Middle East and the 2012 Race

The Hill: Report on the reaction in the US to the murders in Libya, the article notes the following, " Violence in the post-Arab Spring Middle East threatened to upset the presidential race Wednesday.. ".

Lets Get Real:

Just ask Jimmy Carter how a Middle East blowing up in your face can make you a 1 term President and most disliked since Richard Nixon, sorry worse that even Nixon. The Republicans ticket has already been highly critical of the Oval for it lack of action when the US Flag was torn down from its post at US Embassy in Cairo, Egypt. Thus expect the Republicans to attack Obama for being weak on the War on Terror, the quote that the Oval was leading from behind in the Libyan War will come back to haunt the the Obama White House. The DNC made a point that Obama was a hawk when it came to Foreign Policy, thus the death of OBL, WELL the voters are going to ask what is the Oval going to do about the murders in Libya and the Muslim Brotherhood in charge in Egypt. A lot can happen in eight weeks folks, the story of the Middle East never ends, just one crisis after another, lets see what the Oval does to deal with the killers of US Diplomats and US Marines.

Libyan Murders - Libyan Crisis

Guardian Live - Libya: Has the following post, " ..a total of 13 people were killed: four Americans, four of the attackers and five of the national army. Again, this is unconfirmed at present... ".

Lets Get Real:

Lets see what President Obama does, the new Libyan Government has condemned the attacks, lets see what the investigation finds out, who was behind the attacks, was it Gaddafi supporters who are still fighting the civil war, or Islamic extremists who used a anti Muslim film on the internet as a reason to attack the US Consulate. Of course it could be Al Qaeda, lets see what a detailed search finds. Lets not rush to judgement folks, that would be a mistake, better to KNOW 100% of the story first. This blog still suspects Al Qeada.

Who, Why, - Libyan Murders

Telegraph Live: Reports the following in its 11.57am post, " ..senior Libyan official has blamed the attack on supporters of the former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed last October .. ".

Lets Get Real:

If this is true would make sure that the new leaders in Libya didn't get the blame for the lack of security for the US Consulate, on the other hand this attack seems rather well planned, on 9/11, it could be revenge for the death of OBL, it could be the work of Al Qaeda, if it turns out to be Al Qaeda then the Oval has a problem, it would show its drone strikes are not working, this blog has no problem with drone strikes, more the merrier to be honest, even if innocent people are killed, that is the price of WAR. But and here is the capital BUT, they have to WORK, if it was Al Qaeda then the drones strikes are taking out terrorists that should be caught and forced to hand over what ever info they have, by any means. Also as a result those innocents that are being killed would not be hurt, this is not about the quality of mercy folks, its about results, What ever works, IF the Obama kill list is not working, and its BIG IF, then Obama got a lucky shot with OBL, the rest of his policy is open to question. Lets see what the CIA/FBI find out about the attack, local or part of Al Qaeda. It could effect the outcome of the November election folks.

US Libyan Ambassador Killed - Libya

BBC News: Reports on the deaths of the US Ambassador to Libya J Christopher Stevens and three other US Diplomats after the US Consulate in Libya was attacked by Islamic extremists.

Lets Get Real:

This is sad news from Libya and the families of those killed are in the thoughts of this blog. The political reaction could be VERY negative for the Oval, one of the main fight backs at the DNC was the argument that President Obama was strong when it came to Foreign Policy, this has taken a battering with the row with the Israeli PM over a meeting and now these deaths. Lets be very frank folks, it does not take much courage to order a hit as Obama has done with Al Qaeda terrorists leaders, the only people that would object are extreme liberals. At the of the day its drone strike in the badlands of the Afghan/Pakistan border. The real make or break decisions are when you place large troop footprint on the ground, yes Obama has done surges in Afghanistan, and then give a timetable for when they are leaving, the Taliban really love that idea. In the Libyan War the Oval lead from behind, the main PR was done by the UK and France, Obama is scared stiff of losing the left wing base of the Democratic Party, thus do not expect much US action in response to the murder of the US Ambassador, it would take boots on the ground, something the Oval can not afford eight weeks out of an election. The same with the Iran crisis, Obama has snubbed the Israeli PM and his request for a meeting, the Israeli PM was expected to ask when the US was going to take action in Iran. The Oval is NEVER going to strike Iran, the Oval's main plan is to keep Israel from taking action and then accepting a nuclear armed Iran. This is why Tehran does not care what the Oval says, they have his number.