When nearly two dozen Egyptian Christians were beheaded by
ISIS terrorists in Libya, the Obama administration first refused to call them
Christians. It did not want to imply that they were murdered for their
religious beliefs. And it did not want to imply that the killers were acting in
the name of their religion.
Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi reacted angrily to
the offense against his Christian citizens, sending bombers into Libya to
attack ISIS strongholds.
Now, he is planning an invasion of Libya, the better to
destroy more of ISIS.
Moreover, a court in Egypt has just declared Hamas a
terrorist organization. Recall that when Israel countered Hamas attacks in Gaza
the Obama administration decided to be even-handed, working to stop the Israeli
counterattack, even endorsing a principal Hamas demand—to end the blockade of
Gaza.
The Debkafile site has the stories, barely reported in other
news outlets:
Egyptian
President Abdel-Fatteh El-Sisi has massed his troops for all-out war on ISIS
strongholds in Libya, the first Arab ruler to challenge Islamist terrorists in
a fellow Arab country, DEBKAfile reports. His
initiative dramatizes the spillover of the Islamist State’s threat across the
Middle East, and the ineffectiveness of the US-led anti-terror coalition’s
efforts in Iraq and Syria. Egyptian commando and marine forces stand ready for
imminent sea landings to seize Darnah and wipe out the Islamist militias,
coupled with an air and ground campaign against their hideouts in Sinai.
Compare this to the Obama administration’s efforts to retake
Mosul. Debkafile reports:
Our
Washington sources report that the Obama administration’s planned spring
campaign to free Iraqi Mosul from the Islamic State’s occupation is stuck in
the sand. Democratic and Republican lawmakers alike accuse the president of
having no clear war strategy and of holding back from the US-led coalition the
fighting manpower necessary for a successful operation.
While
Hamas' armed wing was previously branded a terrorist organization, Saturday's
Egyptian court ruling was against the entire group on the basis of
incriminating evidence of collaboration for terror between the Gaza Strip’s
Hamas rulers and Al Qaeda-linked Sinai terrorists. Hamas condemned the verdict
as “shocking and dangerous.” Recordings were presented to the court of Hamas
leaders congratulating each other on the success of attacks they and Al Qaeda
had conducted against the Egyptian army in northern Sinai.
When people bemoan the difficulty of fighting ISIS and
declare that they do not know what can possibly be done, they can look to the
example set by the new Egyptian president.
But, naturally, this is difficult when the Obama administration
has engaged a fight against Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu, a man who
apparently threatens the administration’s unseemly lust for a deal with the
world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism.
It is worth emphasizing that the Obama administration has always been in conflict with Israel. Its decision to be even-handed when Hamas attacked Israel and to support Hamas demands was certainly not the gesture of a friend.
As everyone knows, the election of President el-Sisi has
ushered in more cooperation between Egypt and Israel.
Considering that the Obama administration favored the
election of former president, now convicted criminal Mohamed Morsi, leader of
the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, one is not surprised to see him working to
have the Muslim Brotherhood, a designated terrorist organization, brought into the
Egyptian government.
Obviously, there is something wrong with this picture.
[Addendum: A Kuwaiti newspaper is reporting that the
Netanyahu government was about to bomb Iranian nuclear facilities last year. It
aborted the mission when the Obama administration threatened to shoot the
Israeli jets down.
And you were wondering why Netanyahu does not feel beholden
to respect Barack Obama.
I am sure that the American Jews who voted for Barack Obama are reassured to know that he has Iran’s best interests at heart.]
1 comment:
That Kuwaiti newspaper is believable, given what we've seen of The Won.
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