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Obama Carelessness
Bruce Herschensohn’s prescient survey of Obama’s callous foreign policy.
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One of Mr. Herschensohn’s boldest exhortations, and one which differs from every senior member of Congress and every presidential administration in recent memory, is how to deal with the Israeli-Palestinian situation.
After explaining the military history of modern Israel, Herschensohn exposes the lie of “the 1967 lines,” noting that in 1967 the West Bank and the Gaza Strip were the territory of Egypt and Jordan. Thus going back to those lines would not mean the creation of a Palestinian state — which has never existed. While Herschensohn vehemently opposes forcing Israel to give back territory won in wars started by the Arabs, he does agree with his own logical conclusion, telling the Spectator “I believe in a One State Solution called Israel.”
From the so-called “Right of Return” to Barack Obama’s statement that the Palestinians should have “a sovereign and contiguous state,” every aspect of the “peace process” of the last few decades and particularly the current president’s thinking (not that he seems to be thinking about it very much) seem designed to assist the Arabs’ long-term goal of the elimination of Israel. While a one-state solution may seem unrealistically far afield of current thinking both inside and outside the U.S., Bruce Herschensohn’s arguments are thought-provoking and a valuable contribution to a situation that has been hampered by stultified and stagnant thinking, and further hampered by Barack Obama’s destruction of another special relationship.
While the examples noted in this review are all based in or near the Middle East, the point is not a geographical analysis as much as emphasizing the Obama administration’s pattern of mistreating friends and coddling adversaries. In that same vein, Herschensohn has numerous examples of abysmal foreign policy behavior by the Obama administration closer to home, not least being the underreported support of Obama for a leftist president of Honduras who wanted to remain in office despite that nation’s constitution’s term limits provisions. In doing so, Obama opposed Honduras’ supreme court and “the chief elements of democracy in Honduras. Opposing [the rule of law in Honduras] was the government of Castro’s Cuba, the Chavez government of Venezuela, and the Obama administration of the United States of America.”
Given the recent events across the Muslim world, Bruce Herschensohn’s book was unfortunately, but not unexpectedly, prescient. Abandoning allies and projecting weakness has emboldened our competitors and enemies from Egypt to Iran to Russia to North Korea.
In a mere 175 pages of eminently readable prose, Bruce Herschensohn calmly makes a devastating case against the foreign policy of President Barack Hussein Obama and, more importantly, offers readers a foundation on which they can build their own ability to assess American international relations going forward. It is thus a book that, despite its title, is worth reading whether or not Barack Obama wins re-election in November, something our allies probably fear as much as Mitt Romney does.
As we’ve watched UN Ambassador Susan Rice tour the Sunday shows with obvious ignorance or lies, as we see the current administration sell our national security down the river (who can forget Obama telling Russian President — now Prime Minister — Dmitri Medvedev that he will have more “flexibility” to cave in to Russian wishes regarding missile defense if Obama wins his “last election”?), I can only nod my head in appreciative agreement with what Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn once said about Bruce Herschensohn: “If all Americans were like you, America certainly would not perish.”
But then, Barack Obama probably thinks Solzhenitsyn is the captain of the Russian national hockey team…
About the Author
Ross Kaminsky is a self-employed trader and investor and is a senior fellow of the Heartland Institute. He is the host of The Ross Kaminsky Show on Denver’s NewsRadio 850 KOA at 11 AM on most Sundays. You can reach Ross by e-mail at rossputin(at)rossputin(dot)com.
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spike59| 10.3.12 @ 6:35AM
in the case of Benghazi, the president's 'carelessness' led DIRECTLY to four American deaths...if Bush was still President, the MSM would be echoing calls for him to be strung up
TLP| 10.3.12 @ 10:20AM
You still don't get it.
You see it, everyday, in every move he makes, but you REFUSE to believe your own Eyes.
This is about Conquering and Subjugation.
The Muslim's Grandfather was never Tortured by the British. Neither was his Aids Riddled Alcoholic Muslim Father, his make believe Amalgam Girlfriend, or the Guys at the Harvard Law Review that he propositioned for Gay Sex.
None of these things were True.
He is Incapable of telling the Truth.
He is, after all - The One they've been waiting for. "They" being The Dark Armies of The End Times.
We're told that THE ONE will come upon the Scene, at a time of World Wide Catastrophe. That's exactly what he did. He came on to the scene, right after a World Wide Economic Crises, that Threatened the Civilized World.
His entire life, he has been Immersed in Evil. Mentored by Evil. Surrounded by Evil.
He was Raised on the teachings of a God of Murder in the Mosques and Schools that Preach Murder, and Teach Murder.
He has INTENTIONALLY Murdered Hundreds of Innocent Mexicans, in an effort to Disarm Law Abiding US Citizens.
He said NOTHING while Iran Murdered it's people, in the Streets, and Does Nothing, while Assad BUTCHERS the Syrian People by the Thousands.
TLP| 10.3.12 @ 10:24AM
And yet, we're supposed to believe that he waged his Illegal War on Libya, because Khaddafi had killed about 150 of his people.
He throws Mubarek to the Wolves ala Jimmy Carter and the Shah. And, lo and behold, we got the same result. A Radical Islamist State, bent on Domination.
Israel is hopelessly Surrounded, Outmanned and Outgunned. Their only hope has always been The U.S. that hope is gone, now, with this Son of the Father - Abu Hussain - Sitting on the Throne of the World's most Powerful Christian Nation, and Israel's only chance to Survive.
Did you see that "Obamaphone " Creature on YouTube? That is who he seeks out. These are His People. The Rabble. The Scum. Life's Lowest Common Denominator. He's reaching out to Sexual Freaks, the Sodomites, and those who would Murder their Children inside their womb. The Drug Addled, the Convicts, Perverts and the Pedophiles. He seeks to Rally the Worst of the Worst, for one last chance at an Unholy Caliphate, with Israel going first. Then Europe. And, then The United States.
Look at all of the Breadcrumbs that have been scattered all over the landscape, for everyone to see.
LOOK AT THEM! And, believe your eyes.
He knows exactly what he's doing.
You need to think beyond the regular parameters.
And, you need to remember your Lord of the Rings.
THEY ARE COMING.
TLP| 10.3.12 @ 10:33AM
This Book is a Prescient Survey of Obama's callous Foreign Policy.
Please.
It's a Fool's Errand of a book, attempting to Psychoanalyze with 300 Pages of $5 Words, what should only require 2 $1 Words.
OCCAM'S RAZOR.
He's The One they've been waiting for.
Pay Attention!
doramin| 10.3.12 @ 7:07PM
Israel is anything but hopelessly outmanned and outgunned. Were it not for Iran's nukes Israel would be safer than ever.
Its only serious enemies (Egypt and Syria) are both in a state of turmoil and impending collapse. Syria is no longer a national entity let alone an aggressive military power. Egypt is about to collapse in famine and its army is in the process of being purged. Remember how the Ayatollahs beheaded, decimated and demoralized the Shahs once-mighty military in a matter of months.
Israel just needs to do a decapitation strike on Iran's government and the Iranian people will do the rest. Hezbollah will find itself without any friends or protectors (especially if Israel carries out a lighting raid on their Maginot Line and destroys their weapons caches).
The Arab world is in the process of sending itself back to the Dark Ages and they are already in no position to wage modern warfare.
Albert Constantine Jr.| 10.3.12 @ 6:45AM
"As we've watched UN Ambassador Susan Rice tour the Sunday shows with obvious ignorance or lies"...
I don't think I could have written the above sentence without and dangerous being added after obvious.
Who Knows?| 10.3.12 @ 8:28AM
Kudos to Bruce are wonderful.
To be regularly at the tip of the information “spear” about the war on the terror masters, one simply must read what Michael Ledeen writes. His blog, Faster Please, is indispensable.
As all well informed people know, it’s those damned fools in charge of Iran who are THE problem. Get rid of them, and the domino effect in the Middle East would be awesome.
Just as Hitler managed to finagle ultimate power over the German volk, a great and creative nation, the Islamist “Nazis” have done the same in Iran.
May they soon be free! America’s task should be to do everything in our power to make this so.
c. j. acworth| 10.3.12 @ 9:16AM
I just finished reading this article and the preceeding comments, and all I can think to say is "Holy smokes, it's 9:15 and Jack in WI hasn't nuked Israel yet?"
Pecos Pete| 10.3.12 @ 9:28AM
cja: Jack ain't up yet. He'll be here yellin' and screamin' soon enough. But until then, the peace and quite of the comments is soooo pleasant.
Albert Constantine Jr.| 10.3.12 @ 9:53PM
Its the 3rd of the month. Isn't this the day the checks come out, and couldn't that be the reason Jack isn't here?
Pecos Pete| 10.3.12 @ 9:26AM
Ross: Your used the term "Islamic terrorism" and you are now considered a racist by the federal government.
Obama has been a disaster domestically and internationally. Yet, the presidential race is supposed to be close if we are to believe the polls.
I appreciate your review of Herschensohn's book. Don't think I will read it as it will just make me ill.
The Avenger| 10.3.12 @ 10:34AM
not least being the underreported support of Obama for a leftist president of Honduras who wanted to remain in office despite that nation's constitution's term limits provisions. In doing so, Obama opposed Honduras' supreme court and "the chief elements of democracy in Honduras. Opposing [the rule of law in Honduras] was the government of Castro's Cuba, the Chavez government of Venezuela, and the Obama administration of the United States of America."
This is all you meed to know about Obama. He is dangerous and his followers are insane.
Peppermint Tea | 10.3.12 @ 11:07AM
Now don't get all down on Obama. Remember that he was just endorsed by Hugo Chavez.
TLP| 10.3.12 @ 6:05PM
11 Comments.
Pathetic.
Albert Constantine Jr.| 10.3.12 @ 9:54PM
But maybe it is a good place to hold a contest.