Ishmael
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I don't know how many of you have been following the recent events regrading this administrations new policies regarding the mid-east, but the short synopsis is that once more Obama has opened his mouth and created even more chaos and strife in a region already blessed(?) with more than it's fair share of those two entities.
The worst part about the latest round is that it was wholly uncalled for, and coming from a man whose intelligence allegedly transcends that of us mere mortals, and one of the stupidest acts of international diplomacy I've seen from a developed nation leader in my lifetime. Obama basically stepped forth and took the Palestinian position in almost every particular only a few days before the scheduled visit of Israels elected leader, Benjamin Netanyahu. Perhaps Obama was under the impression that by his stepping forth and making the pronouncement that Israel would bend their knee, perhaps he envisions himself as Jean luc Piccard on the bridge of the Enterprise and merely has to wave his hand and utter, "Make it so" and shit magically happens.
Whether by magical means or not, we are all well aware that "shit" did indeed happen. The first event was celebration on the Arab street, then Bibi (Netanyahu) basically got in the presidents face and said, "not happening on my watch." Bibi then went before congress and delivered a rousing speech that essentially took our young and naive president to the woodshed while at the same time encapsulating the recent history of mid-east politics and policies. Subsequent to that speech the Palestinians (Hamas) accused Bibi of delivering a "declaration of war." (Which in itself is absurd in that the Hamas Charter calls for the eradication of the Jews, not just from Israel, but from the face of the earth. That portion of the Charter makes any declaration of war more of less redundant. It would be roughly akin to Hitler expressing outrage that the US declared war on Germany after Germany had already declared war on the US.)
Obama, and his foreign policy people, should have known what Israels response was going to be and totally avoided any public statement concerning those negotiation points. It doesn't matter which side of the issue you may find yourself standing on, it is just bad politics to make announcements regarding foreign policy until you have the agreement of all of the concerned parties. On the other hand this should come as no surprise to anyone what with Obama's track record of shooting off his mouth without knowing the facts going back to the Cambridge incident and the resulting 'Beer Summit.' (Maybe he can have a coffee and hooka summit to try to smooth this one over?)
Rather than having moved any ongoing peace process forward, Obama seems to have found a way to set it back several steps, hence the reference to having turned a blind man into a leper.
Obama has done nothing on the international scene to further the interests of the United States or the cause of world peace. His sole success story, the death of bin Laden, wasn't even an act of international diplomacy but was a continuation of the Bush policy regarding the disposition of bin Laden. In other words his one perceived success came about from the fact that he did nothing, just got out of the way. (Even then he turned it into some sort of cabinet level reality show not unlike a scene out of Clancy's "Patriot Games.")
The man is clumsy, dangerous, and not altogether bright.
Ishmael
The worst part about the latest round is that it was wholly uncalled for, and coming from a man whose intelligence allegedly transcends that of us mere mortals, and one of the stupidest acts of international diplomacy I've seen from a developed nation leader in my lifetime. Obama basically stepped forth and took the Palestinian position in almost every particular only a few days before the scheduled visit of Israels elected leader, Benjamin Netanyahu. Perhaps Obama was under the impression that by his stepping forth and making the pronouncement that Israel would bend their knee, perhaps he envisions himself as Jean luc Piccard on the bridge of the Enterprise and merely has to wave his hand and utter, "Make it so" and shit magically happens.
Whether by magical means or not, we are all well aware that "shit" did indeed happen. The first event was celebration on the Arab street, then Bibi (Netanyahu) basically got in the presidents face and said, "not happening on my watch." Bibi then went before congress and delivered a rousing speech that essentially took our young and naive president to the woodshed while at the same time encapsulating the recent history of mid-east politics and policies. Subsequent to that speech the Palestinians (Hamas) accused Bibi of delivering a "declaration of war." (Which in itself is absurd in that the Hamas Charter calls for the eradication of the Jews, not just from Israel, but from the face of the earth. That portion of the Charter makes any declaration of war more of less redundant. It would be roughly akin to Hitler expressing outrage that the US declared war on Germany after Germany had already declared war on the US.)
Obama, and his foreign policy people, should have known what Israels response was going to be and totally avoided any public statement concerning those negotiation points. It doesn't matter which side of the issue you may find yourself standing on, it is just bad politics to make announcements regarding foreign policy until you have the agreement of all of the concerned parties. On the other hand this should come as no surprise to anyone what with Obama's track record of shooting off his mouth without knowing the facts going back to the Cambridge incident and the resulting 'Beer Summit.' (Maybe he can have a coffee and hooka summit to try to smooth this one over?)
Rather than having moved any ongoing peace process forward, Obama seems to have found a way to set it back several steps, hence the reference to having turned a blind man into a leper.
Obama has done nothing on the international scene to further the interests of the United States or the cause of world peace. His sole success story, the death of bin Laden, wasn't even an act of international diplomacy but was a continuation of the Bush policy regarding the disposition of bin Laden. In other words his one perceived success came about from the fact that he did nothing, just got out of the way. (Even then he turned it into some sort of cabinet level reality show not unlike a scene out of Clancy's "Patriot Games.")
The man is clumsy, dangerous, and not altogether bright.
Ishmael
