destabilization of the middle east has been a US goal since the 30's. http://article.wn.com/view/2012/08/11/Pentagon_final_goal_is_to_destabilize_Middle_East_Journalist/
On Sep 17, 11:23 am, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > September 16, 2012 **** > Obama Destabilized the Middle East on Purpose**** > > *By* *Karin McQuillan* <http://www.americanthinker.com/karin_mcquillan/>**** > > On Fox News Wednesday night, both Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity were full > of self-congratulatory comments about how they had easily seen the Muslim > Brotherhood problem with the "Arab Spring," and how could Obama have failed > to see it? Duh. Of course, our State Department and White House knew that > the Muslim Brotherhood would be taking over Egypt. It was obvious to any > reasonably informed ordinary citizen.**** > > The same debate we've seen over Obama's destruction of the American economy > has already begun over his Middle East policy. Did Obama hand Egypt over to > jihadis, and is he giving a green light to nuclear Iran, because of > incompetence or his leftist ideology?**** > > John Hinderacker over at > Powerlineblog.com<http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2012/09/obamas-perverse-middle-...>writes: > **** > > You could call his actions in the region incoherent, except that it's worse > than that, especially if you take into account his hostility toward Israel. > If a consistent principle can be deduced, it is that Obama wants to avoid > doing anything that might advance U.S. interests. Maybe that's the answer, > or maybe he just doesn't care enough to formulate a real policy. Be that as > it may, one thing is clear: but for Obama's feckless participation in the > overthrow of Egypt's and Libya's governments, yesterday's events would not > have happened.**** > > The answer, of course, is both incompetence and ideology. Muddle-headed > ideologues of the left, such as our president, want America to be brought > down to size. They truly believe that violent jihadi hate-groups can be > tamed by appeasement, because the evil parties are Israel and America. So > Obama helps depose Mubarak and Gaddafi, knowing they will be replaced by > Islamic supremacists. He tells Israel they are on their own, we didn't > really mean it about being allies. He blocks attempts to prevent a nuclear > Iran, even by economic sanctions, because he doesn't like American shows of > force and thinks we can live with a nuclear Iran. We lived with a nuclear > Soviet Union, didn't we? Are we against Arabs, that we think they shouldn't > have nuclear weapons, too? It sounds like a joke, but it isn't.**** > > Incompetence was also in full force this 9/11. The attacks in Egypt and > Libya were preventable. Why weren't our embassies and consulates in the > Middle East properly protected? Why are fifty Marines sent in after the > fact? Why didn't we have intelligence in advance? When the mob was > gathering outside the Cairo embassy, the frightened staff issued an > apology. What is wrong with our diplomatic corps if that was their > response? Clinton should have gotten on the phone to the Muslim Brotherhood > President Morsi and explained to him what would happen if he didn't protect > our embassy. The rent-a-riot, inflamed purposefully by publicizing an > obscure anti-Mohammed video, should have been stopped before they got > anywhere close to our embassy.**** > > When the embassy did issue their pathetic attempt at appeasement, and > reissue it after our flag was torn down, Obama should have made a strong > statement immediately, one that indicated that there are repercussions for > attacking America. Instead, he allowed the apology to stand (for nine > hours) until Romney condemned it. Desecrations of our flag didn't get the > president's attention, but electoral politics did.**** > > Obama's incompetence is an outgrowth of a broadly based Democrat ideology > that wants us to believe that the war on terror was a stupid Bush idea. > They accuse Republicans of exaggerating the jihadi threat. They smear any > public figure who is concerned about the global Islamist war with the label > "Islamophobe."**** > > Obama, along with many liberal Democrats, believes that American strength > is immoral. We shouldn't impose our views on other nations. So when the > Muslim Brotherhood made its move last year, using the "Facebook revolution" > as cover (and a very transparent cover it was), we abandoned Mubarak and > told the Egyptian military to stand aside. We purposefully let the Middle > East's oldest terror organization take over the Middle East's most populous > country. **** > > The Muslim Brotherhood is considered the father of the jihadi > movement<http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/01/why_we_should_fear_the_moslem....>. > It was adopted by Adolf Hitler under the Third Reich and grew from a > languishing 10,000 members to a million strong by the end of World War II > -- Hitler's permanent > legacy<http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/05/hitlers_long_shadow_over_israe...>for > world destruction. Yet our president and State Department believe in > embracing the Brothers as modernizing moderates.**** > > The Brothers started the modern jihadi > movement<http://www.matthiaskuentzel.de/contents/kategorie/32/?%3Emelded%20Naz...>, > complete with a genocidal program against > Jews<http://www.hmwatch.org/Sourcedocuments/wipeoutthejews.pdf>. > In the words of Matthias > Kuntzel<http://www.hmwatch.org/Sourcedocuments/MatthiasKuntzel.pdf>, > "[t]he significance of the Brotherhood to Islamism is comparable to that of > the Bolshevik Party to communism: It was and remains to this day the > ideological reference point and organizational core for all later Islamist > groups, including al-Qaeda and Hamas."**** > > Mubarak was the reason there have been no attacks by Arab states on Israel > for thirty years. The 1979 Camp David accords neutralized Egypt as a player > in the Arab war against Israel. To protect his own life and power, Mubarak > kept the Muslim Brothers of Egypt under control. In return, Egypt has been > receiving a billion and a half dollars a year -- payoff money from the > United States. Egypt didn't agree to a friendly peace, and it wasn't a > democracy, but in terms of Middle East geopolitics, supporting Mubarak was > a critical success factor.**** > > Obama and Hillary threw all that away with their embrace of the Arab > Spring. It could have gone differently. We could have spoken out in support > of Mubarak, showing the world that we are trustworthy allies. Instead, we > abandoned a crucial ally when the mob howled. We could have told the > Egyptian military that they had better make sure the Muslim Brothers don't > take over the country. Instead, we told them to step > aside<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/egypt/...>and > usher the Brothers into power. > **** > > Hillary's State Department proclaimed that the Muslim Brothers had become > moderates. Anyone having a flashback to the Carter era, when all the > liberals knew that the Ayatollah Khomeini would be a partner for peace? **** > > The Obama Doctrine on the Middle East was hinted at in the president's 2009 > Cairo speech, during a Middle East tour in which Obama did not visit > Israel. Obama apologized for our war on terror. "The fear and anger" after > 9/11 "led us to act contrary to our ideals," he told the Egyptian crowd. In > a speech in France, Obama declared that America must make deep cuts in our > nuclear arsenal, because otherwise we don't have "the moral authority to > say to Iran, don't develop a nuclear weapon." **** > > President Obama fought Congress tooth and nail on imposing economic > sanctions against Iran this year -- already too little, too late. According > to vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan, the White House did everything > they could to stop Congress from requiring sanctions, and then they used > the waiver provision to gut them. There is no benign explanation for this. > Left-wing anti-colonialists -- and our president is one -- think Iran will > use its nuclear weapons responsibly.**** > > One of the most chilling visuals in *2016: Obama's > America*<http://blog.heritage.org/2012/09/10/president-obamas-dangerous-dream-...>is > a map of the world's nuclear arsenals. Obama has already cut our > nuclear > warhead arsenal from 5,000 to 1,500 (in an "arms treaty" that allowed > Russia to increase its arsenal). He has asked the Pentagon to report to him > on reducing our nuclear warheads to 300. That's about the same number as > France. Pakistan has 110 nuclear weapons. Obama, it seems, believes in > equality in national defense, as well as in class warfare. **** > > In July, five conservative congressmen, including Michele Bachmann, > expressed > alarm<http://bachmann.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=303218>over > evidence that the Muslim Brotherhood has succeeded in placing > operatives<http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2012/07/the-problem-with-michel...>in > key positions throughout the Obama administration. In Bachman's words, > State Department polices "appear to be a result of influence operations > conducted by individuals and organizations associated with the Muslim > Brotherhood." Instead of backing up Bachmann, our Republican > leadership<http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/312211/huma-abedin-s-muslim-br...>joined > in Democrat attacks on her. > **** > > The policies Bachmann > listed<http://bachmann.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=303218>are > not trivial. The Obama/Clinton team defied a congressional resolution > to hold up our 1.5 billion dollars to Egypt until we knew they were still > allies. Paying off Mubarak made sense. Handing billions to a Muslim > Brotherhood Egypt, not so much. Do you think Egyptian President Morsi, the > Muslim Brotherhood candidate, would have allowed a mob to attack our > embassy if these funds were in play?**** > > Congressman Bachman is > concerned<http://bachmann.house.gov/uploadedfiles/ig_letter_dhs.pdf>, > based on Frank Gaffney's analysis, that our Department of Homeland Security > may have eight Muslim Brotherhood members in key advisory roles, including > the Countering Violent Extremism (CVE)'s Working Group, which is > responsible for training homeland security agents. The CVE will be using > federal Homeland Security funds to funnel money to Muslim Brotherhood > organizations in the United States, in the name of a "community-oriented > policing approach." The Homeland Security Office of Civil Rights and Civil > Liberties has established the policy of protecting "terrorism-precursor > activities" as "cultural behaviors."**** > > Congressman Bachmann questioned why the DHS official lexicon equates jihadi > extremists with "Christian patriots" and "Constitutionlists." She asked > about Huma > Abedin<http://frontpagemag.com/2012/frontpagemag-com/the-muslim-brotherhood-...>, > Hillary's closest adviser at State, who formerly worked for a Brotherhood > organization, founded and funded by Abdullah Naseef, who also finances > al-Qaeda. There is no question that Abedin helps Clinton formulate U.S. > Middle East policy.**** > > The sorry list goes on and on. (For more details, see Frank > Gaffney's<http://frontpagemag.com/2012/frontpagemag-com/the-muslim-brotherhood-...>"The > Muslim Brotherhood in the Obama Administration.") > **** > > The point here is not only that the Muslim Brotherhood is influencing > American foreign policy. The arrow points in both directions: the > Obama/Clinton policy of tolerating and even promoting the power of the > Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt is the same policy that promotes their front > groups in America. It is the liberal idiocy that our enemies are friends, > and our friends enemies.**** > > Obama has signaled clearly and repeatedly that America no longer has > Israel's back. He could not have done anything more effective to sabotage > negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians than his public pressure > on Israel to declare unilaterally they will withdraw to their 1948 borders. > Obama bypassed congressional limits on aid to the Palestinian Authority > after their alliance with Hamas, putting $200 million into the hands of one > of the most vicious and dangerous terror groups in the Middle East. And he > has signaled to the Iranians that Israel is on its own. Then there are the > personal but well-publicized snubs to the Israeli prime minister, and the > open mike revelations of Obama's contempt and dislike for Bibi. Obama has > time to go on the Letterman show in New York next week, but he refuses to > meet with Netanyahu, as the go/no go decision on bombing Iran stares Israel > in the face. **** > > Abandoning Israel invites war. But in Obama's mind, he is promoting > fairness. He thinks Israel is the problem. He thinks that harming Israel > will win America friends among Arabs. He thinks he is pressuring the > Israelis to stop being bad guys. **** > > Obama is purposefully harming American interests, but he thinks it will > turn out okay. He attacks the American economy and free-enterprise system, > and he thinks it will turn out okay. He attacks our energy industry, and he > thinks it will turn out okay. He attacks the rule of law and our > Constitution, and he thinks it will turn out okay. He undermines the > hard-won stability of Egypt and thinks it will turn out okay. We have a > president who thinks American national security interests, power, and > prosperity are the problem. Then, when it's a broken mess, he's surprised, > and he asks for more time to do more of the same. Obama is the problem.**** > > The Middle East is a harsh taskmaster. It is no place for an aging > schoolboy leftist like our president. In the real world, stupid ideas such > as the one dominant in Obama's administration, that jihadis really want > peace -- such ideas have very bloody consequences. The tragic deaths of our > diplomats in Libya are only the beginning. Iran looms over us all.**** > > *Page Printed > from:http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/../2012/09/obama_destabilized...<http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/09/obama_destabilized_the_middle_...> > * at September 16, 2012 - 01:32:03 PM CDT**** -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. 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