Obama And The Middle East: How The Arab Spring Remade The President's Foreign Policy

newyorker.com:

Barack Obama came to Washington just six years ago, having spent his professional life as a part-time lawyer, part-time law professor, and part-time state legislator in Illinois. As an undergraduate, he took courses in history and international relations, but neither his academic life nor his work in Springfield gave him an especially profound grasp of foreign affairs. As he coasted toward winning a seat in the U.S. Senate, in 2004, he began to reach out to a broad range of foreign-policy experts--politicians, diplomats, academics, and journalists.

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Comments

[Farsha]

09:58 AM on 04/28/2011

You mean bush policy,

It still continues.

[Trustfunded1]

09:54 AM on 04/26/2011

The people of Bahrain love their murderous regime and America's friendly policy towards the butchers in power there.
Oil and naval bases are more important than human rights.


Oh...look at Syria

[Mrclouds]

04:11 PM on 04/25/2011

There will be no Place for America in the Middle east once this passes which is a good thing. But Obama has made Saudi Arabia move toward China ,he has destroyed the US-Saudi Relations ,this man is a clown in the Middle East.

[lightningbolt]

04:01 PM on 04/25/2011

What's the matter right wingers?  Jealous of the fact that Obama's foreign policy is more successful than Bush's?

[lightningbolt]

03:59 PM on 04/25/2011

I see lots of right wingers on this threat trying to discredit Obama because they are too embarrassed to admit that Obama's foreign policy is WAAAAAAAAY better and FAAAAAAAR more rational than Bush's disastrous foreign policy.  They're jealous of Obama's foreign policy success.  They can't STAND the fact that he's better than Bush even at WAR, which is a republican strength.

[SPQR1052]

04:03 PM on 04/25/2011

So damn fanned and faved.

[SPQR1052]

04:03 PM on 04/25/2011

co sign

[lightningbolt]

03:58 PM on 04/25/2011

The Koch brothers have decided to target this article.  Their minions are all over the place spreading lies and misinformation like good republicans.

[lightningbolt]

03:51 PM on 04/25/2011

"How The Arab Spring Remade The President's Foreign Policy".
If Wikileaks is correct, it's the other way around.  The title should read:
"How the President's Foreign Policy started the Arab Spring".
In my opinion, the Arab Spring started with Obama's speech in Cairo.  Read the speech:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/04/us/politics/04obama.text.html

[Ihatecats]

03:15 PM on 04/25/2011

Actual picture of Obama working on his foreign policy:

http://i.imgur.com/MewhV.jpg

[climbing panda]

02:58 PM on 04/25/2011

in other words, he was not and is not now qualified.

[lightningbolt]

03:54 PM on 04/25/2011

No, that's just the talking point all republicans are instructed to repeat like robots all over the Internet.

[climbing panda]

04:18 PM on 04/25/2011

what letter grade would you give him on his performance so far?

[wesinohio]

02:54 PM on 04/25/2011

I am sure glad we have Obama in control, and I hope we assume a majority in the House in 2012, win the presidency by a landslide and improve our majority in the Senate. Then we can see many more positive changes.

[cccoyote]

02:38 PM on 04/25/2011

Mideast protests were largely due to doubling food costs to nations where most of the populations already spend 80% of wages on food. This was a direct result of US speculators and Obama's Wall Street cohorts.
What did Obama do? Put blinders on his eyes and his fingers in his ears.

The only foreign policies Obama has drawn are those of his closest Administrative appointments - Boeing, Ge, Monsanto, bankers.

It is 100% about gracing them with federal dollars for a good old back scratching.

Obama has adopted the Reagan/Bush manual, a guide to spoon-feeding the elite at the cost of middle/poor class and the health and lives of our military.

[05scurge]

02:37 PM on 04/25/2011

after his ah....... "performance" to this point. We as a nation really need to consider impeachment.

The place is in a shambles and he does not even seem to care. At least say something man! Does he enjoy ushering in the death of the USA?

[Mr MOTO]

02:35 PM on 04/25/2011

The President has a Middle East Policy?

[SPQR1052]

02:34 PM on 04/25/2011

This thread is infested and needs fumigation.

[lightningbolt]

03:54 PM on 04/25/2011

Indeed.  I'm doing my part, but I need help!

[SPQR1052]

04:02 PM on 04/25/2011

Thanks.

[cabinetmaker]

02:31 PM on 04/25/2011

Pres 0 has a foreign policy
anybody have a link to that?
I thought it was ad hoc