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Here's Why Obama's Middle East Allies Don't Trust Him Against ISIS [Amazing photo!]
Business Insider ^ | 9/9/14 | Michael B Kelley and Brett LoGiurato

Posted on 09/09/2014 5:39:29 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper

.....Obama is constructing a strategy for an increasingly complex war he never wanted to enter. And allies in the region are skeptical....

The reluctance of crucial countries like Turkey and Saudi Arabia exposes a big flaw in Obama's plan: He can't "degrade and destroy" ISIS without going into Syria but the U.S. can't beat ISIS in Syria without a ground force....

"The U.S. and the West have avoided the Syrian conflict for two years, essentially permitting the conditions that spawned ISIS," said Clint Watts, counterterrorism expert at the Foreign Policy Institute.

The Obama administration's nominal partner on the ground in Syria is the Free Syrian Army, which Obama has repeatedly disregarded as "an opposition made up of former doctors, farmers, pharmacists, and so forth."

(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: egypt; isis; islam; liar; obamaequalsisis; obamafail; obamaisis
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People in Syria have the guts to say what the American "objective" media won't: Obama helped create the menace that is ISIS.

For all the supposed hatred the Arab Street had for George W. Bush, I don't recall the Arab people saying Bush created terrorists who were killing other Arabs....

1 posted on 09/09/2014 5:39:29 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: SoFloFreeper

Perhaps our “Middle East allies” know more about Obama than we ourselves do.


2 posted on 09/09/2014 5:43:56 PM PDT by 353FMG
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To: SoFloFreeper

Only thing they got wrong is the poster shows the imposter working.


3 posted on 09/09/2014 5:44:03 PM PDT by RS_Rider (I hate Illinois Nazis)
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To: SoFloFreeper
I can't understand why anyone has trust issues with Obama.
4 posted on 09/09/2014 5:52:37 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (America, a Rule of Mob nation)
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To: SoFloFreeper
Smarter than 51% of American voters.


5 posted on 09/09/2014 5:53:50 PM PDT by Iron Munro ("If you want to test a man's character, give him power." -- Abraham Lincoln)
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To: Iron Munro

The problem with Obama’s plan is....Obama. Hesimply cannot be trusted, he want to be on both sides of this and go with and take credit for the winner.


6 posted on 09/09/2014 5:56:19 PM PDT by Ouderkirk (To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Obama created, Obama approved.


7 posted on 09/09/2014 5:58:02 PM PDT by Darksheare (Try my coffee! First one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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To: SoFloFreeper; All

Message To Obama From A Former Muslim (about ISIS)

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QxzOVSMUrGM


8 posted on 09/09/2014 5:58:16 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Illegals Are Getting Flat Screen TV's...you we aqqd.NOT TB Screenings!)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Wait until Obama hears about this. Nobody is madder than him, I tell ya! Heads will roll!


9 posted on 09/09/2014 6:00:12 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Iron Munro

‘You have nothing to fear from an Obama Presidency’.


10 posted on 09/09/2014 6:00:26 PM PDT by txhurl (2014: Stunned Voters do Stunning Things!)
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To: Iron Munro


11 posted on 09/09/2014 6:03:34 PM PDT by Diogenesis (The EXEMPT Congress is complicit in the absence of impeachment)
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To: Iron Munro

That does look like a green he’d be partial too.

And yeah, they are right about him.


12 posted on 09/09/2014 6:04:10 PM PDT by chris37 (heartless)
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To: Diogenesis

13 posted on 09/09/2014 6:14:35 PM PDT by CivilWarBrewing
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To: Diogenesis

someone told me that this picture was not true. If not who is it.


14 posted on 09/09/2014 6:15:25 PM PDT by Chickensoup (Leftist totalitarian fascism is on the move.)
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To: Diogenesis

someone told me that this picture was not true. If not who is it.


15 posted on 09/09/2014 6:15:52 PM PDT by Chickensoup (Leftist totalitarian fascism is on the move.)
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To: CivilWarBrewing

16 posted on 09/09/2014 6:16:51 PM PDT by CivilWarBrewing
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To: SoFloFreeper

I’m inclined to think that Obama (and McCain and others, Dems and GOP) got it wrong in supporting overthrow of Assad by the “Arab Spring” uprisings.
Recall that Obama supported the overthrow of Mubarak in Egypt. We got the Muslim Brotherhood rearming Hamas and killing Copts until fortunately the military took over again.
Obama supported the overthrow of Qaddafi in Libya. We got Benghazi and now Islamic anarchy. “Democracy” in Gaza gave us Hamas.
The military and monarchist dictatorships, including the Assad regime, appear to be more protective of Christians and other religious minorities and leaving their people alone, as long as they don’t rise up in opposition. “Popular uprisings” in Islamic societies do not appear to lead to more tolerance and freedom.
Woe be to Israel and the West if we allow overthrow of the Kings and Emirs in Jordan and the Arabian peninsula.


17 posted on 09/09/2014 6:19:47 PM PDT by Rainier1789 (My Constitution has a 2nd and 10th Amendment)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Note that date... That is January 10, 2014...

...and here we are.


18 posted on 09/09/2014 6:20:36 PM PDT by Rodamala
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To: Rainier1789

None of this Shi’ite would be happening if Sadam was left be.


19 posted on 09/09/2014 6:24:48 PM PDT by Rodamala
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To: CivilWarBrewing

OMG! It’s dumb, dumber and dumbest!


20 posted on 09/09/2014 6:25:02 PM PDT by fivecatsandadog (IMPEACH THE TRAITOR --- IMPEACH THE TRAITOR --- IMPEACH THE TRAITOR)
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