(February 23, 2015 at 7:22 am)pocaracas Wrote: So.... remember that I'm looking at this from the outside... what did Obama do?The criticism of Obama stems from a failed policy with the Muslim world generally. He egged-on the Arab Spring, with the stupid belief that mythical moderate Islam would finally rise up. He bombed Gaddafi out of the way too.
Net result? Terrorists everywhere. When you pull out of the Middle East, the vacuum is filled by one of two forces (a) Islamic fundamentalists or (b) secular dictators.
Regarding ISIS, Obama won't identify the root cause of the violence i.e. Islamic fundamentalism, and so he dances around the problem, with a little bombing here and there, and no permanent solution in sight. Meanwhile he distracts us with talk of Crusades and the universality of violence.
The core of Obama's problem is that he believes in moderate Islam, and believes in supporting the moderate Muslims against the radicals. But there is no moderate Islam, and hence moderate Muslims are thin on the ground, and it's the fate of Muslim countries to be forever in turmoil. We should get out and leave them alone, except for bombing the bejesus out of any groups that get big enough to threaten us.
