It can all be traced back to the failure of the Obama Administration to negotiate a status of force agreement with the Iraqi government in 2009 like the ones that have allowed American troops to stay put in places like Germany and Korea and keep the peace for decades. Had this happened, there would still be plenty to sort out in Iraq, but they would have had the time to do it without outside threats and the U.S. would have made sure that no one side got too far out of line while the process was taking place. Gone. It's all gone now and there is no real hope of getting it back. This begs the larger question: what the Sam Hill is U.S. policy in the Middle East? A very provocative article says that our goals are now the same as Osama bin Laden's.
Clare Lopez was a CIA field ops supervisor for 20 years in the Middle East and says unequivocally that:
"... Obama’s actions, or inaction, that reveals his blueprint for the Middle East and Northern Africa is to let the warring jihadi factions, the Sunnis and the Shiites, divide the region into two spheres of influence, and for the U.S. to withdraw."
She goes on to say that:
“I can just see the pattern that is enabling the rise of Islam, empowering the Muslim Brotherhood domestically and abroad, alienating and distancing ourselves from our friends and allies and debilitating the American military.”
I agree. If you look at Obama's actions and more importantly non-actions going back to the failure to negotiate the status of forces agreement in Iraq, staying out of the Green Revolution in Iran, to Libya, supporting the rise of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, and the active non-support of Israel against Hamas in Gaza, the pattern is very clear. The "why" is not, but it is the same vision articulated by the late bin Laden (may he not rest in peace) and that is something the American people should be demanding that our erstwhile CINC explain. Pronto.
www.wnd.com/2014/08/cia-expert-obama-osama-share-mideast-goal/
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