• Obama wasn't willing to lift a finger for Saad Hariri, and Hezbollah now holds sway in Lebanon.
• Saudi Arabia, furious with Obama for abandoning Mubarak, is currently unwilling to host Hillary or Gates.
• Egypt and Iran may soon be reestablishing full diplomatic ties.
• Jordan is also considering an improvement of its relationship with Tehran.
Re Jordan, the following was recently reported by the Tehran Times (http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=237955):
"President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said that the Western countries, particularly the United States, are seeking to divide Jordan and annex part of it to the West Bank in an attempt to create the Palestinian state with the aim to save the Zionist regime.
Through implementing this plot they want to save the Zionist regime from annihilation and tell the world that an independent state of Palestine has been formed, Ahmadinejad told reporters at a press conference in Tehran on Monday.
However, these attempts will not save Israel from extinction, he added.
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The president also announced Jordan’s King Abdullah II has been invited to visit Iran and this visit will be made in the near future."
An American-sponsored break-up of Jordan in order to create a new Palestinian state? This is not in the cards, although Iran is playing upon Abdullah II's paranoia ("Obama forsook Mubarark, and maybe I'm next in line"). On the other hand, a meeting between the Jordanian monarch and Ahmadinejad in Tehran is indeed apt to happen soon.
"One of the greatest failures of the Obama administration has been its reluctance to oppose the spread of Iranian hegemony throughout the Middle East"
ReplyDeleteIt begs some questions.
Was it Obama's failure or his victory? Is Obama on the side of israel or on the side of islamists? At least, we know which side Rev. Wright would take. And it may be a hint.