You are absolutely correct sir. He knew full well when he got rid of Mubarack the brotherhood would take over. He know that he is dividing and destroying America. This author, Yossi Shain, is the one out of touch. I don't care what obama spews, by all accounts, he is a muslim.

Plan A was recognized and stopped in June 2012:leaving Israel facing Iran,Hezbollah and Rebel-controlled Syria alone. plan B has been recognized as wel:creating a regional war ,hopefully nuclear. The Middle East (including Israel)is liberating itself from Rothschild control. Do not disturb.

there is no one answer. I for one would stay the hell out and not get involved.Bush W.(who I loved) thought he was giving liberty to Iraq, instead he gave them civil war. It's a lesson to be learned.Israel learned that lesson when they accepted Oslo.There is no answer, they'll kill one another, so be it.

"Numerous officials in Cairo are pointing to the lack of US leadership as the reason for the collapse. " Of course they are. Who else is guilty of the Arab world's lack of leadership and their barbarous violence? The Arabs themselves???? Of course it must be the US &/or Israel. Who else?

finally a voice of reason, i am supporting your comment 100 percent, all whats going on in my country since 25 january revolution till now is our problem, it is we the egyptians who ousted Mubarak yes with the support of Obama but it is the people who protested against Mubarak in the first place, it is the egyptians who elected Morsi in the first place, although he is the candidate of a terrorist organization, and they chose him over general Shafik the Mubarak PM, and when the people protested against Morsi to oust him although this is undemocratic move, that was supported by the Obama admin and the US, so whats the problem ??!!! the problem is that the people dont believe or understand the democracy !!!! the democracy cant work here, and we must tell the US that clearly otherwise, we have to respect the freedom and democracy even if we are against the MB !!!!!! shalom

Post 21 shows elements of an intelligence of which you do not possess.

finally a voice of reason, i am supporting your comment 100 percent, all whats going on in my country since 25 january revolution till now is our problem, it is we the egyptians who ousted Mubarak yes with the support of Obama but it is the people who protested against Mubarak in the first place, it is the egyptians who elected Morsi in the first place, although he is the candidate of a terrorist organization, and they chose him over general Shafik the Mubarak PM, and when the people protested against Morsi to oust him although this is undemocratic move, that was supported by the Obama admin and the US, so whats the problem ??!!! the problem is that the people dont believe or understand the democracy !!!! the democracy cant work here, and we must tell the US that clearly otherwise, we have to respect the freedom and democracy even if we are against the MB !!!!!! shalom

- as such you may be right but, You do not need those qualifications for to be a Warrior but, He is not a Warrior either. On the other hand, are His co-workers of the same standard as He also, since no lessons seems to be learned ?. Has He only chosen as-lickers ?. I Think that Bad Times is approaching the US, and Obam will be the Leader of Her Downfall. Only God,Christ and the Christians can save Her now, the US must repent and turn to Her True Legasy, She has gone long astray, foolishness seems to have overtaken Her. God bevere !. Arn.Sweden.

it's fingers and everyone in the Middle-east will stand to attention. The reality is there is little America can do to change the upheaval in the Middle-east. People are fighting for their lives, for their beliefs and for their honour. They don't care about America, they aren't listening to their gov'ts. You can only ride out the storm.

Prof. Shain, You write: ."The Obama administration, which has excelled in leading from behind (in Libya, for example)...." In what way did Obama excel in Lybia? In destroying that country, its infrastructure, and killing thousands? In opening up that country to the most dangerous radical groups totally free of any centralized govt. control? When you write: "...may also project on Washington's ability and motivation to act vis-à-vis the Iranian issue....", do you really mean that Obama may not be completely willing or able to follow Israeli dictates? Come on, Professor. I am sure you can do better than that!

The most worthy take on the current ME amid all this yammering.

With his his widely publicized oratory in Cairo in 2009 "O" gratuitously immersed himself into the Islamic world's internal affairs, and - by extension - brought the U.S. in it too. Ever since his open support of the M.B., his palpable Muslim sympathies, his animosities toward Israel rendered the the U.S. an active player in the M.E. conundrum -- regardless whether the people there wanted it or not. He cannot undo what he has done: -- the Egyptian people will held to account the U.S. and we will have to swallow the bitter pill that this incompetent buffoon engendered.

He can`t loose what he never had : contact with ME; integrity, intelligence and love for freedom.

Iran is not to be invaded, but crippled of its Nuclear Arms Ambition. No Invasion of Iran is Needed for that. Obama has not done nothing but misstakes, to cripple Iran of its Nuclear ambition would not be another one, but not acting would. Iran with Nuces would in capacity be as Germany with them, the whole World would be in danger, even the US. Arn.Sweden.

Obama was elected to serve American people and this is what he does. He does it reasonably well, sometime perfectly. Like with the Obamacare: let me tell you about Obamacare ... it's more relevant.

The world conflagrates. Obama spends his time enjoying vacations after vacations. America is already buried under 70 Trillion Dollars in National Debts some economists say. Americans are suffering. And Obama does not care a hoot. Christian churches are being destroyed in Egypt, Nigeria and elsewhere by Islamist-Jihadists. Thousands of Christians are being slaughtered by Islamist-Jihadists around the world. Obama remains silent to their sufferings, while Hussien the Islamist mourns for the dethroning of the Muslim Brotherhood-Islamists-Jihadists in Egypt. . It is time Congress wakes up and impeach the Trojan Horse that is destroying America, Israel and the Free World.

A few of your talkbacks are written rather eloquently and almost intelligently, with few or even no grammatical errors. Most of your talkbacks however, for example this one, seem to have been written by a polakius ignoramius hog butcher who has been sucking down too many bottles of potato vodka. So what gives? Apparently, if you butcher enough hogs in order to afford one, it appears that you have a ghost writer working for you. You yourself obviously don't have the capacity to put together a whole sentence without defecating on the English language in the process.

Your blind adulation of that buffoon reminds me to the Stalin-worship in my old "homeland" in E. Europe. Apart from the overall disliking of the Obozocare, even many Democrats said that it's "train wreck". Nonetheless it's comical the see the Obamabots desperate efforts to divert attention from the subjects - it's Egypt -and inject their daily accolades for their "Dear Leader".

How can Obama be any kind of "leader" for anyone when he can't even lead the nation he is in charge of. He is a dictator wanna be.

Wake up and shape up Tombozo. Obama is watching over your safety in this country, gives you a cracker to dip in your tea. Write again with some additional idiot phrases from Stalin's selected works, of which you are the expert. Don't worry, nobody will be knocking on your door in the middle of the night. Buffoons immigrated, are free now, but still don't know how to spell in the U.S.A..

obama is the sorce of the violence in egypt.

This is not a matter of opinion. Virtually all objective criteria prove it; from unemployment rates, to mortgage foreclosure rates, to number of Americans on food stamps; an incredible 49 million... Obama is almost certainly the worst president in American history.

Obama did not lose ALL contact with the Middle East. He maintained his contact with the Muslim Brotherhood. Obama has been an advocate for the Muslim Brotherhood, even has a Muslim Brotherhood White House advisory group. Obama obviously has no contact with the Egyptians who initially demonstrated for Freedom and Democracy against Mubarak, and, after Obama helped depose Mubarak, demonstrated against the Muslim Brotherhood, who Obama helped install. So, the contact that Obama lost, if he even ever had it, was with those Egyptians who want Freedom and Democracy. Obama has not been an advocate for Freedom and Democracy in Egypt, he has been an advocate for the Muslim Brotherhood.

The Prof can't do better then that.he is a theoritican,and as such he is limited. Obama can't do much either.This are religious wars that needs and can be solved only by the people of these countries and not by outsiders. It's childish to think otherwise. America's role in the ME had changed. The American people payed a heavy price in casualties and money,we didn't vote for world leader,we voted for our leader. Obama realised that and he is focusing on domestic issues as he should. What's good for America comes first finally, like Putin and Russia. It's about time. The ME should solve it's problems on it's own including Israel. Time to grow up, cut the cord and stop being and acting like a teenager..

How do arabs claim parts of Israel as their own.

Being a charismatic leader without substance don't make you a blackjack. If he runs the sand casino it will collapse in no time. However political arena is his casino. He is also involve in his own country criminal trial, Zimmerman case and he lost!!!!!!!! What do the intellectual world expect from him when he couldn't even sense what is proper and what is not? Huhhhhhh

I remember just last year, reading talk backs from Israeli's about how wonderful obumma was & how he was a friend of Israel. I read this crap so much that I stopped reading talk backs at all, until tonight. I just thought I would see what was being said now. Looks the Israeli's finally understand that the POS in the White House is NOT your friend & is evil on every possible level! However, Jews here in the US don't get it STILL!! Are you blind? What is it going to take?