Persspective: Russia in Syria

In my June 13,2015  blog I raised the question of what should our policy be now that President Obama, leading from behind, has left the Middle East in a complete state of shambles? Please bear with me while I reiterate what Obama has unilaterally done with out the approval of Congress or our Military. 

The first act of the newly elected President Obama in 2009 was to go to Cairo, Egypt and apologize for all the harm the United States has done to the Middle East . Then in 2011 he managed to do the following:

1.      Encouraged the Brotherhood to remove Mubarak, the President of Egypt.

2.      Got Gaddafi the dictator of Libya  assassinated

3.      Encouraged rebels in Syria to remove their dictator Assad

4.      Pulled all our troops out of Iraq

5.      Announced the date that we would remove our troops from Afghanistan

 After that he formed an Agreement with Iran to allegedly prevent their getting the bomb. 

By 2013 it was clear that no matter how bad the dictatorships were they were better than having radical Islamic jihadists such as Al Queda or ISIS take over as they have in Libya, Syria, Yemen and Iraq, and as the Brotherhood did in Egypt until they were kicked out by the Egyptian military. 

Because we no longer need Middle East oil, due to our fracking windfall, my 2013 blog proposed that we offer to help form a partnership of those who still need Middle East oil. That partnership would consist of China, India, South Korea, Japan and needy European countries, where the United States should only act as a facilitator. We should have only one stipulation, namely that the partnership becomes responsible for protecting the good Middle East governments and that includes Israel.  

We knew that the Obama Administration wouldn’t even try to pull this off. Instead they left a vacuum that is now being filled by Russia who moved military personnel and material into Syria in September of 2015 to preserve the Assad government. Now Russia, Assad’s Syria and Iran working with Baghdad’s Iraq government will be left to deal with the Middle East problem. Since Obama will do nothing to reverse the Russian actions in Syria, we might as well relax and enjoy our chance to leave the Middle East shambles for  the Russians to manage. Our only concern is that our leaders don’t stumble into a war with Russia.  

Regarding what Obama has done to the Middle East, we had our chance. “We the People” knew about this President in 2011 when he unilaterally did what he did to the Middle East, but in 2012 we reelected him anyway. And despite his failure to abide by his oath to uphold the Constitution and his conduct that clearly fits the “High Crime and Misdemeanor” terms of the Constitution, the Republican controlled House and Congress won’t even mention the “I” word.  

Now, we still 15 more months of this President who pays no attention to US law and as Commander in Chief will do nothing to help our allies in the Middle East. If it were not so sad and fearful, it would be laughable to see and hear our Media and Politicians wringing their hands over what to do. What to do has long passed!!