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**Fegasderty** · 05-27-2010, 02:36 PM

I don't think he's going to. I doubt very much Obama will realize this is somehow an unintended consequence. I believe that his actions speak for themselves. He is looking to extricate the US from the mideast as much as he can. And that means abandoning Israel, as well as abandoning any pretense to support democratic movements in Lebanon, Kurdistan & Egypt. I think Obama is more or less the 'let them kill each other and sort it out that way' thinker. Not quite isolationism but something akin to indifference. That's not to say he won't unwind aid packages to both Egypt and Israel while at the same time offering cash on the barrel deals for weapons tech to any and all comers. Because I think he will. In the meantime he will keep Gen Keith Dayton in place training and equipping the PLO as a face saving effort in the Arab world. I believe he's willing to cede virtually all hard and soft power in the mideast and west Asia to the Chinese, the Russians and Iran.

BTW, DoD Sec Gates recently made a speech, not generally noted in the press, which called for broad and deep cuts to our Blue Water Navy. I'm guessing that Naval Power Projection is also on the decline in America.
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/major-s...oes-ignored/2/
(16-30% cuts in Naval power in the next 20 years)

05-27-2010, 02:36 PM	#3
Fegasderty Join Date Mar 2008 Posts 5,023 Senior Member	I don't think he's going to. I doubt very much Obama will realize this is somehow an unintended consequence. I believe that his actions speak for themselves. He is looking to extricate the US from the mideast as much as he can. And that means abandoning Israel, as well as abandoning any pretense to support democratic movements in Lebanon, Kurdistan & Egypt. I think Obama is more or less the 'let them kill each other and sort it out that way' thinker. Not quite isolationism but something akin to indifference. That's not to say he won't unwind aid packages to both Egypt and Israel while at the same time offering cash on the barrel deals for weapons tech to any and all comers. Because I think he will. In the meantime he will keep Gen Keith Dayton in place training and equipping the PLO as a face saving effort in the Arab world. I believe he's willing to cede virtually all hard and soft power in the mideast and west Asia to the Chinese, the Russians and Iran. BTW, DoD Sec Gates recently made a speech, not generally noted in the press, which called for broad and deep cuts to our Blue Water Navy. I'm guessing that Naval Power Projection is also on the decline in America. http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/major-s...oes-ignored/2/ (16-30% cuts in Naval power in the next 20 years)
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