How Can Obama’s Middle East Policy Possibly Get Worse? Answer: Look at Syria
"Now the administration has unveiled a new and equally terrible policy. I’ll let the New York Times’ reporters explain it:
DEBKAfile: Obama nixes French-Saudi plan to finish Assad by bombing his palace (Pictured at right)
"Now the administration has unveiled a new and equally terrible policy. I’ll let the New York Times’ reporters explain it:
President Obama will push for the departure of President Bashar al-Assad under a plan that calls for a negotiated political settlement that would satisfy Syrian opposition groups but that could leave remnants of Assad’s government in place. The success of the plan hinges on Russia, one of Assad’s staunchest allies, which has strongly opposed his removal. Obama, administration officials said, will press the proposal with President Putin of Russia at their meeting next month. Obama’s national security adviser raised the plan with Putin in Moscow three weeks ago.
"Good grief! There are four different acts of strategic insanity involved in this paragraph. They are…"...
"And that, friends, is why I spend so much time bashing Obama’s Middle East policy, because it is so very bad and dangerous." Rubin Reports
Also by Mr. Rubin: What to Say When You’re Handed the Obama-Is-Good-for-Israel Talking Points
Rumsfeld to Newsmax: Military, Not Presidents, Should Engage in Targeted Kills But remember, presidential oversight worked so well for LBJ in Vietnam. H/T to CalChronicle
Jerusalem Post: The Obama administration insists on clinging to the fantasy that it can convince the Iranians to give up their nuclear weapons program. "US President Barack Obama’s policies are just as irrational as the ones that Barak is urging Israel to implement in order to win Obama’s support. And Obama’s rationales for adopting these policies are just as divorced from reality as Barak’s are. "The place where this irrationality is displayed most prominently today is in Obama’s policy regarding Iran." CAROLINE B. GLICK
DEBKAfile: Obama nixes French-Saudi plan to finish Assad by bombing his palace (Pictured at right)"Our Washington sources report that Obama consistently resisted repeated French and Saudi efforts to jump aboard their initiative.
"The Saudi defense minister at one point in their conversation told the US president harshly that it was time for the Americans to stop talking and start acting. But Obama remained unmoved."
"The Saudi defense minister at one point in their conversation told the US president harshly that it was time for the Americans to stop talking and start acting. But Obama remained unmoved."
Victor Davis Hanson: The Bad/Good Idea of Removing Assad "After lots of interventions, we have learned one thing about loud Arab reformers, especially those who were educated at Western universities: They damn us for supporting their dictators; they damn us for removing them; they damn us for interfering in their affairs when we help promote democracy; and they damn us as callous when we just let them be."
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