It was not by chance that Obama spoke from the Oval Office to the American people on the eve of December 7, the anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. If he thought he could get away with it, he would have given his talk on December 7, however, that would have been a bit too much, too obvious even to pro-Obama camp, that the whole thing was politically motivated. It was another one of his attempts to "solidify" his legacy as a "great" American president.
In a flagrant attempt to piggy-back off FDR's famous address to America of long ago, Obama timed his speech trying to get as much out of the success of his Democratic Party predecessors as he can, even at the risk of being accused of trying to steal their glory. FDR and JFK appear to be his favorite models. Funny how he doesn't attempt to emulate some of his more recent predecessors like Bill Clinton or Jimmy Carter! Not even LBJ, who embroiled us in Vietnam War! But, be that as it may, none of his predecessors had surrounded themselves with such incompetent people, and some very questionable "advisors."
Did you ever wonder why there is so much tension between Benjamin Netanyahu and Barak Obama? One of the reasons is tied to a person that Obama has used in the past, and has recently announced will be using again as his chief advisor in our fight against ISIS/ISIL. I used the word "again" because Obama had employed this "advisor" before and had fired him in 2008 when it was learned that he was trying to negotiate on his own with Hamas! Israel found out about it and informed our government and Obama was forced to fire him to preserve our cordial ties with Israel. But just last month, quietly and without fanfare, he hired him again and appointed him as the National Security Council (NSC) Coordinator for Middle East and North Africa, Senior Advisor for ISIL/ISIS in Iraq and Syria. Quite a handful/mouthful for a title! This man is Rob Malley, an open proponent of recognition of Hamas as a legitimate component of Palestinian government. Malley has been a sympathizer of Hamas, Hezbollah, al Fatah, and any number of Palestinian and other Islamic terrorist groups. It is curious why he is like that, because he is of Jewish background.
Rob's father was an Egyptian of Jewish background, his mother an American Jew. Both parents were leftist journalists. His mother worked for an Algerian National Liberation Front (FNL) before the French were thrown out of Algeria. FNL was a communist organization when she met and married his father, a politically like minded soul mate. His father founded a publication in France called Afrasia, which dealt mainly with the subject of how the West exploited the third world in Africa and Asia. He was an open supporter of the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan in 1979 (that was his communist side) and at the same time applauded the Iranians for taking American hostages in Tehran that same year ( I guess that was his pro Islamic side). Later he strongly opposed the Camp David Accords and considered Egypt's Sadat to be a traitor to his country. Both parents were very close friends with Yasser Arafat, the Chairman of PLO! They often visited the Arafat family and ultimately, got kicked out of France for their activities in support of PLO! Rob was a young man, not a kid, when all of this was taking place, so his political beliefs were firmly established by the time he came to Washington!
So now do you wonder why Obama's response to ISIS is so anemic! In fact, it is quite obvious that Obama will do nothing to upset the sensitivities of Islamic nations, not as long as people like Malley are giving him advice. I wouldn't be surprised if Obama isn't planning on negotiating with ISIS (as he did with Iran) under Malley's advice! He's already negotiated with Taliban over that deserter, Bergdahl.
It is incomprehensible to me how a person like Rob Malley, with that background and known sympathies for Arab and Islamic extremists could hold such a position. Talk about a poor vetting process! Now do you wonder why Netanyahu is so upset with our government? Rob Malley is not only an open Palestinian sympathizer (Palestinians are the biggest thorn on Israel's side!), but he is also an Iranian sympathizer and openly anti Israel! I wouldn't be surprised if Obama was listening to Malley even before he hired him for the second time! I can't understand how you can hire someone to such a level of position when that person was let go earlier for being a security risk! There is something very, very wrong with Obama's government! Personally, I would have thought it would have been a security risk to hire someone like Malley to handle even unclassified material! But to hire him to be NSC Chief Advisor for ISIS/ISIL is just beyond comprehension! Is our government so incompetent that we can make such slips without blinking! If we have someone like Malley in such a sensitive and high position, I shudder to think what kind of vetting we do to fill less prominent jobs! It scares the hell out of me! The whole thing actually seems like an improbable scenario dreamed up by a Hollywood script writer. Remember all those movies about Soviet agents planted in high government positions?
Poor vetting of refugees might allow some terrorists to slip in to commit murder in our country. But hiring people in policy making positions who apparently were not properly vetted is downright criminal and might ultimately cost thousands of American lives! I don't believe our policy on ISIL is going to change as long as Obama is in office, not when he surrounds himself with people like Rob Malley. Either he is very stupid and naïve, or he knows exactly what he is doing! Remember one of my earlier blogs when I talked about how the president was only as good as his advisors, well.......
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