By Micah Halpern
I've Been Thinking:
A new study by James Zogby at the Arab American Institute presents some fascinating and damning numbers for the Obama administration.
Zogby looked at individual Arab states. Each was asked about President Barack Obama and United States policy in the region.
Lebanon: 99% disapproved of Obama's policies in the Middle East and feel that he has failed.
Morocco: 88% disapprove of Obama and US policies.
Egypt: 90% reject Obama's policies and felt he had failed.
Saudi Arabia: 77% disapprove.
These numbers are so bad it should shock the White House into a drastic and immediate change in policy. Until now, the policy of the Obama Administration has been to appease the Arab states and alienate the Israelis.
The White House has achieved half of their goal. They have successfully alienated the Israelis. But there is no way to appease the Arab states. The White House does not understand this. The White House does not understand that Arab states feel betrayed by the US and by Obama.
More than that, Obama cannot understand why both Israelis and Arabs are so upset. The White House clings to the old cliche: if both sides in a deal are upset, we must be doing something right.
They are wrong. When it comes to the Middle East, the Obama administration is doing something wrong, something terribly wrong.
Micah@MicahHalpern.com
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