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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

Obama’s 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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1 posted on 10/14/2014 12:55:00 PM PDT by SJackson
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2 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)
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3 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")
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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.


4 posted on 10/14/2014 1:13:28 PM PDT by ChicagahAl (Don't blame me. I voted for Sarah.)
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To: SJackson

“This is what a successful presidency looks like!”
-Paul Krugman


5 posted on 10/14/2014 1:24:07 PM PDT by Tzimisce
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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.


6 posted on 10/14/2014 1:28:44 PM PDT by John O (God Save America (Please))
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To: Tzimisce
This is what Paul Krugman looks like


7 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)
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To: SJackson

Obama’s Muslim roots and sympathies are no longer questionable. He is not one of us. He is one of THEM!


8 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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