Posted on 05/08/2016 10:26:26 AM PDT by Navy Patriot
he United States has significantly more military capability in the Middle East today than Russia—America has 35,000 troops and hundreds of aircraft; the Russians roughly 2,000 troops and, perhaps, 50 aircraft—and yet Middle Eastern leaders are making pilgrimages to Moscow to see Vladimir Putin these days, not rushing to Washington. Two weeks ago, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu traveled to see the Russian president, his second trip to Russia since last fall, and King Salman of Saudi Arabia is planning a trip soon. Egypt’s president and other Middle Eastern leaders have also made the trek to see Putin.
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As I hear on my visits to the region, Arabs and Israelis alike are looking to the next administration. They know the Russians are not a force for stability; they count on the United States to play that role. Ironically, because Obama has conveyed a reluctance to exercise American power in the region, many of our traditional partners in the area realize they may have to do more themselves. That’s not necessarily a bad thing unless it drives them to act in ways that might be counterproductive. For example, had the Saudis been more confident about our readiness to counter the Iranian-backed threats in the region, would they have chosen to go to war in Yemen—a costly war that not surprisingly is very difficult to win and that has imposed a terrible price?
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If they are lucky, Putin may give them the phone number of Trump’s secretary....
Because Obama is a Muslim wimp, and Putin has the balls to back up his rhetoric...plus, he wants their oil.
Then why would the world's leaders waste their time talking to "Stepin Fetchit" Obama? He's already showed the world his place by bowing before all his superiors.
Obama is BANKROLLING both Iran and its stooges in the region.
They don’t speak to women.
Bambi is a congenital liar
LOL, excellent!
Would YOU want to talk to Obama?
Best post of the day!!! ROFL!!!
Obama is INSANE
No, just plain evil..
They will not talk to Obama because Obama will just stab them in the back.
The correlation of forces doesn’t matter if one side correlates its forces into inactivity or into shooting at the wrong guys.
Who would you trust?
The Irani stooges keep the Sunni scumbags of Saudia and Turkey occupied — and the Shia aren’t the ones killing Christians or westerners
Respectfully, O is not insane.
Just very very VERY evil......
anti-American, anti-Christian, anti-Jewish, anti-liberty/freedom, anti-jobs....
of course, being against all that’s proven good for people and society... could be considered a definition of insanity
THERE IS NO CHOICE BETWEEN STINKING FISH
Gee, don’t throw us in the brier bush! Toss Putin in the brier bush.
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