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2016-09-08 China-Japan-Koreas

The US is bogged down in the Middle East — and China knows it

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Posted by Pappy 2016-09-08 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 The only thing I can parse from the article is that the author thinks the world sucks and the most charitable explanation for US Policy is that the Obama crew were well-meaning idiots. Is the fact that this was in BusinessInsider mean that is what the Hamiltonians are currently thinking?

Posted by magpie 2016-09-08 00:21|| 2016-09-08 00:21|| Front Page Top

#2 As per the TOM SULLIVAN SHOW on Fox Radio this AM, the Bammer = US was perceived or sensed as weak by the majority of the G20 Nations in Beijing, something which could still lead to major, unresolvable FP problems for the Bammer Admin + spill over into a Trump or Hillary Admin.

Perceived US strategic weakness is something the Bammer supposedly does not want for his "legacy".

Posted by JosephMendiola 2016-09-08 00:28|| 2016-09-08 00:28|| Front Page Top

#3 it also rested on a mirage:

This is true of everything Obumbles touches. He lives in the mirage of his narcissistic.universe where he truly believes that he knows everything about everything. All problems are caused by others who failed.

Posted by AlanC 2016-09-08 08:20|| 2016-09-08 08:20|| Front Page Top

#4 I don't buy any of this guy's B.S. China is not going well and the Mideast is a disaster in foreign policy. The Iran agreement (or debacle) is a disaster. Moreover, we have had elitist chronic liars lying about everything to us. They don't trust the American people to come up with the right answers.

Posted by JohnQC 2016-09-08 09:21|| 2016-09-08 09:21|| Front Page Top

#5 We have few serious interests in the Middle East, especially now that fracking has made us a petro-power. We don’t need to abandon it to its fate....

Less Israel, that is PRECISELY what needs to happen. Establish 'fire breaks' and let it burn itself out. Why is such a strategy so difficult to understand or employ ?

Posted by Besoeker 2016-09-08 09:34|| 2016-09-08 09:34|| Front Page Top

#6 Agree on the firebreaks and burnout strategy.

Posted by JohnQC 2016-09-08 09:52|| 2016-09-08 09:52|| Front Page Top

#7 Bogged down in the middle east, no.

F'd up the middle east by withdrawing from Iraq and destabalizing Libya and Syria, yes.

China is seeing the US become oil independent due to fracking and realizes we probably won't even try to keep the peace much longer so if they want a safe and steady flow of oil they better do something themselves. They are welcome to try.

Posted by rjschwarz 2016-09-08 10:15|| 2016-09-08 10:15|| Front Page Top

#8 You forgot Egypt in your list RJ. That was Obastards biggest F*up. Luckily the military looks to have saved the day.

Posted by AlanC 2016-09-08 11:19|| 2016-09-08 11:19|| Front Page Top

#9 That doesn’t mean doing something stupid, like provoking Beijing or starting a trade war, and it doesn’t mean a return to nation building. But it does mean strengthening our allies to check Beijing.

Got it. Cut n' Run from the Middle East and tell your new ~~suckers~~ friends in Asia that we have their backs.

Posted by magpie 2016-09-08 15:10|| 2016-09-08 15:10|| Front Page Top

#10 Hey, #2 Joe! Missed ya'.

Posted by Barbara 2016-09-08 15:52|| 2016-09-08 15:52|| Front Page Top

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