{"id":13009,"date":"2012-03-30T13:39:41","date_gmt":"2012-03-30T17:39:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=13009"},"modified":"2012-03-30T13:40:18","modified_gmt":"2012-03-30T17:40:18","slug":"will-we-have-any-friends-in-the-world-left-after-four-years-of-barack-obama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=13009","title":{"rendered":"Will We Have Any Friends Left In The World After Four Years Of Barack Obama ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am sure many countries in Eastern Europe cringed at President Obama&#8217;s open mike moment with Russian President Medvedev. The idea of President Obama becoming more flexible in his policies of missile defense is much scarier to those countries\u00a0than it is to most Americans. They must be wondering how valuable friendship with America is. Now the Israelis must be wondering the same thing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/2012\/03\/29\/bolton-accuses-administration-leaking-story-on-israeli-planning-along-iran\/\">Fox News<\/a>\u00a0is reporting that John Bolton has accused the Obama Administration of leaking secret information about Israel in order to prevent Israel from attacking Iran this spring. Ambassador Bolton was responding to an article in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foreignpolicy.com\/articles\/2012\/03\/28\/israel_s_secret_staging_ground\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Foreign Policy magazine<\/strong><\/a> that quoted government sources claiming <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/topics\/israel.htm#r_src=ramp\">Israel<\/a> had been granted access to airfields in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/topics\/azerbaijan.htm#r_src=ramp\">Azerbaijan<\/a> &#8212; along Iran&#8217;s northern border.\u00a0Azerbaijan would make strategic sense as a base for any Israeli operation against Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News reports:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>The Foreign Policy article quoted what were identified as &#8220;high-level sources &#8230; inside the U.S. government.&#8221; It specifically mentioned &#8220;four senior diplomats and military intelligence officers.&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>One intelligence officer, who was unnamed, told the magazine that the U.S. was &#8220;watching&#8221; the activity and was &#8220;not happy about it.&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>The Foreign Policy article did not specify whether any of the information came from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/topics\/us\/white-house.htm#r_src=ramp\">White House<\/a>, and there is no direct evidence that this was a coordinated leak.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8220;Clearly, this is an administration-orchestrated leak,&#8221; Bolton told FoxNews.com. &#8220;This is not a rogue CIA guy saying I think I&#8217;ll leak this out.&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8220;It&#8217;s just unprecedented to reveal this kind of information about one of your own allies,&#8221; Bolton said.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Would you\u00a0 be friends with America after your secret information had been leaked?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;\"><strong><\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"float: right; border-style: none;\" src=\"http:\/\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_e.png?x-id=f133f3df-2982-4d13-ac5e-b4add9fd9cff\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am sure many countries in Eastern Europe cringed at President Obama&#8217;s open mike moment with Russian President Medvedev. 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