The facts are clear: The world in general wants to know what the hell is up with the post-American regime.
Again, I point out that, yes, by conventional standards, the guy and his regime are an utter failure. The unquestioned role of US world leadership is now openly and frequently questioned. But, when you consider that that is the essence of the declinist enterprise, you have to give the guy the preponderance of the numbers on the scoreboard.
Questioning of US world leadership in the Middle East which your beloved Ronnie certainly did not trust either (remember his scorpion joke?) ramped up over a decade ago under another Republican administration whose preemptive foreign policy your ilk admired, which you are free to do but unfortunately it involved the blood and treasure of others stateside here too, but no matter, call the dead freedom fighters and glorify them, can we have another round of Taps? The article indicates that "Saudi Arabia’s priorities are rooted in the centuries-old rivalry between the majority Sunni branch of Islam, of which the kingdom is seen as the champion, and the Shiite branch led by Iran.The confrontation’s latest bout was uncorked by the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, which replaced a Sunni regime with a Shiite-run government. It is now playing out in Syria, where Iran is backing the regime dominated by Alawites, a Shiite offshoot, and Saudi Arabia is supporting the overwhelmingly Sunni opposition." I began to nod off towards the end of the article, so many factions, so many minefields, but you love it you patriots, you love the sound of bombs away and the rush of strategic planning as you prepare to play your games with blood and guts, God Bless America! Hey, is Edward Snowden your hero? Wait till we get the next Israeli whistleblower. Cheney et al led the charge with the NSA. You are all a bunch of crybaby pseudo patriots.
ReplyDeleteRead more here: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2013/10/25/206552/worlds-anger-at-obama-policies.html#storylink=cpy
Why you root for a weakened America is beyond me. Have you really considered what kind of country will fill the power vacuum now? It won't be a force for righteousness, that's for sure.
ReplyDeleteIf we're pseudo-patriots, what does genuine patriotism look like?
ReplyDeleteRemember the my country right or wrong slogan? Or America, love it or leave it? Never mind that it was mostly chanted by Okies from Muskogee who applauded a war against their own tokers..
ReplyDeleteI applaud the administration's efforts at statecraft. The Middle East is not our countries and although the Prince of Peace commanded us to love them, He never said we couldn't leave them.
ReplyDeleteSo it doesn't endanger us to have various kinds of countries - friends, allies, rivals and enemies - all sensing that the US is rudderless? Glad we got that cleared up. I thought it was something to be concerned about.
ReplyDeleteAfter nearly global support following 9/11, the rudder was stuck and would not heed the compass. Come on, you remember the global criticism over our preemptivity. When Obama ran our international approval rating was in the tank. Part of the international opprobrium now is over our spying which was also ramped up after 9/11. Not necessarily defending Obama, just remembering when where you seem to conveniently forget. Back then your attitude was f___ 'eem if they don't like it.
ReplyDeleteI, like Michael Ledeen, would have had the W admin adrress the Iran situation first. And another reason why W doesn't truly qualify as a conservative is that he went soft on North Korea, witness Christopher Hill and the pointless six-way talks.
ReplyDeleteI, and I presume others still pray for the success of statecraft, that walking softly with big stick stuff.
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