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Friday, June 26, 2009

Arab Democracy Advocates Upset With Obama

 "America is still the abiding alternative to tyranny. That is our purpose in the world." Ronald Reagan "Freedom's never more than 1 generation away from extinction We didn't pass it to children in bloodstream it must be fought for"
President Obama's weak response to Iranian government's reign of terror against its own people, not only goes against the most basic of American values, but it has also struck fear in the hearts of those looking to bring freedom and democracy to the Middle East. Not Just in Iran, but in the Arab world also. The democracy activist  is afraid  the weakness that President Obama has shown in condemning the Iranian actions will empower other oppressive regimes to crack down on their people.

As reported in WAPO today:

The frustration [of Arab Democracy Activists] comes against a backdrop of deep-rooted skepticism among pro-democracy activists that U.S. policies under President Obama will help transform the region, despite his vow to engage the Muslim world in a highly publicized speech here last month. Some view Obama's response to Iran's protests, muted until Tuesday, as a harbinger of U.S. attitudes toward their own efforts to reform their political systems. The Egyptian government, they note, is a key American ally, and U.S. pressure on Egypt for reforms began subsiding in the last years of the Bush administration.


"When Obama does not take a stance, the very next day these oppressive regimes will regard this as a signal. This is a test for his government," said Ayman Nour, a noted Egyptian opposition politician who was recently released from jail. "If they can turn a blind eye to their enemy, they can turn a blind eye to any action here in Egypt."
The Egyptians are also upset that at least the Iranians got tepid support Egyptian revolutionaries do not recive even that:

"Here, in the last presidential election, the police used live ammunition," Sharkawy said. "Why didn't the West speak out against what was happening to us, when we had much smaller numbers? You become skeptical. We understand the United States and the West will pursue their own interests. They don't want a strong Egyptian government that will have separate opinions from the West."
..."It makes me think of 2011 -- our next presidential election,I think we will become like the people they are beating up in Iran now."
Those are ominous words, with the President busily beating up on our ally Israel and insulting our allies in Europe such as France and Great Britian, It is doubtful that the President will have the savvy to act different in 2011.

To read the Entire WAPO article click here:
Arab Activists Watch Iran And Wonder: 'Why Not Us?'

3 comments:

Carol_Herman said...

FROM CAROL HERMAN

True, Obama doesn't have a "come back trail," yet. But he's also not performing in tip top shape. He made one of the biggest mistakes. He went all out for an agenda; that has no grip on reality. Not anywhere!

Some day soon enough you'll see what happens when you set out to do "big things" ... But the show's outcomes are not yet in place.

What puts politicians on notice? Oddly enough they worry, and they take polls. Just to test out how they are doing.

Nothing new to this. You'd actually see Mofaz rushing around Livni, just to get some media attention. And, if you wanted to, you could worry.

But for Bibi? It's just another "chess man's move" on the Israeli political scene. Might not amount to much.

Given that Livni also has teeth.

There's another truth. American Jews don't follow Bibi's daily activities. And, what they know about Livni you could stuff in a thimble.

Ya know why? Politics is local.

While Obama tried to do something that smarter chess players who have seen as "unnecessary exposure" to your king.

Is politics like a chess game? Well, when it's not a tennis match.

Carol_Herman said...

FROM CAROL HERMAN

If you want to believe what you read, then go ahead.

Meanwhile, this may come as a shock, but Michael Jackson wasn't ready to perform. And, he didn't have the courage to seek real help. And, go into a rehab hospital. (Why to do so would have meant he'd have to give up taking his drug cocktails.) Promises not withstanding, that was just never going to happen.

You also think Obama is popular, because that's the message the American press puts out. (Did you know that McCain was selected by the American press? The GOP got bamboozled into believing the press would push the brain dead candidate over the top.)

If the 2008 race was a horse race, you'd have seen tractors pulling two horses to the finish line. Popularity wasn't among the choices.

Just like in iran. Where, thanks to the mullahs, they can steal an election where their front runner came in 3rd.

Can it happen elsewhere? Don't think that politicians aren't investigating ways to "fool all the people all of the time."

Oh, there's another American reality. The Depression is here. Businesses at the retail level are suffering. And, Obama plans to "increase" employment by giving out lousy jobs at minimum wage. Where you can "work for the government." And, maybe? Sell stuff on eBay so you can pay your overhead.

The numbers are very funny.

And, sooner, rather than later, you'll be able to tell if Obama has coattails. Or not.

Here's an example. By 2008 the Bush "legacy" had been shorn of it's coattails. Even for fundraisers, there were repooplicans who told Dubya to stay home.

Didn't help. The brain dead candidate lost. Just as the democraps discovered in 2004. They picked John Kerry to save money. His wife was supposed to pay for his campaign. She was angrier than Ruth Madoff when it was over. (While the gigolo is who he is.)

I'm not worried. Bibi Netanyahu is used to the political winds; he can handle himself well, whether down or up.

Let's say Obama doesn't stop using a stick on Israel, here? Isn't it possible that Jimmy Carter has exhausted the people who automatically voted for donks? You don't think so? Do you know how Reagan won in 1980?

If it were set to music, it would be called "The March of the Blue Collar Worker." Reagan won because the unions couldn't control America's work force.

Please take heart. Don't assume all events ahead are terrible. While don't assume, either, Obama can be saved by his teleprompter. Celebrity fades. It gets stale faster than milk left out on the table.

Carol_Herman said...

FROM CAROL HERMAN

"The next American election," and beyond will be accomplished on Twitter. The old media won't be able to keep up. And, news will fade from view even faster than news ink on paper. That's just the way it is.

I just think it escapes people's attention, at this time, that the "expected show" ... is about on par with the terror Michael Jackson felt. After accepting $10-million-dollars. But then knowing he couldn't go on stage. (Some say he "got stage fright.") I'm not so sure.

You reach a time where your past your due date. Michael couldn't jump, tap and dance the same way he could 25 years ago.

Of course, there are the dreamers. Who fork over money for tickets to "come back shows."

Bill Clinton earned "come back" status, because people believed him on the ISSUES. That his pants dropped around his ankles? There was once a time it had to be said, "that Richard Nixon put his pants on, in the morning, just like everybody else."

Politicians are no different, in terms of facing fears, than when they have to actually accomplish a goal.

Heck, back in Lincoln's day, George McLellan discovered the union would send him everything he requested. Congress was a deep money pot. But it inflicted a price. He couldn't move. He wouldn't follow Lee's army. And, for 4 years Lincoln suffered, because he did not know whom to promote "next."

Well, you just couldn't walk in and fire Michael Jackson, either. Think of all the money at stake.