I respect the office of the president.. :-)
I would hope our allies see that this guy is done after these next elections and hold-on until we will elect a real American in 2012. There is not much damage a lame-duck can do other than write Exec Orders and make recess appointments, both of which can be neutralized.
The media will fall out of love with him as soon as a few people like Clintons finally come to their senses and start to grumble behind the scenes after the election dust settles.
Historic allies like GB, Israel, Japan, Australia understand this. Convenient allies, not so much.
I think Israel may be waiting it out, but I also think that Turkey, Iran, and Syria know darn good and well that this is the time to act on what they’ve wanted forever. If I’m not mistaken, we’re not even selling parts to the Israelis so they can maintain the weapons we’ve sold them. We’re denying them airspace to deal with Iran.
Obama has allegedly told the Egyptian Ambassador that he is a Muslim who supports the Muslim agenda (which I would understand to mean Sharia and the destruction of Israel and America - the only two items all Muslims agree on).
I can see GB, Israel, etc waiting it out as much as possible. But I can also see emboldened enemies. North Korea is another one. These people respond to weakness and they’ve got to know there’s going to be a huge backlash in 2012. If they’re serious about their agenda (and they are) they will strike before 2012. What happens if we lose Israel? The entire Middle East will be a boiling pot.
The stakes are high. I don’t know if we can afford to wait it out.