Obama on the Middle East

The White House: The full text of President Obama’s Middle East Speech. This speech folks was a bore, this political geek almost feel asleep half way through it, yes typical of Obama’s speeches, it was okay, not that high on rhetoric, the most interesting aspect of the speech was the words of POTUS on Syria and Iran, “ The Syrian people have shown their courage in demanding a transition to democracy. President Assad now has a choice: he can lead that transition, or get out of the way. The Syrian government must stop shooting demonstrators and allow peaceful protests; release political prisoners and stop unjust arrests; allow human rights monitors to have access to cities like Dara’a; and start a serious dialogue to advance a democratic transition. Otherwise, President Assad and his regime will continue to be challenged from within and isolated abroad. Thus far, Syria has followed its Iranian ally, seeking assistance from Tehran in the tactics of suppression. This speaks to the hypocrisy of the Iranian regime, which says it stand for the rights of protesters abroad, yet suppresses its people at home. Let us remember that the first peaceful protests were in the streets of Tehran, where the government brutalized women and men, and threw innocent people into jail. We still hear the chants echo from the rooftops of Tehran. The image of a young woman dying in the streets is still seared in our memory. And we will continue to insist that the Iranian people deserve their universal rights, and a government that does not smother their aspirations. Our opposition to Iran’s intolerance – as well as its illicit nuclear program, and its sponsorship of terror – is well known…”. The line that Assad has to reform or get out the way is nice but what is POTUS going to do if Syria as Iran has done tells Obama to get lost. One can postulate not a lot, Obama will never take military action when it comes to Syria, his actions in Libya have been tepid. Obama stated the following on US action in Libya, “ Unfortunately, in too many countries, calls for change have been answered by violence. The most extreme example is Libya, where Moammar Gaddafi launched a war against his people, promising to hunt them down like rats. As I said when the United States joined an international coalition to intervene, we cannot prevent every injustice perpetrated by a regime against its people, and we have learned from our experience in Iraq just how costly and difficult it is to impose regime change by force – no matter how well-intended it may be. But in Libya, we saw the prospect of imminent massacre, had a mandate for action, and heard the Libyan people’s call for help. Had we not acted along with our NATO allies and regional coalition partners, thousands would have been killed. The message would have been clear: keep power by killing as many people as it takes. Now, time is working against Gaddafi. He does not have control over his country. The opposition has organized a legitimate and credible Interim Council. And when Gaddafi inevitably leaves or is forced from power, decades of provocation will come to an end, and the transition to a democratic Libya can proceed. ”. The US has withdrawn combat planes from the Libyan action, it been up to the UK and France to remove Gaddafi, one has to wonder does Obama share a bunker with Gaddafi, he has not mentioned Libya in weeks. The term has been coined as leading from behind, well Obama is so far back he is on Everest. Lets see what does Obama say about Peace process between Israel and Palestine, “ So while the core issues of the conflict must be negotiated, the basis of those negotiations is clear: a viable Palestine, and a secure Israel. ”. This blog lives in the real world, not in the pocket of the New York Times, this statement is just rubbish, no wonder this blog has called POTUS, the wisest fool in Christendom, before liberals start, this was an original political attack on King James 1. You can either have a secure Israel or a real Palestine State, you cant have both folks. Also what is Obama thinking with the above line, “ Two wrenching and emotional issues remain: the future of Jerusalem, and the fate of Palestinian refugees. ”, folks this is the real world, Jerusalem is going to stay Israeli, does not matter what Obama wants or thinks should happen, also the poor Palestinian refugees will never COME BACK, if Obama does not get that fact, then this blog is sorry for him. Poor man he has not grown in office, he still thinks he is Community Organizer in Chicago.