The Micah Report Columns Thoughts Predictions About Micah Archives Contact
The Micah Report

« Inauguration and Coronation | Main | Ghaddafi Asks Obama to Talk to Osama »

Obama's Mid East Briefing
By Micah Halpern

Wednesday January 21, 2009

I've Been Thinking:

The Obama administration will be a friend to Israel, of that I have no doubt, it is stated policy. But that does not mean that the new administration will not bring pressure upon Israel, especially if they take up the Middle East gauntlet at the start of the new administration.

There is a lot to deal with in the region.
Egypt, France, Great Britain, Italy, Russia, Saudi Arabia - they all want to get involved, turning the Middle East into a diplomatic case of too many cooks spoiling the broth. On Tuesday, even Turkey got into the mix volunteering to mediate the Middle East conflict.

This is part of what the new president will hear concerning the Middle East in his first security briefing as president:
* on inauguration day 8 rockets, launched by Hamas, fell on Israel
* only a few hundred people came to a Hamas rally in Gaza
* only a few thousand people came to a Hamas rally in Teheran
* the Egyptian Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia the most populated Moslem country in the world, was fire bombed as a direct result of Israel's operation in Gaza
* India tested the Brahmos, a super sonic cruise missile and Pakistan is livid
* the NATO military chief is asking for 10,000 more troops in Afghanistan
* oil hit $34 a barrel

Some of these issues may seem to be non-sequiturs.
But each is an essential item, each must be understood and each must be put into context.

Read my new book THUGS. It's easy. Just click.
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=halpern%2C+micah

4 June 2017 12:13 PM in Thoughts


Trackback Pings

TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://micahhalpern.com/mt/mt-tb.cgi/1637

Comments


Post a comment




Remember Me?

(you may use HTML tags for style)



Powered by Movable Type     Site design by Sekimori