Dangerous Times: Russia Rising in the Middle East

Now that America is leading from behind, more serious powers are rushing to fill the vacuum. Obama seems ready to let that happen, which is why India just launched its first homemade aircraft carrier and why Japan is rearming to keep China from stealing the whole South China Sea. When America bugs out, what follows is not love and peace -- contrary to deeply delusional liberals. What happens is a worldwide scramble for king of the hill. Instability breeds war, as we can see in the news headlines. Obama knocked over the Mubarak regime in Egypt, a pillar of peace and stability for thirty years. Now civil war has erupted all over the place -- Egypt, Libya, and Syria. So much for the vaunted "Arab Spring." The Iranians are laughing their heads off, getting ready to sucker the West again. And to show his profound concern for all the killing, Obama is sending vacation postcards from Martha's Vineyard, laughing and smiling and having fun. The Arabs aren't smiling. In Egypt, both sides blame...(Read Full Article)

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