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Ruins of the Middle East-Obama shuns our friends and courts our enemies.
National Review ^
| 10-14-14
| Victor Davis Hanson
Posted on 10/14/2014 12:55:00 PM PDT by SJackson
Obamas unfortunate Middle East legacy was predicated on six flawed assumptions:
(1) a special relationship with Turkey;
(2) distancing the U.S. from Israel;
(3) empathy for Islamist governments as exemplified by the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt;
(4) a sort of non-aggression agreement with Iran;
(5) expecting his own multicultural fides to resonate in the region;
(6) pulling out of Iraq and Afghanistan.
Let us examine what has followed
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TOPICS: Editorial; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
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posted on
10/14/2014 12:55:00 PM PDT
by
SJackson
To: dennisw; Cachelot; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; Lent; GregB; ..
Middle East and terrorism, occasional political and Jewish issues Ping List. High Volume If youd like to be on or off, please FR mail me.
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posted on
10/14/2014 12:55:17 PM PDT
by
SJackson
(incompetent and feckless..the story of the Obama presidency. No hand on the f***ing tiller, Hillary)
To: All
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posted on
10/14/2014 1:05:56 PM PDT
by
musicman
(Until I see the REAL Long Form Vault BC, he's just "PRES__ENT" Obama = Without "ID")
To: SJackson
Used to be; the enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Now it’s; the enemy of my friend is Obama’s friend.
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posted on
10/14/2014 1:13:28 PM PDT
by
ChicagahAl
(Don't blame me. I voted for Sarah.)
To: SJackson
“This is what a successful presidency looks like!”
-Paul Krugman
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posted on
10/14/2014 1:24:07 PM PDT
by
Tzimisce
To: SJackson
He’s just a kenyan moslem doing what anti-American moslems do. Working against the west while promoting islam. It’s no big surprise.
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posted on
10/14/2014 1:28:44 PM PDT
by
John O
(God Save America (Please))
To: Tzimisce
This is what Paul Krugman looks like
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posted on
10/14/2014 3:08:20 PM PDT
by
SJackson
(incompetent and feckless..the story of the Obama presidency. No hand on the f***ing tiller, Hillary)
To: SJackson
Obama’s Muslim roots and sympathies are no longer questionable. He is not one of us. He is one of THEM!
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posted on
10/14/2014 3:41:04 PM PDT
by
Don Corleone
("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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