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The Obama Watch
The Hurt Can Be Much
Obama’s Romeo policies threaten Israel’s security and much else.
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A year and a half into this administration, we see the utter failure of Obama foreign policy. He left our Eastern European allies — Poland, Hungary, the Czechs — in the lurch, yanking away an anti-missile defense program that would have protected them not only from Iranian missiles but also from Russian pressures.
This was done, the very smart Beltway types told us, so that Russia would join us in putting pressure on the Iranians. Russia did vote for watered-down economic sanctions against Iran.
Then, promptly, it signed an agreement with the Iranians to help them develop nuclear power plants. If you can build a nuclear power plant, you can build a nuclear bomb. Russia is playing a double game.
President Obama says he wants to avoid a nuclear arms race in the Mideast. That would be nice.
But under his policies, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates have all announced plans to develop nuclear power plants.
It’s hard to imagine what Hillary Clinton must be thinking of all this. She left a safe seat in the U.S. Senate to join this administration. She has been taunted — on left-wing blogs, of all places — for allowing Barack Obama to put her in a “foreign policy burka.”
When Hillary ran against Obama in 2008, her most effective campaign ad was one that showed a telephone ringing at 3 a.m. It was intended to warn Americans of the dangers of having an inexperienced president taking that crisis call in the middle of the night. Little did Hillary realize that she might be the one making that crisis call.
It seems as if we are sleepwalking into danger. Is there anybody in this administration who is awake?
About the Author
Ken Blackwell, the former mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio is Vice Chairman of the Republican National Committee’s Platform Committee. He also serves on the boards of the Club For Growth and the National Taxpayers Union.
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michigander_sandusky| 8.19.10 @ 7:38AM
Pretty sad commentary when Hillary actually looks like she would have been a better alternative than Barry Hussein. Please, someone wake me up from this horrible nightmare!
Alan Brooks| 8.19.10 @ 4:47PM
Ahmadinejad has got to be sent to that great Persian rug shop in the sky.
If only there were a Claus von Stauffenberg in Iran.
Cassandra| 8.19.10 @ 8:12AM
Why should anyone awaken? William Borah told FDR just before Pearl Harbor that there won't be any war. Actually we've been at war long before 9/11. we roused a bit then went back to sleep.
Mimi| 8.19.10 @ 8:32AM
Thanks Ken, The hurt is too much and that is because of the pressed down ANGER. How did we ever put this " KID " in the White house? Is he a Saudi-Soros BOY? I know this: America always fixes errors and mistakes! Always she is protected by Divine Providence, this ANOMALY will end!!!
Beer for My Horses| 8.19.10 @ 9:22AM
The U.S. should lease its stealth technoligy to the Israelis and then let them have at it with Iran. It won't be pretty, but it will buy the Israelis and the West about a decade to deal with the Iranian problem.
Red Phillips | 8.19.10 @ 2:50PM
"Obama's Romeo policies threaten Israel's security and much else."
That's funny. I thought that Americans were supposed to be concerned about whether or not Obama's policies threaten America's security, not some foreign country. Silly me.
Cabermon| 8.19.10 @ 11:23PM
I'm glad I'm not your friend or ally, since you obviously would not support or defend them. Methinks thou art a very small man, like Blackadder.
Mad Max| 8.20.10 @ 5:34AM
Do you remember my movie "Beyond Thunderdome"? I had to fight a dumb giant who had a smart midget sitting on this shoulders. Each had a club to hit you with, and the midget gave the orders. That's where we are now.
Howard| 8.20.10 @ 3:37PM
That may be true, Red. But, do you think Iran would respect us if we appeased them? Regardless of Israel, Iran isn't going to play nice with us.
Saint Marching In| 8.20.10 @ 5:37AM
If Israel pulls us into armageddon and I don't get raptured up, who can I sue?
Believer| 8.23.10 @ 2:55PM
Hey Saint marching I dont like making religious comments as readers usually dont bother reading them but In the book of Ezekiel it says of that coming war that Israel will be 7 months burying the dead of their enemy's. Lets just hope America will be on the right side.
GW Bush| 8.20.10 @ 5:39AM
"If even one of those cargo containers held weapons of mass destruction -- anthrax, nerve gas"
So that's what happened to the WMDs! I always knew they were there somewhere. I grew up with sneaky commies, and now we got sneaky islammies.
greghawk| 8.20.10 @ 6:05AM
You voted for this administration, thanks for nothing!
Oso Politico| 8.20.10 @ 8:22PM
Does even Blackwell himself believe this unadulterated bullshit? There is absolutely no evidence what-so-ever that Iran is developing nuclear weapons, and so what, if they did? Israel has 100-200 real nuclear devices. They can defend themselves, if need be. Does the US have the right to say who shall, or shall not, have the means to defend themselves? The last I read, it was Mullen who was threatening Iran, not the other way around.
W.L. Barton| 8.22.10 @ 1:31PM
Hell with Israel. They can handle themselves, and keep their hands out of our pockets. The miserly beggars. No wonder God called them "a stiff necked people".
And Blackwell, in my opinion, is Diebold's BOY.
Michele San Pietro| 8.22.10 @ 5:40PM
Obama in really acting like a madman in the Middle East.
Joanna | 6.6.11 @ 4:42AM
What an interesting article- I hope to read more like this, thanks!UTI Treatment