Foreign Policy: In Yemen, Saudi Arabia bombs Iranian-backed forces. In Iraq, the U.S. bombs so Iran won't be boss there. The poison from President Obama's "New Beginning" with Mideast Muslims just keeps spreading.
Someone would have to be blind not to notice that something new — and terrifying — is happening in the Middle East while Obama has been running U.S. foreign policy.
And it's getting worse.
As the New York Times pointed out on Thursday, "Yemen is now the fourth state to veer toward political disintegration in the aftermath of the Arab Spring revolts that first erupted four years ago."
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| A Phony |
It is no coincidence that these upheavals got underway after Obama, in the first year of his presidency, gave his "New Beginning" speech at Cairo University.
There, he apologized for the 1953 Iran coup, which saved that country from Soviet dominance, and snubbed our longtime ally Hosni Mubarak, who soon found himself ousted from power as president of Egypt.
Deeds followed words, as Obama withdrew U.S. troops from both Iraq and Afghanistan before their missions were anywhere near complete.
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| A Leader |
So after the destabilization of Egypt (eventually halted, thankfully, by the nation's military), and the inconceivable rise of the savage Islamic State, now the Saudis find themselves this week having to bomb Iranian-backed Houthi rebel strongholds in bordering Yemen, attempting to restore the government Obama touted as an anti-terrorist success story.Read the rest of the story HERE.
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