Remember during the election of 2008 the question of who would respond best in the case of a 3:00AM call? Once again Obama got the call and once again he fails. In the past 18 days one of the biggest calls for freedom erupted amongst the people of Egypt. Did it just happen? No there were warning signs that the people were not happy. Social networking helped in the mix as younger Egyptians, many out of work, finally made the call to revolt.
But the way the Obama administration handled the situation was not only poor, it aggravated the people and increased more anger. The bungling started with Vice President Biden not even calling Mubarak a dictator, and continued as Obama reached the point were he makes an open call for Mubarak to step down. All of this should have been handled behind the scenes. When Obama did this it angered the people and made them feel like America was against them. Not only did it upset the Egyptians but the entire middle-east now feels that we will abandon them also. The countries now say if you were Egypt's friend and you turned against them you will do the same to us. America has lost the trust of these counties. They feel America is no longer their friend and Israel feels they have no friends at all. They feel alone.
Not only did Obama fail the call he damaged what previous administrations have spent years building. Whoever our next President is it is going to take time to rebuild our relations with these countries, as they go behind Obama and try to pick up the pieces.
Obama fails again.
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