The sad state of [foreign] affairs that is the Obama Strategy.

When we look to the Middle East, we see nothing but increasing trouble. Remember the good old days when Administration after Administration busied themselves in well documented negotiations, meetings at the White House, meetings at Camp David, meetings in Israe? Our Secretary of States were in the news on a weekly basis. Our presidents met with heads of state and actually accomplished agreements and written understandings. Be honest with this next question: what has Hillary, Obama's Secretary of State, been doing? Why is not this Administration (and this is not Hillary's fault, by the way) practically living in the Middle East, instead of packing up and leaving? Why has Obama refused to step foot in Israel since his inauguration? That's right . . . . not a single visit to the Promised Land. Where in the world is the diplomacy needed to solve the problems we see as spiraling out of control? Forget about "diplomacy," where is the concerted and persistent effort of an Administration that is leader of the free world?

Understand this: what we are seeing in the Middle East is a world without the United States !!!

In three short years, South America is blowing up in our face. In three short years, the Middle East is about to devolve into World War III. In three short years, Korea has increased its threat to Asia and Taiwan's security has been compromised.

Understand that Obama is doing nothing about the developing circumstances borne of the rebellions we know as the "Arab Spring." In the early months of 2009, he ignored the "green revolution" in Iran and closed his eyes to the evolving nuclear threat that is Iran. In fact, he went on vacation the day Iran fired up the first of their nuclear plants.

Without any diplomatic "advance notice," Obama called for revolution in Egypt. The aftermath of which has presented a new government entity that is being controlled by the Muslim Brotherhood, a government that may be more antagonistic to Israel than the governmental dictatorship just overthrown.

We were unilaterally drawn into Libya, by Obama, without seeking any degree of congressional consensus; a wartime situation that was to last "days, not weeks," according Obama. We are still there nearly six months later and no one knows the final outcome - a Libya that is "friend" or "foe."

Understand that before next summer, there is the distinct possibility - bordering on "probability" -- that the Middle East will be in flames and Israel fighting for its very life. In fact, the current Palestinian push for statehood is because Obama has lost any opportunity to pursue a diplomatic solution, in the eyes of the Palestinians. His policy of befriending Palestine and negotiating out of a trust generated because of that friendship has proven to be nothing more than an Obama fantasy. The Novice tried to maintain a certain "status quo" with Israel while demonstrating to the Palestinians that he could be tough on their life-long foe, an impossible task, one bordering on the unintelligent. Turns out, the divide between the two people is so great that only a well strategized diplomacy can work, ala the previous efforts of the Carter and Clinton Administrations. Say what you will about both men, their foreign policies were much more their forte than were their domestic plans.

Funny. Both Administrations were Democrat, the same party as Obama. The 1979 Camp David Peace Accord between Egypt and Israel remains in force to this day. Bill Clinton's foreign policy efforts, beginning in 1993, shaped the foreign policy of our country for more than a decade, well into the Bush Administration. When we contrast the successes of both Carter and Clinton with Obama's "do next to nothing" foreign policy approach, it is almost as if Obama was/is completely unaware of his predecessors and the successful strategies they used in dealing with [especially] Middle East affairs. Could that be?

We know that he does not believe in "protocol." Could it be that he does not give a hoot about history, either, unless, of course, it is the history he is writing??