A very important post from Reliapundit:
I disagree with the opinion that the seemingly abysmal results foreign policy of Obama and his administration is caused by ineptness and incoherence.
I conclude that the results are the desired goals of Obama based on two things:
In my opinion, if Obama and his administration were merely incompetent, then the results would be mixed.
They are not mixed.
(1) In every instant, the results have aided islamists of the AKP-ilk; that is to say islamists who are disposed to expand the breadth and depth of islamist control and the re-establishment of a caliphate - ("islamist hegemony", to use a term with less baggage) - via creeping sharia and democracy as opposed to violent jihad.
I conclude that the results are the desired goals of Obama based on two things:
- (1) the consistency of the results, and
- (2) the consistency of Obama's appointments and long-time personal friends and alliances.
In my opinion, if Obama and his administration were merely incompetent, then the results would be mixed.
They are not mixed.
(1) In every instant, the results have aided islamists of the AKP-ilk; that is to say islamists who are disposed to expand the breadth and depth of islamist control and the re-establishment of a caliphate - ("islamist hegemony", to use a term with less baggage) - via creeping sharia and democracy as opposed to violent jihad.
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