"Iran is the real loser here whether they want to admit it or not. They had no hand in the change ... except the one they used to slap back their own people...I would have to say I'm an optimist about these changes. These revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt and protests elsewhere that are leading to reforms ... I think are an extraordinary setback to al Qaeda." —Robert Gates, US Secretary of Defense
The well-intentioned Secretary is a holdover from the good old George W. Bush days. First off, why would a ‘pacifist,’ liberal President, a man who derided his predecessor’s excursions in Iraq and Afghanistan, holdover the head of the department actually running those ‘overseas contingency operations?’ There is precedent of Presidents keeping members of the previous administration’s Cabinet, but how come there was no outcry from the liberals keeping this waste of a business suit and government parking pass on the payroll?
Secondly, and most importantly, how can violence on the streets of Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia amongst others be anything but good for al Qaeda and Iran? Isn’t this precisely what they want? Isn’t violent upheaval of the corrupt, Western-influenced society, which has been infringing upon their desires for a caliphate run by sharia law precisely what they want?
Are they leading to reforms? Has there been some grand upheaval? Has there been some George Washington who has emerged from the muss; is there such a grand personage as John Adams or Thomas Jefferson who is becoming a rallying point for the oppressed peoples of the Middle East? If, as this administration would like us to believe, these ‘peaceful’ protestors desiring nothing democratic freedom, when can we expect it? How long will it take? And moreover, how can you make sure the ‘peaceful’ protestors are the ones who will follow the madman Qaddafi?
Yes folks, BWB is asking rhetorical questions, so please feel free not to reply. Don’t reply because I know the answers and they aren’t pretty. First, why would the President hold over Secretary Gates? Because there is no difference between Bush and Obama, not really. Why wasn’t there any outcry? Because, the liberal media can’t criticize President Teflon because then they would be painted with the same brush they paint all those who express their displeasure with the Chosen One: that brush being the racist brush.
If the people of Pennsylvania, who according to the President, will cling to their guns and religion when times are tough, what will the unintelligent, uncivilized masses of Muslims cling to? What will they do? Answer: We don’t know. While it would be nice to think they will welcome in democratic reforms and true change with the open, diverse spirit they are known for (right?)
Oh nevermind, only in the West is diversity considered something good. Only in America, Canada, and the European Union is it looked upon as good thing to have a mixture of races and cultures that historically hate each other. How many minority groups have real rights in Iran? How many in Saudi Arabia? How many in American-controlled Iran? How many in Syria? How many will have rights in the post-Mubarak Egypt?
Counter that with Israel. Yes, they have been increasing settlements in the West Bank. But they also have granted full citizenship rights to the Palestinian Muslims living within their borders. How many rights will Jews expect to have in the new Egypt? The new Libya? The new Muslim Empire? Answer: What Jews? Do you really think they will have a place in those governments?
The Middle East isn’t America. Let us not pretend it is.
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