Midknight Review -- new and revised: Midknight Review discusses the critical nature of the Obama retreat from the Middle East -- a newly edited reprint.

We have rewritten parts of this article and posted the updated version on a.m. 12/3/2010. This is one of our "most read" articles.

Because of the Commander's surprise visit to the troops in Afghanistan this morning, and the popularity of this article, we have decided to repost the essay. While in Afghanistan, Obama visited the military hospital there, and presented at least 5 purple hearts. All in all, the visit was a very good thing and appreciated by the troops.

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The country of Georgia, to the north on our map, has become a critical issue as relates to the developing geopolitical - circumstance that is the Middle East.

One of the first actions taken by Obama after becoming president was to unilaterally cancel agreements with Georgia and Poland (not shown) for the construction of missile defense systems in those countries. The Bush Administration made these agreements in the last year of its term, making Russia angry enough to threaten an invasion of these nations. Obama took the position that the expressed anger of the Russians was evidence of a diplomatis breakdown between the US and Russia, one that he proposed to "fix" with an initial offering of a toy/plastic "reset" button. In the end, all that was accomplished by Obama was to humor the Russians (emphasis on "humor") and anger both Georgia and Poland. The Obama action, unilateral and capricious, sent a message to those countries standing in opposition to the likes of Russia that the US is no longer concerned with the national security of those European nations standing in the shadow of their one time Soviet oppressor. Worse yet, it tells the qualified observer that the new Administration does not understand the importance of a European/American presence to the very security of the United States, itself !!

Now that Iran has been allowed to become a nuclear power, the Obama action may prove to be catastrophic to the stability of the region. America is a nation of peace but, peace through strength. Its presence in Georgia and Poland would have helped to insure a peaceful stability in the face of an advancing and imperialistic Russia, not to mention the mind numbing aggression of Iran. Understand that Georgia and Poland WANTED partnership with the United States. They wanted the missile defense systems Obama so glibly dismissed. . . . . .

The reader is directed to the following PERMALINK for the remainder of this rewritten essay.

The Stated Nonsense from the Left now includes these Progressive goals:

July 2, 2008, Obama had this to say: "We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded."

MICHELLE OBAMA: "Barack knows that we are going to have to make sacrifices; we are going to have to change our conversation; we're going to have to change our traditions, our history; we're going to have to move into a different place as a nation."

“ . . . . . . they have become a generation of activists possessed with that most American of ideas – that people who love their country can change it.” -- Obama the Radical

On September 30, Van Jones told MSNBC "I think everybody should hold onto your seats. October is going to be the turning point when it comes to the progressive fight back."

Midknight Review -- new and revised

Midknight Review discusses the critical nature of the Obama retreat from the Middle East -- a newly edited reprint.

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