America's Descent Into Strategic Dementia -- Caroline Glick, Real Clear World
What the US foreign policy fights regarding Egypt and Libya indicate is that currently, a discussion about how events impact core US regional interests is completely absent from the discussion.
The US's new war against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi is the latest sign of its steady regional decline. In media interviews over the weekend, US military chief Adm. Michael Mullen was hard-pressed to explain either the goal of the military strikes in Libya or their strategic rationale.
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My Comment: Caroline Glick in this post is accurately pointing out the lack of strategic vision in U.S. foreign policy from this White House .... especially in places like the Middle East. The consequences of these actions should give us pause .... but unfortunately .... with the exception of Caroline Glick .... no one is yet calculating the consequences and repercussions of this policy and what it will mean for long term U.S. interests. Read it all.
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I have always thought Glick's insights very perceptive, and yet, always negative. In her consistently pro-Israel stance (nothing wrong with that) she was bound from the onset to take issue with Obama's attempt to take a more middle ground in the Far East dispute between Arabs and Israelis.
She says here that Obama has failed to do anything about Iran. What would she have Obama do? Launch yhet another war for America while we are mired down in at least two now, possibly going on to our thrid, and then add Iran to the bunch?
It is so easy to say Take strong stand against bad rulers; but also make sure if they are friendly and have oil and are opposed to terror you keep them on your side because to side with The People might bring in Islamic states, opposed to the US in the region.
Short of war, there is nothing much that we can do about Iran that will significantly impact its behavior or nuclear program. What the Obama administration is doing is playing for time .... and that is probably their best policy in the region.
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