hope is waning.
ReplyDeleteIt appears Lyndon Johnson was exceedingly successful in his quest to covertly develope a perpetually dependant class of people who need the Government to literally survive. We also find this class to be so exponentially apathetic to anything outside of their own little world and what they themselves want and need that the desire to be informed and aware is nonexistent and impossible to be inserted or take root to save themselves.
DeleteThe Government as an Entity unto itself seeks to expand this dependant class by dragging what is the middle class down into the dependant class willingly or by force. I see those of us who "know" looking around for a way or hope to Liberty. If only an island, we must protect it as if it were life itself. Those who are lost are already lost and our hope lies in making the next generation care.