The flames have subsided though the smoke and anger remain. The Obama
administration has made it clear through its inaction that there will be
no response to the murder of its ambassador. Empty threats and
assurances of justice never realized do not count as deeds; nor do
belated actions carried out months later for political reasons.
For the players, it is further confirmation that Islamists can whoop up populations, cause deaths among them and their targets, and pay no price for it. Have we shown ourselves to be the “paper tiger” that Mao called us?
Recent events in the Middle East and North Africa leave little doubt that the foreign policy of President Barack Obama has been a deadly failure. His determination to “engage” the Iranians, and after that failed his refusal to take action that would actually have an impact on the mullahs, has left the Islamic state possibly six to seven months away from nuclear capability. His effusive praise for the “Arab Spring” has given Egypt to the Muslim Brotherhood and brought us four dead Americans. The murder of Chris Stevens in Libya was the first killing of a US ambassador since Jimmie Carter’s administration. Hmmm.
What happened in the Middle East is serious, but it might only be the opening act to an anti-American drama that could be unfolding for years if we do not change course; not in the Middle East but in South Asia, the land mass between Iran and China with familiar countries including India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. The numbers alone are compelling: one in every five people on the planet lives in South Asia; one in every three Muslims calls it home; two nuclear powers angrily eye each other across a common South Asian border; and one of them, India, is an emerging economic giant. In comparison, the Middle East (Israel excluded): is home to only one out of 20 people and less than one in five Muslims; has zero nuclear powers, just one nuclear wannabe; and is where economic muscle is but a technological advance away from collapse.
Read more: http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/49918
For the players, it is further confirmation that Islamists can whoop up populations, cause deaths among them and their targets, and pay no price for it. Have we shown ourselves to be the “paper tiger” that Mao called us?
Recent events in the Middle East and North Africa leave little doubt that the foreign policy of President Barack Obama has been a deadly failure. His determination to “engage” the Iranians, and after that failed his refusal to take action that would actually have an impact on the mullahs, has left the Islamic state possibly six to seven months away from nuclear capability. His effusive praise for the “Arab Spring” has given Egypt to the Muslim Brotherhood and brought us four dead Americans. The murder of Chris Stevens in Libya was the first killing of a US ambassador since Jimmie Carter’s administration. Hmmm.
What happened in the Middle East is serious, but it might only be the opening act to an anti-American drama that could be unfolding for years if we do not change course; not in the Middle East but in South Asia, the land mass between Iran and China with familiar countries including India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. The numbers alone are compelling: one in every five people on the planet lives in South Asia; one in every three Muslims calls it home; two nuclear powers angrily eye each other across a common South Asian border; and one of them, India, is an emerging economic giant. In comparison, the Middle East (Israel excluded): is home to only one out of 20 people and less than one in five Muslims; has zero nuclear powers, just one nuclear wannabe; and is where economic muscle is but a technological advance away from collapse.
Read more: http://www.canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/49918
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