Despite big demonstrations and Syrian police opening fire on protestors, Obama isn't going to intervene in Syria. In Egypt, Obama said that the demonstrations showed that Mubarak had lost the support of the Egyptian people. But Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad is viewed as "a reformer" despite firing on his citizens? Do we really want to get into a debate over whether Libya had the worst dictatorship? Does anyone really believe that there aren't lots of countries that are at least as bad? What is next bombing Cuba or North Korea? It will be interesting to see whether Obama can provide more of a logical rationale for why he is at war with some countries and not others.
Related Posts
Some reaction to Obama getting the Nobel Peace PrizeFrom the London Times:Gasps echoed through the Nobel Hall in Oslo yesterday as Barack Obama was unveiled as the winner - Russians may have taken down Twitter, Facebook, and LiveJournal while trying to stop a Georgian BloggerSo what does the US government say to the Russians when they disrupt the operation of a few American businesses. ABC N
- "Biden Says Violence May Cause Disengagement From"Is this really the message that you want to send to the other side? The article entitled "Biden Says Violence May Caus
- Chinese Government Denying Visas to Former Olympic ChampionsOne would think that the International Olympic Committee would get a commitment from the host country to let in people
- The Obama Libyan messThis is from someone at Brookings attacking Obama's policies. I still don't understand why we are involved in Libya bu
- "Political optics" drives Obama's Iraq policyConcern about costs are a fine reason to include in making foreign policy decisions. Concerns about short term politic
Obama's inconsistent foreign policy: Libya and Syria
4/
5
Oleh
abudzar
