Obama Administration and the Middle East Crisis
There is no evidence the Obama Administration has any idea how dangerous the
world is becoming, or that it has a plan to deal with them. The Emerging
Crises in the Middle East by Newt Gingrich
While Americans have been focused on the economy and domestic politics, the
Middle East has been deteriorating in very threatening ways.
Events have begun to turn against the United States, Israel, and freedom in
the Middle East.
Consider the following developments:
The Iranians are on offense in Iraq and the United States is losing ground.
The radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has called for his followers to stop
killing Americans on the grounds that it could delay our departure, but
warned that if our troops do not leave by the end of the year, his attacks
will resume. American military leaders have publicly testified that Iranians
are providing equipment, training, and intelligence to help kill Americans.
Yet nothing is being done to stop Iran.
The Obama Administration’s decision to reduce the American military presence
in Iraq to 3,000 creates the potential for a catastrophic disaster. Since
the Army deploys in brigades of 5,000, splitting up a brigade can only
signify a political calculation. Yet, a small American military force will
not be able to defend itself. The Obama Administration is creating a
tempting target for the Iranian radicals to see if they can humiliate us. It
would be much safer to pull all the troops out than to leave so few that
they are in peril.
The American Embassy in Baghdad is an absurdity. It was designed when we
were on the way to being the dominant power in Iraq. It covers too much
space, has too much staff, and requires 3,650 people to defend it on a
billion dollar contract, while thousands more work inside. Sustaining
something on this scale is going to be very expensive and yield no results
of comparable value. This embassy should be closed and a very modest and
defensible building should replace it.
The Turkish government has become increasingly Islamist in its language and
policies and is rapidly reversing the 90-year legacy of Ataturk's efforts to
create a modern, open Turkey. The Turkish flotilla to Gaza last year was so
clearly in violation of international law that even the United Nations has
said Israel was right and Turkey was wrong.
This enraged the Turkish government, and it is threatening to send a new
flotilla to Gaza defended by Turkish warships. This could lead to a
Turkish-Israeli confrontation that could be very dangerous.
The Iranians announced in September 2011 that their first nuclear reactor was going on
line in a public demonstration of their determination to become a nuclear
power.
Bashar al-Assad, the dictator of Syria and ally of Iran, continues to kill
his own people with Iranian help. While some pro-American governments have
fallen, pro-Iranian dictators are being sustained.
Egyptian radicals are building pressure for a diplomatic break with Israel,
ending the 33-year peace process, which has made the region more stable and
less dangerous. Mob attacks on the Israeli Embassy in Cairo are an indicator
of the potential hostility which could explode and reshape the region.
As I wrote in August 2011, the United Nations General Assembly is on the
verge of recognizing a Palestinian state in a unilateral step which will
embolden the radicals and put Israel in greater danger. Meanwhile, even the
"moderate" Palestinians indicate this is not a step toward peace but merely
an interim step in Palestinian statehood forced on Israel.
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