US Failed Foreign Policy in Mid East Very Dangerous

As you may remember the initial going in the Afghanistan war wasn't all that easy and we got bogged down militarily. Suddenly there appeared to be a breakthrough and it centered around Hamid Karzai, the current president. It turns out that it was a very duplicitous situation with him, with his ties into the terrorists, the Taliban, drug dealing, and other criminal activities. In looking for an easy way out, it was a deal with the devil. It is now coming back to bite us. Not only is he corrupt, but he has no loyalty to the United States whatsoever. As we withdraw there is no telling what might happen; a terrorist Islamic state is very possible.

In Iraq, in spite of the loss of many American lives, thousands severely wounded, and close to $1 trillion spent, our efforts there may fade away, as well. Iran, essentially unchecked, has been pouring in weapons and money to the Shiite militias helping to kill Americans and purposely de-stabilizing the country. When the people of Iran rose up against the existing theocracy, we did nothing whatsoever, even failing to offer verbal support while people were slaughtered in the streets. This was a missed opportunity and a major failure by the United States. The citizens of Iran were looking for some words of support from America. Mohsen Milani, chairman of the government and international relations department at the University of South Florida recently called the U.S. pull out of Iraq as “an unprecedented strategic gift to the Islamic Republic of Iran". As we leave Iran's influence will increase dramatically creating internal battles with a probable result of still another radical Islamic nation. All of our American blood and money would have been wasted.

Syria is already a radical Islamic state. The dictatorship of Syria has recently murdered thousands of their own people and continues to be a sponsor of terrorism. Our response has been weak.

Although there existed some dictatorships in the remainder of the Mid East, there was at least some degree of stability. Yet we supported the elimination of some of the dictators and the uprising of "the people", without knowing who they were. A vacuum is being created. One thing that is known, however, is that the groups that are organized have strains of Islamic radicalism within them. The Muslim Brotherhood are one, if you look at the real facts there are strong strains of radicalism within, despite of reports otherwise. So, through our foreign policy, or lack thereof, we have allowed total chaos to exist throughout the Mid East. Unrest and pockets of radical Islam exist in Libya, Pakistan, Yemen, the Sudan, Jordan, Egypt, and Kuwait. Turkey who was considered a pro western democracy, is also leaning more toward its' strong Islamic roots. In both Libya and Egypt already there have been announcements of an Islamic takeover in place of the deposed leaders.

Recently the United Nations offered a platform for Palestine to become an independent state within Israel. Yet Palestine does not even recognize Israel's right to exist, with elements calling for the annihilation of Israel. Hamas, the Palestinian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood who is the ideological cousin of Al-Qaeda has gained full control of the Gaza Strip. Every Palestinian political party operates a militia. This includes Hamas, Fatah, and PFLP (Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine). They are all listed as terrorist organizations by the United States and the European Union.

It gets much worse. Iran who has repeatedly called for the destruction of Israel is well on its' way to developing nuclear weapons. The Sunday London Times recently reported that Iran will have nuclear weapons in 6 months. Whether this is correct or not, it will be soon. The President of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, presents himself as a mad man driven to destroy Israel. You can be sure that Israel will not just sit back and let it happen. They have excellent intelligence and when they feel that a nuclear strike is imminent they will strike first...they have no choice. They are a very small country bounded by hostile nations who are in a state of chaos and most likely headed toward Islamic radicalism.

In the absence of any strong world leadership by the United States; with widespread unrest in the Mid East with the threat of even more radical Islamic theocracies arising; couple all this with Iran with nuclear weapons...Israel will become a certain flash point for World War III. Not only World War III, the situation will become so desperate that it will become a NUCLEAR World War III. When it begins, many other nations throughout the world will be drawn in, including the United States. Russia is already Iran friendly, and China appears to be the same.

The failure of the United States to have any clear foreign policy and position toward the Mid East has helped, significantly, to lead to this. The failure of the United Sates to exercise world leadership, as in the past, has invited this. The failure of the United States to unequivocally support Israel has emboldened those who want to destroy Israel.

We have an extremely dangerous situation that now exists in the Mid East that can be directly attributed to our failed foreign policy.