Posted on 12/10/2012 2:20:09 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Edited on 12/10/2012 2:24:35 PM PST by Admin Moderator. [history]
The United States is short on allies and effective means of influencing events in the Middle East. Syria is still a bloodbath. Libya is threatened by jihadists. Egypt has taken a turn toward dictatorship. Mali is a non-functioning state in which jihadist separatists control much of the country. The
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Maybe the US and UN ought to stay the heck out of it - they have, in concert, had a hand in the current negative outcomes so maybe the Obama, CLinton and the UN have it all wrong when it comes to really understanding the Middle East - either that or they are complicit in the current evil goings on.
Mel
Crediting lefty rags for righty tidys is one thing but clicking on their links is another no no
The Washington Post ^ | Dec 10, 2012 | Jackson Diehl
Lots of links and news from other sources on the thread....
Some good reading there..to me Obama is acting like an anarchist .. it doesn’t seem to matter too much what he ends up with as long as he doesn’t end up with what he has now. I have never seen a ruler of a western country so inept (or evil)in foreign policy matters and I include Cameron who seems a complete and utter idiot!
Mel
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