How much of a mess has Obama made of the Middle East? The following two maps tell the story, five years ago versus today. (Maps courtesy Martin Weiss, Weiss Research) As you can see, five years ago, the Middle East was mostly stable, with theocracies and military dictatorships prevalent, paid for with piles of U.S. taxpayer dough:   Today, after U.S. official and media support of a misbegotten "Arab Spring" uprising (my heart goes out to the democratic secularists in these countries, but they are a distinct minority) and sucking up to the Muslim Brotherhood, the Obama administration has given us a political Middle East that looks like this:   With the stabilizing influence of a coherent U.S. foreign policy for the Middle East now gone AWOL, the countries are devolving into a Sunni-versus-Shia religious war over who will control the caliphate-to-be. Note that the countries that are chaotic or in civil war mostly have substantial numbers of each sect, as you can see in...(Read Full Post)