Obama’s win for losing strategy? What the president might be trying to accomplish

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN—Accepting General Stanley McChrystal's resignation was the right thing for the president to do, technically speaking. But looking past his tepid comment (the explosive comments came from the general's aides) and putting the mission before the man may have been a mistake of historical proportions—as McChrystal was had-picked for his expertise—this is not to say Petraeus isn't up to the challenge, but if he must abide by the same politically correct ROE's, including a hard withdrawal date, failure could be imminent. 

Petraeus is certainly competent and his successful Iraq surge strategy amidst a deteriorating situation on the ground coupled with being told by a senate panel they weren't prepared to believe a single word of his report shows his fortitude as well as stern dedication. Yet with current conditions, including a civilian command with a misguided strategy and an enemy embolden redeployment date could undermine the good general's military mission. 

But there is another consideration here, a larger question about the hard withdrawal date and its consequences—it is possible Mr. Obama is committing to it simply to sabotage the mission and marginalize the military? Think of it this way, if we pull out and utter chaos erupts like in Vietnam, would Obama’s predecessor if he isn’t reelected in 2012 really redeploy troops to an already failed conflict theater? Besides, Obama has perfect scapegoats, the notoriously crooked Hamid Karzai and George Bush, who took us into war in the first place against a country the left says didn’t have anything to do with 9/11.

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Obama’s ratings fall in Muslim countries Since his 2009 Cairo speech, the president’s policy approvals are down

   

MIDDLE EAST—Candidate Barack Obama promised to restore America’s standing in the world, and newly elected President Obama went on a world apology trip straight away but less than 18 months into his administration; the Muslim world is losing faith in the Appeaser-in-Chief.

According to a Pew survey, the Global Attitudes Project, Mr. Obama is more popular overseas than he is in the country in which he holds office, that is, by countries that embrace socialism and aren’t Muslim. Pakistani’s opinion of Mr. Obama have dropped five points since his 2009 Cairo speech from 13 percent to 8 percent, only 33 percent of Egyptians, 26 percent of Jordanians and 23 percent of Turks approve of America’s foreign policy direction under Obama.

If one recalls, the president stated in an address, “There has times when America has shown arrogance in the world” and he pledged to make inroads with hostile nations, particularly in the Middle East by shutting down the recruitment tool known as Guantanamo Bay, yanks the troops out of Iraq, and wrap up the war in Afghanistan. Yet GITMO remains open to this day and well into the foreseeable future, troops are to remain in Iraq for months and years to come, and he actually committed more troops to Afghanistan in a surge.

As the rest of the world is beginning to figure out what at least half the country knew over 18 months ago, Obama isn’t the one they’ve been waiting for. 

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Israel given air space over Saudi Arabia to attack Iran In the Middle East, the enemy of my enemy is my friend

RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA—According to a US defense source in the Middle East, “The Saudis have given their permission for the Israelis to pass over and they will look the other way. They have already done tests to make sure their own jets aren’t scrambled and no one gets shot down. This has all been done with the agreement of the [US] State Department.”

The Israelis would target four chief nuclear sites: Natanz and Qom, which house uranium enrichment facilities, Isfahan’s gas storage development, and Arak’s heavy water reactor which all lie up to 2,250 kilometers or 1,400 miles away. The open skies above Saudi Arabia would significantly shorten the distance, perhaps enough to spare the Israeli jets an in-flight refueling.

Saudi Arabia, a fair-weather friend of the United States maintains an unstable relationship with Iran’s theocracy and share Israel’s position that a nuclear capable Iran would mean a rouge state with the most powerful of weapons could launch unprovoked or pre-emptive attacks to further destabilize the region or to embark on an imperial march.

Tensions between Iran and Israel are ever present in the area and neighboring countries fear the worst if Israel is attacked—because they believe it is them that could be next.

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The American left, anti-Semitic or just useful idiots? Once again the American left sympathizes with terrorist backed organizations

GAZA STRIP—“This was no love boat; it was a hate boat,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said about the so-called aid flotilla that was border by Israeli Defense Forces for suspected weapons smuggling. We’d prefer this publication not get involved with the political minutiae that has plagued Israel since it became a sovereign nation in May of 1948. Islamists despise Jews, this we know, the two religions have long been conflicted and there isn’t a week that goes by that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad doesn’t call for Israel’s destruction—yet Israel has never called for the destruction of Iran.

What is curious to us is the knee-jerk reaction liberal Americans and even Europeans have to any show of force by the tiny nation state. Particularly here in the United States, protests against Israel form like clockwork every time Israel defends itself. When asked why they oppose Israel’s reaction the most common reason is a mélange of talking points that consists of Israel possessing tanks, air and sea warships, and nuclear weapons while the poor, defenseless Palestinians have only rocks and small arms. But despite their military handicap, enemies of Israel manage to detonate bombs in markets on a regular basis.

It seems the American left are more in favor of Israel being disassembled by belligerents which would translate into anti Semitism. But they do not seem to hate the Jewish people and so, an anti Semitic label can’t be conferred. So there is only one label left for the American left and that is they are useful idiots and the terrorists know it—that’s why the armed flotilla set float. 

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Administration advisor says Jihad is a “legitimate tenant of Islam” Obama’s chief counterterrorism advisor proclaims the United States is not at war with terrorism

WASINGTON, DC—John Brennan, the Deputy National Security Advisor for Homeland Security said in a speech to the Center for Strategic and International Studies…

“…The president’s strategy is absolutely clear about the threat we face. Our enemy is not terrorism because terrorism is but a tactic. Our enemy is not terror because terror is a state of mind and, as Americans; we refuse to live in fear. Nor do we describe our enemy as jihadists or Islamists because jihad is holy struggle, a legitimate tenet of Islam meaning to purify oneself or [sic] one’s community.

And there is nothing holy or legitimate or Islamic about murdering innocent men, women and children. Indeed, characterizing our adversaries this way would actually be counterproductive. It would play into the false perception that they are religious leaders defending a holy cause when in fact, they are nothing more than murderers, including the murder of thousands upon thousands of Muslims.” 

Clearly, there is a substantial disconnect between the American people and the administration on a number of issues: health care reform, immigration, and fiscal policy. But these issues do not have constituents that strap explosives to their children or themselves and run into a crowded market place or drive an SUV packed with explosives into Times Square. We wish to give Mr. Brennan a small bit of advice, if it walks like a duck—well, you know.

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