"Obama has done almost nothing to stop the Iranian drive for nuclear weapons, and his wavering, perceived as impotence throughout the Middle East, is destabilizing Lebanon, Jordan and Egypt."
You didn't believe me? Then read what Saeb Erekat, chief of the Fatah Steering and Monitoring Committee, told George Mitchell about Obama during negotiations in October 2009, according to Palestinian documents leaked to Al-Jazeera and the Guardian:
“It’s not up to me to decide your credibility in the Middle East. He [Obama] has lost it throughout the region.
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[P]eople in the Middle East are not taking Barack Obama seriously. They feared Bush, despite everything. This is important. BO [Obama] has lost it with the decision-makers, although not the street.”
See: http://www.jpost.com/MiddleEast/Article.aspx?id=205392
Welcome to the savage world of the Middle East, where expressions of kindness and empathy are treated as frailty and naivete. Obama and his administration have yet to learn that "making nice" to poor misunderstood despots while "beating up" on longstanding allies - what I have labeled the "Obama Doctrine" in prior blog entries - leads nowhere.
When I contemplate the big picture, I wonder if the disarray contributed to by "The Obama Vacuum," could be a blessing. Hezbollah running on reduced rations and fracturing, Egypt in disarray (which is a good development IMO), Saudi Arabia reeling under the pressure to cope with the internet revolution, the disillusion and anger with the PA over the leaks...at least they are distracted from focusing on how they next plan to put their hands around the collective throats of the Zionist entity.
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