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Title: Flip Flop: Now Obama wants Yemeni leader out
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The American Thinker
URL Source: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog ... flop_now_obama_wants_yeme.html
Published: Apr 4, 2011
Author: Rick Moran
Post Date: 2011-04-04 12:47:36 by Happy Quanzaa
Keywords: Obama-doma-ding-dong, Obamatuer Hour, Obama bin Laden
Views: 3431
Comments: 14
If this is Monday, that means another Obama foreign policy 180. We've seen it in Egypt when we first backed Mubarak and then did an about face and said he should go. We saw it in Libya where for weeks the administration was saying there would be no "no fly zone" or any military action against Gaddafi - until there was. Now we've turned our backs on Yemen's president Saleh after weeks of standing behind him. New York Times: The Obama administration had maintained its support of President Ali Abdullah Saleh in private and refrained from directly criticizing him in public, even as his supporters fired on peaceful demonstrators, because he was considered a critical ally in fighting the Yemeni branch of Al Qaeda. This position has fueled criticism of the United States in some quarters for hypocrisy for rushing to oust a repressive autocrat in Libya but not in strategic allies like Yemen and Bahrain. That position began to shift in the past week, administration officials said. While American officials have not publicly pressed Mr. Saleh to go, they have told allies that they now view his hold on office as untenable, and they believe he should leave. A Yemeni official said that the American position changed when the negotiations with Mr. Saleh on the terms of his potential departure began a little over a week ago. Some might say that Obama's foreign policy appears to be an incoherent mish mash. But you would be wrong to think that. This is "smart power" and "nuance." Actually thinking about having a coherent foreign policy is so...so...George Bush. It's just not the fashion, you see?
The United States, which long supported Yemen's president, even in the face of recent widespread protests, has now quietly shifted positions and has concluded that he is unlikely to bring about the required reforms and must be eased out of office, according to American and Yemeni officials.
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#2. To: Happy Quanzaa (#0)
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We did not "first back Mubarak"...we backed Mubarak leaving with an orderly transition...which, by all appearances, is happening...
Don't forget to take your burka if you go over there to tour the pyramids.
You'll never see a fundy government in Egypt...
Ri-i-i-i-ght, you keep on believing that. What's going to happen in No. African is a pan-Arab Muslim Brotherhood alliance between post revolutionary Libya & Egypt, or at least eastern Libya if Moammar manages to hold some real estate. That's what's going to happen, you can take that to the Mosque and tell it Mohammad Himself, praise be to the Prophet.
It's most westernized nation in the region. You're simply underscoring the ignorance of Americans. You're good at that.
Iran was the most westernized nation in the region, in 1977. BTW, the U.S. won't even be westernized anymore if your boy Barry Hussein gets his Hopey-Changy implemented. OBAMA AKBAR!
You type a lot of stupid things. This just leapt to #1.
#13. To: war (#12)
I thought it was a pretty good wisecrack, you Libs have no sense of humor.
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/LatestWe've seen it in Egypt when we first backed Mubarak...
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an orderly transition
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#9. To: Happy Quanzaa (#5)
Ri-i-i-i-ght, you keep on believing that.
#10. To: war (#9)
It's most westernized nation in the region.
#12. To: Happy Quanzaa (#10)
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BTW, the U.S. won't even be westernized anymore if your boy Barry Hussein gets his Hopey-Changy implemented.
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