U.S. Gives 680,000 Green Cards to Migrants from Muslim Nations

With Islamic terrorism on the rise in the United States and Western Europe, it’s worth mentioning that the Obama administration issued around 680,000 green cards to foreigners from Muslim countries during a five-year period, according to data published by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). --Snip-- National security has never appeared to be a priority for the Obama administration, but this is downright alarming as the U.S. encounters burgeoning threats from radical Islamists. The president’s ongoing effort to befriend and protect Muslims in the U.S. hasn’t put a dent in these eminent threats. Read more at JudicialWatch Read More......

CIA Director: The Middle East Is The Worst It's Been In 50 Years With 'Unprecedented' Bloodshed

(Hat tip: KimR) - John Brennan, the CIA director, told a Senate committee Tuesday that the violence and instability in the Middle East was the worst it had been in 50 years, painting a dire picture of a region he said was facing "unprecedented" bloodshed. Read more at Business Insider Read More......

Iran sanctions: Middle East stock markets crash as Tehran enters oil war

Stock markets across the Middle East collapsed as the lifting of economic sanctions against Iran threatened to unleash a fresh wave of oil onto global markets that are already drowning in excess supply.

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Putin: Do you realize what you have done?

Russian President Vladimir Putin told the U.N. on Monday that those who supported democratic revolutions in the Middle East are to blame for the rise of a globally ambitious Islamic State. --"Instead of the triumph of democracy and progress, we got violence, poverty and social disaster — and nobody cares a bit about human rights, including the right to life," Putin said through a translator. "I cannot help asking those who have forced that situation: Do you realize what you have done?"

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Rice: Syria is central to holding together the Mideast

By Condoleezza Rice (Secretary of State from 2005 to 2009)

The civil war in Syria may well be the last act in the story of the disintegration of the Middle East as we know it. The opportunity to hold the region together and to rebuild it on a firmer foundation of tolerance, freedom and, eventually, democratic stability is slipping from our grasp. Read more at the Washington Post...

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Collapse of the Cairo Doctrine

(Hat tip: KimR) - In the week following 9/11/12 something big happened: the collapse of the Cairo Doctrine, the centerpiece of President Obama’s foreign policy. It was to reset the very course of post-9/11 America, creating, after the (allegedly) brutal depredations of the Bush years, a profound rapprochement with the Islamic world.

Never lacking ambition or self-regard, Obama promised in Cairo, June 4, 2009, “a new beginning” offering Muslims “mutual respect,” unsubtly implying previous disrespect. Curious, as over the previous 20 years, America had six times committed its military forces on behalf of oppressed Muslims, three times for reasons of pure humanitarianism (Somalia, Bosnia, Kosovo), where no U.S. interests were at stake.

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Middle East Crumbles Around Obama’s Foreign Policy

MORNING BELL, 2/8/2012 (Hat tip: Jean Nelson) - Thousands are dead in Syria, with more blood spilled each day. Iran is within arm’s reach of a nuclear weapon, threatening Israel’s very existence. And in Egypt, 19 Americans are banned from leaving the country, making them veritable hostages in an unfriendly land. All indications are that the Middle East is crumbling, and President Barack Obama’s foreign policy is collapsing right along with it. Read more at Heritage/The Foundry... Read More......

AEI: Big Oil has Little to do with Pump Prices

6/9/2011 - "Big Oil" is not to blame for the skyrocketing price of oil. Rather, domestic energy policy and international instability are to blame for rising prices. Read more at American Enterprise Institute (AEI)... Read More......

Bush speaks to Middle East

President Bush speaks to the people of the Middle East
The White House, January 13, 2008

Read the gist of President Bush's January 13th speech from Abu Dhabi to the people of the Middle East in the White House Fact Sheet: Fostering Freedom and Justice in the Middle East . Read More......

...Thoughts and What to Do About Them

PJM Seattle, May 9, 2007 - By Gagdad Bob at One Cosmos

“— but which no one talks about — is for Islamic countries to achieve “emotional energy independence.” That is, they must stop relying upon imaginary sources of hatred — i.e., Israel and the United States — and realize that they are sitting on the goldmine. They don’t have to import a drop of hatred from us, since they produce it in such abundant quantities, if only they could appreciate it. Black gold, indeed. ” Continued...

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