It is sad that Obama, Clinton and Kerry have so messed up the Middle East with their “Arab Spring” that Vladimir Putin becomes the hero who brings order out of the chaos.
Putin, allies with Assad. His relations with Iran are improving. (Hey, you don’t see masses of people in the streets of Tehran shouting “Death to Putin! Death to Russia!”) Russia sees Syria as a strategic location. They have moved military to the Syrian border. Putin believes Obama’s fingers in the Middle East have left a vacuum that ISIS is filling. Putin is closely aligned with how many American conservatives view Obama’s bungling of it. More bungling on the next page.
From Putin’s UN speech:
Instead of the triumph of democracy and progress, we got violence, poverty and social disaster — and nobody cares a bit about human rights, including the right to life. I cannot help asking those who have forced that situation: Do you realize what you have done?”
A report at Jihad Watch answers:
No, they don’t realize what they have done, and they’re poised to do more of it. And those of us who warned at the time that the “Arab Spring” would not lead to “the triumph of democracy and progress,” but to “violence, poverty and social disaster,” were dismissed and derided as racist, bigoted “Islamophobes.” And no matter how often the establishment analysts get things wrong, and disastrously, and fatally so, they never get called to account, and keep applying the same failed solutions.
Source: Jihad Watch
Bravo! Well said.
Two choices: Either the Obama regime, who encouraged what they named the “Arab Spring” knew exactly the fallout, and wanted to destabilize the Middle East. Or the Obama regime is delusional and really thought having “JV Team”, ISIS, fill the vacuum. That’s a good thing.
Whatever you think of Putin, he is right about Obama. No easy answers, but with pro-Arab apologists like Samantha Powers as Ambassador to the UN, a real confidante, who has the ear of the President, and was one of the architects of the Arab Spring, you can bet what happens next will be more of the same.
Perhaps after Putin is through eliminating ISIS over there, we can invite him here to take on the tens of thousands of Syrian Islamists that Obama is inviting in.
Putin knows what a fool obummer is.
Look like Obama’s plan might be coming together after all! I’ve been saying this for months. Even before the though of Russian hacking came into play!
F**k all you comrad communist moron. You do notbspeak forbtrue Americans..
There will be a fight before that happens.
Putin is correct and has taken perfect advantage of Obamas bungling. They are probably accessing what advantages they will gain from the UN vote against Israel.They too like ” alinsky” and Obama see no reason to waste a crisis.They are out for Russian interests.Our government under Trump will hopefully return to looking out for ours.May Obamas dreams of being the Messiah go with him. Government was created to improve our Union of States and to defend our individual rights.The idea of a united world is a dream.One country will always lead.Just like a country will find one man to lead.If we are not it, someone else will be.So do you want it to be Russia? Obama apparently didn’t think it should be America?
Oh he knows, he succeeded… for now…
If you are accused of a crime etc, you get to defend yourself.obama open his mouth pay the fiddler.
Obama done everything for ISIS except fight on the front lines.
I like Putin he is more President than Obum-ma is. That Muslim Savage should be HUNG FOR TREASON
Max, you sound like you are an intelligent person. But just as many only get their news from right wing sources, you appear to only get yours from left wing and hence down play the many failures of the left.
You appear to scan surface issues and take only the positive without examining underlying causes.
I.e.- like most liberals, you state the economy is much improved under Obama than the condition Bush left it in.
What aspect of government is in charge of spending? Feel free to look it up in the Constitution. Now feel free to look up which party was in control during the time frames you mention.
As with everything government, you have to realize that spin will be applied to the situation.
In addition, the vast amount of power of the president is in perception. Hence he often gets blamed or credited for things largely out of his control. While his voice is significant and can change situations, much, especially economically is out of his direct control.
Hence yes the stock market is up, gas is down somewhat and stabilized. Unemployment is down. All true. But average family income is down, welfare,food stamps, terrorist attacks, etc are up. Social Security benefits have not risen with the times. There are many indicators which are also true which show a dismal economy.
What specific things did the president do to cause any of these?
I point this out because facts can be used to promote agenda by only using facts that agree with your cause, but it does not give a clear picture.
You have shown many valid points. But you have ignored many other points to support your perception. Included in this, you have chosen to insult the site and others.
I do not blame you for this. The current hype is f**e news and so many people jump on this bandwagon proclaiming all they disagree with under the broad brush of such a title.
But just because you disagree or choose to accept some facts as more important does not mean other information is invalid.
I will also point out that insulting others does not often change the other person’s perspective. In fact, they will often double down on their beliefs. Hence if your goal was to persuade others to look at some of the facts from your viewpoint, you likely failed, (as is evidenced by several of the comments.)
Perhaps an argument instead of an actual discussion was your goal. Perhaps you get your feeling of worth in the realm of words and each like you receive is the highlight of your day.
I hope this is not the case as people with your intellect should be working to unite our country, looking at all the facts available to get the best overall picture.
I leave you with a poem to think upon when you engage in such discussions.
So you feel that you are right,
How mighty fine and strong.
But were you ever just as sure
And found out you were wrong?
Good day my friend.