Meanwhile, over in Egypt

I don't know if this fellow gives Obama too much credit for consciously doing what he's done.

I don't know if this fellow gives Obama too much credit for consciously doing what he's done.

Victor Sharpe: Obama Well Knows What Chaos He Has Unleashed[*]

Not content with creating havoc in the U.S. economy, setting Americans against each other, and forcing through a health reform act which has nothing to do with health but everything to do with the redistribution of wealth and an immense increase in governmental interference, our president has now opened a Pandora's Box in the Middle East. It may well usher in a catastrophe not seen since World War 2.

...My fear is that Obama is not naïve at all, but he instead knows only too well what he is doing, for he is eagerly promoting Islamic power in the world while diminishing the West and Israel, however much innocent blood will flow as a result. ...

But we certainly seem to have been influential in what has happened in Egypt:

Obama's Role in Empowering the Muslim Brotherhood[*]

He was not ahead of the curve but, in an all-too-rare instance of budget-cutting, slashed aid to groups that might have been key players (and allies of the United States) when a new government is established.

The Los Angeles Times reports that Barack Obama had not just ignored Egyptian human rights issues over the past two years, but actually cut funding for activist groups trying to reform Egypt....