MORE MADNESS – AT 8:47 A.M. ET:   The Obamans seem to be going out of their way to aid our enemies and frustrate our friends.   We learn this morning that the new Egyptian government has resigned, plunging that sorry nation into greater despair and doubt. 

Of course, we've done nothing to help that government despite the fact that it is run by nominally pro-American military men.  The last government Obama supported in Egypt was run by the Muslim Brotherhood. 

And it gets worse.  From the Jerusalem Post: 

The sudden rapprochement between Egypt and Russia should concern the West and Israel. In a yet unexplained twist, the United States appears unaware of the fact that by pressuring the new regime in Cairo to demonstrate its commitment to democracy it is driving it straight into the willing embrace of one of the least democratic countries in Europe.

An unprecedented arm deal is about to be concluded, according to a number of reliable sources. Moscow will supply Cairo with $3 billion worth of such sophisticated weapons as MiG-29 warplanes, anti-aircraft systems, Kornet anti-tank guided missiles and combat helicopters. It follows that Russian experts will be sent to Egypt to train and advise in the use of these weapons, as well as help with maintenance.

This new cooperation will probably not be all-pervasive the way it was in the ’60s and ’70s, but it will bring the two countries much closer together.

Russian experts will replace the many American experts keeping a low profile but at work helping the Egyptian Army with American weapons and equipment bought with the $1.2b. in annual military aid granted to Cairo by the US since the peace treaty with Israel.

Egyptian officers and technicians will be sent to Russia to learn the technology and the methods of a regime which is not too preoccupied with democracy.

COMMENT:  We worked for decades to reduce Soviet, then Russian influence in the Mideast.  That influence is now returning bigtime, but Obama just doesn't care.  He must punish the Egyptians for driving out the "freely elected" Muslim Brotherhood government.  Never mind the fact that, as soon as the Brothers took power, they started dismantling all the elements of a democratic society.

Have you noticed?  The only two forces that have gained under Obama are Communism, with the dramatic  resurgence of Russia and the rise of China, and Islamism.  Gee, I wonder why.

February 24, 2014