The best laid plans of mice and men....
- Pressure an Egyptian dictator to step down and get a new Egyptian dictator with a radical Islamist agenda.
- Provide arms and air support for rebels in Libya and get your ambassador killed by al Qaeda using the weapons you supply.
- Support the rebels in Syria and get another al Qaeda faction taking over the weapons and planning a new Islamist state.
"We have the dream to make an Islamic state, we are not just trying to take control over some lands. We believe that the West would not help for free: they have made wars on us and lied to our people. They cannot force us or buy us into taking up democracy by their planes, and by their wars". [source]
These are the rebels for whom Mr. Obama has such admiration.
Or were those your plans to begin with? No, it appears the Great Neighborhood Organizer simply wades in with platitudes and is astounded they don't work in the Middle East the way they do with the 51%-ers.
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