3 more views of the Middle East & Obama's policy.

[AztecWilliam]

1) What happens next in Libya?

This excerpt paints a troubling picutre. . .

Here's the problem: President Obama's strategy is clear, but only for the short term — the days, not weeks, he allotted for U.S.-led airstrikes to stop Moammar Kadafi's army from overrunning rebel-held cities.

But that's only an immediate, tactical goal — a stopgap.

After that? Not so clear.

Some officials are candid enough to acknowledge that. "It's very uncertain on how this ends," Adm. Michael G. Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said last week.


www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-mcmanus-column-libya-20110327,0,3877003.column


2) Muslim bortherhood rising in Egypt.

blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/praveenswami/100081394/egypt-air-wipes-israel-off-the-map-a-sign-of-where-egypt-could-be-headed/

3) The magical element in Obama's foreign policy. . .

www.nypost.com/p/news/local/high_high_off_to_war_he_goes_5U0NYfwXBN8GbabL08t4AL/1

AzWm

[monty]

That area of the world is already near the precipice of westernizing. Get factories in there, ipods, netbooks, hip hop, prevalent Polo shirts, etc. That place is going down, going western in a blaze.

They are not going to stop until stopped. The US needs to keep with accordion fan on the fire