Monday, November 14, 2011

Obama's 'Arab Problem' - Opinion - Al Jazeera English

Obama's 'Arab Problem' - Opinion - Al Jazeera English

Interesting write-up on President Obama's "Arab problem." It occurs to me that while each of the eight republican candidates consider freedom essentially a birthright, when Middle Eastern Countries pursue that same freedom, seven of them feel its a problem.

Its a problem, of course, because the GOP subscribes to a "better the devil you know" approach. As long as these former dictators didn't get too far out of line, we could count on them more or less, to play ball with the United States. We didn't seem too concerned how the citizenry of these countries felt about it. Now that several countries in that region have experienced some historic changes in leadership, Conservatives are suggesting that because those people have chosen freedom in their government, President Obama has put the US in danger.

Many are the same voices that criticized Obama for "leading from behind," where they apparently felt he wasn't doing enough to lead the charge towards regime change in that area.

Excluding Congressman Ron Paul, the seven other Republican candidates are all over the place. They want freedom all over the world, but not if it means Islam grows in official government capacities anywhere. They prattle on how freedom is worth fighting for, but then turn it into a cheap political punch line for campaign purposes. "Isn't freedom great?" They claim, but deride the choice of those in a different pat of the world who simply want to enjoy the same self determinism that our Country was built.

Its hypocritical and makes them look foolish.

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