Remember what President Obama's speech in Cairo was called? Yep, "A New Beginning". Can we go back to the old beginning now?

President Obama's dramatic speech in Cairo in June of 2009 -- intended to sway the Arab masses to the side of the United States, one supposes -- was called "A New Beginning". It certainly was, just not the beginning we'd hoped for.

We meet at a time of great tension between the United States and Muslims around the world... Oh, how we yearn for those days of 'great tension'

...I've come here to Cairo to seek a new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world, one based on mutual interest and mutual respect, and one based upon the truth that America and Islam are not exclusive and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles -- principles of justice and progress; tolerance and the dignity of all human beings... Riiiiiiiiiiiiight

...I know there's been a lot of publicity about this speech... Yes, we were all waiting with baited breath ... but no single speech can eradicate years of mistrust... As the Holy Koran tells us, "Be conscious of God and speak always the truth"... I'll withhold comment, Mr. We'll-hold-the-healthcare-hearings-on-C-Span

...I have known Islam on three continents before coming to the region where it was first revealed... I know there are many -- Muslim and non-Muslim -- who question whether we can forge this new beginning... The people of the world can live together in peace. We know that is God's vision. Now that must be our work here on Earth. Now, could someone alert the Militant Quakers who keep blowing people up and flying airplanes into buildings?

President Obama has shown the world that he would rather talk than act; that he would prefer to reprimand an ally than confront an enemy; and that he will never take a position that could jeopardize his political standing. Actions such as these mark him as a victim-in-waiting to predators like Iran's Mullahs, Al Qaeda, Hezbollah and the Muslim Brotherhood. There can be only one result: violence.

Consider the 'new beginning' thus far:

• Pakistan is said to have increased its stockpile of nuclear weapons, secretly surpassing India's level of atomic arms. In addition, Pakistan is becoming 'enveloped by Islamists' as radicals hold more and more sway over the people and the government.

• The government of Egypt is about to fall, threatening a replay of the 1979 Iranian revolution in which a populist democratic movement was quickly subsumed by a well-organized and violent cadre of religious extremists. Unlike Iran, however, Egypt's "military is a powerhouse in the region, possessing hundreds of advanced tanks and fighter aircraft that could fall into the hands of the Muslim Brotherhood.

• Lebanon is under new management: the vicious, Iranian-backed group called Hezbollah, which is responsible for the terrorist attack that killed 241 U.S. Marines in Beirut. Their aim is written into their charter -- to destroy Israel, Britain and the United States

• Tunisia is in the throes of its own revolution with hard-line radical Islamists poised to take control of the government

• Iran continues its work on nuclear armaments and intercontinental ballistic missile technologies, its steady progress delayed only by a clever cyber-attack

• Gaza's Hamas-led government is reportedly importing a new strain of Iranian extremists; Hezbollah agents are said to be making their way into the Palestinian enclave to train soldiers for an attack on Israel; in their spare time Hamas is lobbing missiles into Israel

• Venezuela, Hugo Chavez' dictatorship, is now said to be fielding Iranian military personnel and missiles with 'scientific' collaboration revolving around warhead design and nuclear technology

• The military regime of North Korea recently torpedoed a South Korean warship and is threatening to retest its nuclear weapons. It was also busted importing nuclear technology into Syria and has -- as a bonus -- assisted Iran with its development of missile guidance technologies

• China is on the move: building aircraft carriers, stealth fighters, locking up energy contracts all over the world, and generally preparing to occupy Taiwan and -- eventually -- regions closer to the U.S. All the while, it uses North Korea as a proxy for delivering advanced technologies to rogue regimes to ensure that the United States can never rest easy

• According to a disclosure in Wikileaks, Al-Qaida is "on the brink" of using a nuclear weapon and is far closer to deployment of chemical and biological weapons than previously believed.

Can we go back to the 'old beginning' now?


Linked by: Michelle Malkin. Thanks!