Is President Obama's Middle East Policy Now In Shambles?

New Attack On Americans; Obama Foreign Policy In Disarray -- Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post

The political media saw yesterday’s events through the prism of a presidential campaign. But in fact it was a national security development with long-term implications for U.S. foreign policy, including widespread doubt about the administration’s approach to the region and, in the short run, our decision to give more than a billion in aid to the Muslim Brotherhood-controlled government of Egypt.

Today, attacks on Americans continued, evidence that our reaction yesterday did nothing to deter would-be assailants. The newest target was in Yemen. Reuters reported: “Hundreds of Yemeni demonstrators broke through the main gate of the heavily fortified compound in eastern Sanaa, shouting, ‘We sacrifice ourselves for you, Messenger of God.’ Earlier they smashed windows of security offices outside the embassy and burned cars.” Apparently, expressions of sympathy for hurt feelings was not enough to quell the anti-American sentiments of jihadists. Well, it never is, is it?

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Update: Storming Embassies, Killing Ambassadors, and ‘Smart’ Diplomacy -- Victor Davis Hanson

My Comment: It will be hard to argue that President Obama's Middle East policy is working. On the flip side .... I would like to hear what a Mitt Romney administration would do if they were in the White House .... but aside from framing their remarks differently .... I doubt that there will be any significant changes in U.S. policy towards the Middle East. The sad reality is that the entire region is in turmoil with radical Islamists leading the unrest .... and the U.S. (and everyone else) are powerless to stop it.