Fresh from Obama’s “speech” about what is happening in Egypt, replete with sound effects, comfortable in his self-styled role as “the one” decreeing the future of mere mortals from atop Mount Olympus, it made me think….
Let us put aside the question of whether his domestic policy is responsible for extending the recession and keeping people out of a job by quashing confidence. What makes me mad is how the media, the pundits, and the ignorant bleeding heart masses had the “audacity” to cast a negative light on president Bush’s foreign policy, just because of whining of a few has-been effete declining ex-empires in Europe, or the baying and barking of the hordes of blood-thirsty Islamo-Fascists, enemies of civilization and humanity forever, as dictated by their warped beliefs.
Well, you know what, those same enemies are seemingly on the verge of taking over the Middle East and North Africa now! One of the world’s leading Arab countries, arguably the Arab world’s cultural capital, will soon fall under the dominance of the Muslim Brotherhood….the same movement that gave birth to Hamas and alQuada! And Obama hastens to show his approval and take credit for Mubarak’s decision to leave, while only a few weeks ago, he was referring to Egypt as a model of stability and a role model for the rest of the Arab World. Why didn’t he react the same during the Iran uprising in 2009? Why does he go on appeasing Syria?
It would not be a stretch for the same thing happen in Tunisia. Yemen is not that far behind. Jordan’s regime is definitely vulnerable. Its no longer unthinkable for the Saudi Royal Family to be deposed. Kuwait, UAE, ETC…
Would this be happening now, if GWB was still president? If Bill Clinton was President? Heck, if Hillary Clinton was??!!! What if Al Gore was the president?
Our current elected president is indeed an empty suit; lofty words, all style and no substance, misplaced aspiration, and misguided feel-good policies…All of these implemented by a an administration who’s members, for the most part, seem like the cast of a clown show!!!
For those of us who were placed to observe the 1978-1979 revolution in Iran, and how it was incited and hijacked, what is going on now in the Middle East and North Africa is real cause for concern. There is a better chance that Egypt of today will follow in the footsteps of Iran.
Jimmy Carter, maybe unwittingly, but more probably because of his incompetence, was one of the main driving forces behind creating the Fascist state that is the Iran of today. In a few short years, Obama’s impotence, inexperience, ignorance, and misguided leftist idealism will be remembered as the reason a whole region was drowned in and lost to backwardness, ignorance, and blood-thirsty murdering mindset of Islamo-Fascism.
You know the doctor is out on our President, on one end I like what he says, but on the other he scared me. I am scared of what can happen in the next 6 years, they are crucial, and when he makes comments like " They're right. The rules have changed. In a single generation, revolutions in technology have transformed the way we live, work and do business. Steel mills that once needed 1,000 workers can now do the same work with 100. Today, just about any company can set up shop, hire workers and sell their products wherever there's an Internet connection.
ReplyDeleteMeanwhile, nations like China and India realized that with some changes of their own, they could compete in this new world. And so they started educating their children earlier and longer, with greater emphasis on math and science. They're investing in research and new technologies. Just recently, China became home to the world's largest private solar research facility and the world's fastest computer." The reason I am scared is that this statement seems to try and appease the emotions of a irrational nation of nickumpoops. The whole speech was emotional and not very smart, it seems like he is playing politics in a sly manner, at least that is my inter sentiment at the moment, that may change, I was a fan of his a few weeks back with the tax cuts, then this woman gets shot and he all the sudden starts playing defensive again.
To touch on the article above, I will say this, at this point in my education I would like to focus more on national issues, like education and fiscal issues on a national arena, rather then see if the government is doing a good job on playing world police good or not. What is going on in Africa, is bigger then the densely populated Islamic North Africa, Africa as a whole is situation that must be dealt with. I am not sure at this point in my investigations on how a president should react to the issues of Egypt. For the reason, that we as nation(America) must figure out if we want the government to place politics and do what is just in the field of interest, or do we want to fight for the " liberties" of the people, or both. A question my political philosophy instructor brought up in our class debate yesterday, is do we( America) know the sentiments and wants of the Egyptian people when it comes to American involvement in there affairs for " justice"? I sure don't and not sure we will ever know.
Growing up as you know, I in most part in ignorance took a anti Bush view on all of his actions as president. I did not use reason and the investigative means I know you to fine the common good in politics, I let others influence my views on what he did and didn't do, and now looking back I am not sure if he did anything wrong in the sense of, what else could he have done, given the continual crisis's he had to deal with for eight years. So for Obama, I am having a hard time differentiating my biases and prejudices into politically into what is the individual and common good of the nation and the world, with the rapid changes in the world. Trying to grasp all of the history of what has lead up to the now, and what can be. I am just not able to digest it all and make a adequate placement on his performance without sounding like a fool in a bad mode.
As for the now, I am really not sure what he can do with the individual interests that add up. I mean his is trying to please so many people with individual interest that in the end may or may not be in the best interest of the common good. I do not think the U.S policing the globe is good for healthy economic and social relationships, the ethos of we are America and Democracy trumps everyone else is a huge fallacy, the reason why America is America is not because Democracy is best, it is because America is a hegemony with with money and power, and that is my feeling. Not sure if this helps, but I am sure you can extrapolate and bring up more questions for discussion if you like. peace