{"id":20318,"date":"2013-09-02T10:58:52","date_gmt":"2013-09-02T14:58:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=20318"},"modified":"2013-09-02T10:58:52","modified_gmt":"2013-09-02T14:58:52","slug":"americas-foreign-policy-decisions-impact-countries-other-than-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=20318","title":{"rendered":"America’s Foreign Policy Decisions Impact Countries Other Than America"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday The Times of Israel<\/a> reported on Israel<\/a>‘s reaction to President Obama’s<\/a> handling of the use of chemical weapons in the Syrian civil war<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The article explains Israel’s reaction to President Obama’s recent statements:<\/p>\n

It is worried, furthermore, at the ever-deeper perception of Obama\u2019s America<\/a> in the Middle East<\/a> as weak, hesitant and confused \u2014 most especially in the view of the region\u2019s most radical forces, notably including Bashar Assad<\/a>, Hezbollah, and Iran<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0And it is profoundly concerned that the president has set a precedent, in seeking an authorization from Congress<\/a> that he had no legal requirement to seek \u2014 and that Congress was not loudly demanding \u2014 that may complicate, delay or even rule out credible action to thwart a challenge that dwarfs Assad\u2019s chemical weapons capability: Iran\u2019s drive to nuclear weapons.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I don’t know whether or not Congress will decide to take military action against Syria. I do know that the fact that President Obama did not call Congress into session to vote on Syria now indicates a lack of urgency which I do not believe is appropriate in the situation. It would seem to me that the gassing of upwards of a thousand innocent people might be a reason for quicker, more decisive action.<\/p>\n

The article in The Times of Israel concludes:<\/p>\n

Jerusalem<\/a> is worried, too, of a direct line between requesting Congressional approval for military action against Syria \u2014 a relatively straightforward target \u2014 and feeling compelled to honor the precedent, should the imperative arise, by requesting\u00a0Congressional approval for military action against Iran \u2014 a far more potent enemy, where legislators\u2019 worries about the US being dragged deep into regional conflict would be far more resonant.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Israel remains hopeful that, to put it bluntly, Obama\u2019s America will yet remember that it is, well, America. The alternative, it rather seems, is something the leadership in Jerusalem finds too awful to so much as contemplate just yet.<\/strong><\/p>\n

When America is weak and has a weak President, the world is a more dangerous place. Because we have lost the respect of the world, our having overwhelming force is not enough to deter other countries from doing bad things. Unfortunately, because we are weak, we may have to use our weapons to prevent further bad things from happening.<\/p>\n

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