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Obama's foreign policy

redrobin

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An Israeli official says America does not realize the extent of the catastrophe into which they have pushed the Middle East
February 04, 2011

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Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, a former army general, labor party chairman, and a minister in the Israeli government cabinet says that America still does not realize the extent of the catastrophe into which they have pushed the Middle East adding that it's still too early to judge, but this is not the first mistake in Middle East policy made by the present Obama Administration. Ben-Eliezer believes that we must learn from history as he recalled the US dealings with the Shah of Iran by President Jimmy Carter which allowed the Ayatollah Khomeini to come to power in Iran after the fall of the Shah and bringing to power an Islamic republic in Iran.

Referring to the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, Ben-Eliezer said that there must be progress soon before the American boss in Washington forces a solution on the Jewish state of Israel.

Jimmy's Prophetic Prospective on the News

The public diplomacy of the Obama Administration in the Egyptian crisis has caused real concern in the Israeli government but among Arab leaders as well in the Middle East crisis now underway which will have a major impact on the future of this region, according to Bible prophecy.

From the outset of the crisis in Egypt, with hundreds of thousands of demonstrators going to the streets to call for the fall of the Mubarak government, the Obama Administration has been very public in diplomacy which many believe should have been done in private. The prime minister and president of Israel have been outspoken in their support for Egyptian President Mubarak who they say has kept peace in the Middle East for some 30 years. Though Mubarak did not sign the Israeli-Egyptian peace accord, the Camp David Accords, Mubarak has played the key role in maintaining this peace resulting in no major Middle East war for over 30 years. Israeli officials are very concerned about who will take Mubarak's place in the next Egyptian government and whether they will abrogate the peace treaty between the two countries.

This scenario playing out in the Middle East is tangible evidence that politics does set the stage for prophecy to be fulfilled. God established human government (Genesis 9:6) to direct this world to do His will. Revelation 17:17 says that the Lord puts into the hearts of world leaders to do His will. Romans 13:1 says world leaders are ordained by God.

As we watch from afar what happens to the Arab world crisis we can rest assured that God's plan will come to pass. Bible prophecy will be fulfilled.
 

Lonecowboy

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God established human government (Genesis 9:6) to direct this world to do His will. Revelation 17:17 says that the Lord puts into the hearts of world leaders to do His will. Romans 13:1 says world leaders are ordained by God.

please expand on these thoughts, none of these are things my Bible says.

Did you get your refrences right?

The only one close is Romans 13:1

and it does NOT say "world leaders are ordained by God"

it says:
"Everyone must submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exsist have been established by God."

For example here in America the "authority" is the U.S. Constitution
The office of president comes from the Constitution, and the president has to swear an oath to God to protect and defend this Constitution from where he gets his authority. ( same goes for senators, etc. EVERY elected official)
For an elected official to break his oath he himself is no longer submitting himself to the "governing authority" ( U.S. Constitution) that is over him, so there is no need to submit to that official.

Here in America, we can read Romans 13 :1 to say:

"Everyone must submit himself to the U.S.Constitution, for there is no Constitution except that which God has established. The U.S.Constitution that exsist have been established by God."
 

hypocritexposer

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February 06, 2011

The Obama Administration and the Middle East: A Half-Time Assessment

By Barry Rubin

There are people -- many in the media and academia -- who figuratively go bananas if anyone criticizes President Barack Obama. They maintain that he is doing just a great job as if this is beyond any of rational discussion.

And yet what has happened in the Middle East in the first two years of his term?

--The Iranians have continued full speed ahead toward getting nuclear weapons. Though the administration deserves credit for getting higher sanctions through the UN, these have not actually affected the problem.

--The Israel-Palestinian peace process, partly through Obama's mismanagement, has fallen completely apart.

--Lebanon has been taken over by a Hezb'allah-dominated government with Syrian and Iranian tutelage.

--Hamas's control over the Gaza Strip has been stabilized and entrenched due to U.S. policy mistakes.

--Turkey has continued to drift toward the Iran-Syria bloc and disregarded U.S. interests without costs.

--The policy to moderate Syria has failed completely while Damascus is both confident and more aggressive.

--Pakistan seems more and more unstable while not being particularly helpful toward U.S. counterterrorist efforts.

--Obama's charm offensive toward Islamism has yielded no material benefit for U.S. interests.

--The Obama Administration's rush to push out Mubarak's regime has created a very dangerous situation that might spread to other countries.

--Generally, U.S. friends in the region are distressed, doubting they can trust in America's protection; U.S. enemies are encouraged, believing America is weak and in retreat.

It's a bit more complex to assess the two U.S. wars:

--U.S. forces have been largely withdrawn from Iraq, though this was in large measure made possible by the surge that Obama opposed and ridiculed. Iraq's governmental situation is in something of a mess.

--No particular progress has been made in Afghanistan while there are dangerous hints of U.S. concessions to the Taliban, while U.S.-Afghan governmental relations are quite rocky.

Well, nobody said it would be easy. Oh, actually a lot of the Obama people and their supporters did say it was going to be easy. Even if I missed any points or wasn't entirely balanced above -- I welcome suggestions -- this is a terrible record. Worse still, it seems to presage more declines and disasters to come.

It is barely possible to ignore all the above points; hard to distort them into something positive; tempting to blame the predecessor or other countries. Yet at least up to the Egypt crisis that's pretty much what's happened.

So what does this mean? Here are some implications:

--Israel will not take risks or make concessions based on this administration's promises because it doesn't keep its promises or its commitments. The Administration is only proving the ineptness that Israelis already expected.

--But, of course, the same applies to the Palestinian Authority. Do you think it believes the U.S. government is going to protect it from Hamas?

--Do you think the Saudis and Jordanians believe America will protect them from Iran?

--Do you think the democratic oppositions in Lebanon and Turkey and Iran believe the United States will help them despite what he did in Egypt?

--Unintentionally, the mistakes of the Obama Administration has become a factor spreading the power of radical Islamist movements. People aren't going to like that sentence but it is objectively true. Israelis know it; Arabs know it; Iran's leadership knows it.

These are not partisan statements. They are as true as any critical examination of the Bush Administration's shortcomings. If you wish, you can ignore them. But the Middle East cannot afford that luxury.

"Towns...are the seats of the crafts, the sciences, the arts and culture. Yet luxury corrupts them, and as a result...solidarity is completely relaxed and the arts of defending oneself and of attacking the enemy are forgotten, so they are no match for conquering nomads." --Ibn Khaldun, Arab historian


Professor Barry Rubin, Director, Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Center www.gloria-center.org; The Rubin Report blog rubinreports.blogspot.com; Editor, Middle East Review of International Affairs (MERIA) Journal www.gloria-center.org; Editor Turkish Studies.

http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/02/the_obama_administration_and_t.html
 

redrobin

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I'd agree with his interpretation.
Here's what my Bible says. Verse 3 explains the meaning.

Rom 13:1 ¶ Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.

Rom 13:2 Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.

Rom 13:3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:
 
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