Haaretz.com: Obama will go down in history as the president who lost Egypt
In a recent post by Haaretz.com, Aluf Benn stated
Jimmy Carter will go down in American history as “the president who lost Iran,” which during his term went from being a major strategic ally of the United States to being the revolutionary Islamic Republic. Barack Obama will be remembered as the president who “lost” Turkey, Lebanon and Egypt, and during whose tenure America’s alliances in the Middle East crumbled.
I wasn’t around during Jimmy Carter, and from what I have read and heard, I should be glad of it, but nevertheless, I have doubts this would be the sole failure of the Obama Presidency that is remembered. there are many failures from which to choose. I will list some examples: the healthcare law, the 14 Trillion dollar debt, the bailouts of GM, Chrystler…need I go on?
Benn also goes on to say:
Obama began his presidency with trips to Turkey, Egypt and Saudi Arabia, and in speeches in Ankara and Cairo tried to forge new ties between the United States and the Muslim world. His message to Muslims was “I am one of you,” and he backed it by quoting from the Koran. President Hosni Mubarak did not join him on the stage at Cairo University, and Obama did not mention his host. But he did not imitate his hated predecessor, President George W. Bush, with blunt calls for democracy and freedom.
Obama apparently believed the main problem of the Middle East was the Israeli occupation, and focused his policy on demanding the suspension of construction in the settlements and on the abortive attempt to renew the peace talks. That failure led him to back off from the peace process in favor of concentrating on heading off an Israeli-Iranian war.
Out of the last 2 paragraphs, the scariest to me had to be: “His message to Muslims was “I am one of you,” and he backed it by quoting from the Koran.” That just seems a little off, doesn’t it? We (by we, I mean what Obama says here at 2:00 minutes, [which to me says, No, No, No, not you whitey!]) elected someone whom we know much little about, and has someone managed to hide most of it, and now he is reading from the Koran…sketchy…
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