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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: BlueStateSaint on January 30, 2011, 05:16:09 PM
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I found this courtesy of Drudge, who linked to it (from Haaretz).
Obama will go down in history as the president who lost Egypt
Published 01:55 30.01.11
Latest update 01:55 30.01.11
The street revolts in Tunisia and Egypt show that the United States can do very little to save its friends from the wrath of their citizens.
By Aluf Benn
Jimmy Carter will go down in American history as "the president who lost Iran," which during his term went from being a major strategic ally of the United States to being the revolutionary Islamic Republic. Barack Obama will be remembered as the president who "lost" Turkey, Lebanon and Egypt, and during whose tenure America's alliances in the Middle East crumbled.
The superficial circumstances are similar. In both cases, a United States in financial crisis and after failed wars loses global influence under a leftist president whose good intentions are interpreted abroad as expressions of weakness. The results are reflected in the fall of regimes that were dependent on their relationship with Washington for survival, or in a change in their orientation, as with Ankara.
America's general weakness clearly affects its friends. But unlike Carter, who preached human rights even when it hurt allies, Obama sat on the fence and exercised caution. He neither embraced despised leaders nor evangelized for political freedom, for fear of undermining stability.
Obama began his presidency with trips to Turkey, Egypt and Saudi Arabia, and in speeches in Ankara and Cairo tried to forge new ties between the United States and the Muslim world. His message to Muslims was "I am one of you," and he backed it by quoting from the Koran. President Hosni Mubarak did not join him on the stage at Cairo University, and Obama did not mention his host. But he did not imitate his hated predecessor, President George W. Bush, with blunt calls for democracy and freedom.
Obama apparently believed the main problem of the Middle East was the Israeli occupation, and focused his policy on demanding the suspension of construction in the settlements and on the abortive attempt to renew the peace talks. That failure led him to back off from the peace process in favor of concentrating on heading off an Israeli-Iranian war.
The rest is at:
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/obama-will-go-down-in-history-as-the-president-who-lost-egypt-1.340057
I guess Obama has his legacy, just the way Jimmah does.
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Obama may have had some help in losing the Middle East, his union buddies. http://www.redstate.com/laborunionreport/2011/01/30/the-american-lefts-role-in-leading-mid-east-regime-change/
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I never really liked the pyramids anyway. They were all rotting and crumbling.
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I never really liked the pyramids anyway. They were all rotting and crumbling.
Oh but you know, if you ever want to see a pyramid, you're welcome to come out to Las Vegas.
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Don't ya think he likes the way things are going? I do. His legacy will be the destruction of America.
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This is from Haaretz? Whoa.
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Oh but you know, if you ever want to see a pyramid, you're welcome to come out to Las Vegas.
Seen it. Pretty impressive. Matter of fact, that's where I stepped on the Mexican midget that was handing out those hooker baseball cards out front. Didn't see him, then I laughed because I'd never seen a Mexican midget before. Dude got pissed.
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Seen it. Pretty impressive. Matter of fact, that's where I stepped on the Mexican midget that was handing out those hooker baseball cards out front. Didn't see him, then I laughed because I'd never seen a Mexican midget before. Dude got pissed.
:rotf:
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This is from Haaretz? Whoa.
My thinking exactly. Then last week AP fact checked him! :popcorn: