Walid Phares is an American mideast expert who lives in Lebanon. On speaking of Obama's visit in Cairo tomorrow, he said “[Obama] criticized President Bush for taking action to spread democracy."
What a great president we have.
Ok, on the basis of this statement it sounds like we have an awful president, but, as far as foreign policy goes, we don't have an awful president. Obama intends to work with the regimes in place and use diplomacy for the good of stability.
Now it doesn't sound so bad, huh.
I mean, I can understand how important stability is. In fact, one of the reasons I supported the war in Iraq was for the stability of the middle East. And after Al Qaeda made Iraq the front of the war on Terror, it was almost entirely based upon the stability of the middle East that I supported the surge and Bush's perseverance in keeping our troops there. I have no problem with "stability."
I mean, the US has pursued "stability" in the mideast for, I don't know, always, and look where it's gotten us! It's a surefire strategy if you ask me! Oh wait. It's been failing for decades...
I'm glad our new president sees the urgency in ignoring the politically oppressed in Egypt and elsewhere as he continues using the most powerful country in the entire world's retarded policy of merely pursuing the eternally elusive "stability" in middle East affairs.
I mean, it's not like Obama cares about "victims" or anything, right?
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
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