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OBAMA’S MIDEAST POLICY: AN OBITUARY BY JOHN KERRY
Asharq al Awsat ^ | 21 Nov, 2015 | Amir Taheri

Posted on 11/29/2015 8:18:40 AM PST by SJackson

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1 posted on 11/29/2015 8:18:40 AM PST by SJackson
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2 posted on 11/29/2015 8:19:00 AM PST by SJackson (Everybody has a plan until they get hit. Mike Tyson)
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Why is anyone surprised? What has Kerry ever done, other than marry rich, to suggest he’s a smart person capable of finding solutions to problems?


3 posted on 11/29/2015 8:28:10 AM PST by econjack (I'm not bossy...I just know what you should be doing.)
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During the "Cold War," people thought we were always on the verge of a Nuclear holocaust. But is retrospect, things were much safer. There was a balance of power.

Now, there is no balance of power. The US is the lone "superpower," with an intellectual midget is at the controls.

4 posted on 11/29/2015 8:28:10 AM PST by Cowboy Bob (With Trump & Cruz, America can't lose!)
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Somebody has to say it. Why the long face John?


5 posted on 11/29/2015 8:28:12 AM PST by jdsteel (Give me freedom, not more government.)
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Jeeze...What did he say? I was pretty confused by the end of that.

But thanks! It was “interesting.” ;o]

‘Face


6 posted on 11/29/2015 8:28:31 AM PST by Monkey Face (I didn't make it to the gym today -- that's five years in a row...)
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The only thing that makes Obama look bad is the truth. Living lies can only help in the short term; eventually reality prevails.


7 posted on 11/29/2015 8:29:37 AM PST by Spok ("What're you going to believe-me or your own eyes?" -Marx (Groucho))
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However, the fact is that in linguistic terms the term “multipolar” is non sequitur: no system can have more than two poles. Irresponsible use of vocabulary can cause confusion. But never mind.

There are two sets of poles, one magnetic, one geographic. If one follows the magnetic north trying to get to the geographic north, one will fly off course. 0bama ignores geography, and history, preferring to follow his own sensibilities. Please fasten your seatbelts, we’ll be arriving in Siberia soon.


8 posted on 11/29/2015 8:37:07 AM PST by Excellence (Marine mom since April 11, 2014)
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Why is anyone surprised? What has Kerry ever done, other than marry rich, to suggest he’s a smart person capable of finding solutions to problems?

A recent Israeli quote, "He has the mental age of a 12-year old."

9 posted on 11/29/2015 8:44:38 AM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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Zing!
The author nailed Kerry (absolutely daft) and the Obama/Clinton foreign policy.


10 posted on 11/29/2015 8:49:09 AM PST by Lorianne
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Kerry just doesn't have the moves to be a 'song and dance man'. But completely obvious to his own shortcomings he still dances around the main problem in the M.E. - ISLAM.

Bill Warner, PhD: Why We Are Afraid: 1400 Years of Fear

11 posted on 11/29/2015 8:51:40 AM PST by amorphous
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There are three poles in Kerry’s world. The North Pole, the South Pole and the pole that’s stuck up his ass.


12 posted on 11/29/2015 8:52:54 AM PST by peeps36 (Save The Tortoise And Kill The People)
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I pray that Kerry reads this intelligent dissection of his fantasies. Kerry actually believes that he and Obama deserve full credit for good leftist intentions — the real results don’t count.

Yes, Kissinger had it so much easier: ending the Kennedy/Johnson Vietnam War; nuclear standoff with the USSR and China; Israel’s Six Day War; constant crises in the Middle East including 1973 War; creating a relationship with China from scratch to triangulate the USSR; managing relations with Iran and the Shah, etc. He must have been bored with such trivialities compared to Kerry’s complex agenda. It’s amazing how efficient Obama is — with this enormously greater foreign policy burden, how does he make so much time for golf and political fund-raising? I don’t recall ever hearing about Nixon and Kissinger’s recreational activities, or Pat Nixon taking multimillion dollar vacations. They just were not as smart as Barack and Johnny.


13 posted on 11/29/2015 8:55:09 AM PST by Chewbarkah
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To: Excellence
For humans maybe. When there are more than two poles you just have to know how to deal with them.

Not one of my dogs, of course. But they'd both deal with the problem as well as Kerry

14 posted on 11/29/2015 8:57:45 AM PST by SJackson (Everybody has a plan until they get hit. Mike Tyson)
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To: Pearls Before Swine
"He has the mental age of a 12-year old."

I have long suspected that the real reason he has never signed the form to release all of his military records is that he doesn't want anyone to see his IQ test scores.

15 posted on 11/29/2015 8:58:14 AM PST by SeeSharp
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To: econjack

He was in Vietnam.


16 posted on 11/29/2015 9:02:36 AM PST by Rusty0604
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Ann Coulter once observed that Kerry viewed a room full of heiresses as a target rich environment. :-)


17 posted on 11/29/2015 9:07:08 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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" In Henry’s old “bipolar Cold War world with the former Soviet Union, the United States and the West was (sic) pretty clear about what choices were.” Today’s world, Kerry went on, is “multipolar”, making choice difficult.

If the job is too difficult for you and Obama, then step aside and let a grown-up take a shot.
18 posted on 11/29/2015 9:26:20 AM PST by Hoodat (Article 4, Section 4)
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No wonder Teresa drinks.


19 posted on 11/29/2015 9:43:07 AM PST by AZLiberty (No tag today.)
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I wonder if anyone remembers Teresa’s introduction of Kerry at the Democratic Convention years ago. As I recall, she mentioned his name about three times. All the rest of her nominating speech was about her and, indirectly, her money. After that speech, you never heard from her again. Rumor is that the DNC locked her in a room with a gag.


20 posted on 11/29/2015 10:21:23 AM PST by econjack (I'm not bossy...I just know what you should be doing.)
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