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We’ve Been Here Before
On August 14th, 2013 I wrote in this very newsletter a brief summary of
President Obama’s foreign policy as it relates to then issues with Egypt
and the Muslim Brotherhood. Specifically, I asked, “What should the
role of the United States be at this point, if at all? Many people are
upset that taxpayer dollars are used to support foreign powers such as
Egypt, especially if they don't agree with us, but do we (and Israel)
have a long-term interest in making sure that stability is returned to
Egypt?” As I then noted, “The problem is that Egypt represents Barack
Obama's failed leadership. He supported the ousting of Mubarak yet sat
silent as the
Muslim Brotherhood came to power and essentially scrapped the Egyptian
constitution. Now the administration refuses to label the recent
revolution as a “coup,” and its efforts to restore stability by
negotiating with the Muslim Brotherhood have failed.” I concluded,
“Obama's inability to lead has been noticed by Egypt's most powerful man
Gen. Abdel Fatah al-Sissi. I encourage you to read this recent interview
he gave to the Washington Post where it is clear that Egypt feels Obama
has alienated both sides of the mess he helped to create. Republican
Senator Ted Cruz
recently called
Obama's Egypt policy a “stunning diplomatic failure.” I would have to
agree.” Here we are now facing similar comparisons between Hamas and
Israel and I’m still confused as to where the President stands on
Israeli support. I feel like, for the last seven years, we’ve been
asking about where the President stands. |
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"Working Through The Issues" by Mark Simone
I had the pleasure of filling in for Sean today and I really enjoyed our
conversation on John Kerry's efforts to arrange a cease-fire in Israel.
Israel rejected
another cease-fire agreement today and I can't blame them,
honestly. John Kerry said that, "He won't give up and that he's going
to sit down with Israel so they can work through the issues." That might
normally make sense but in this situation, what are the issues? Your
neighbor starts lobbing missiles at you, what's there to negotiate? Do
you know that those missiles cost $600,000? Your people are starving
and you're spending $600,000 per missile, how can they support a regime
like Hamas? Seriously though, we declared war on Japan the very next
day when they bombed us at Pearl Harbor. England started carpet-bombing
Germany when they were attacked.
At this point it's clear that Israel needs to take all of Gaza, any
other solution simply means a postponement of the solution.
>>TV Tonight (10pm ET on Fox News) What would Rand do?
The Kentucky senator lays out how he would handle the border, Russia,
Gaza and beyond if he was president. Plus, does the punishment fit the
crime for NFL star Ray Rice? And, Frank Luntz's bipartisan focus group
tackles Obama's leadership |
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