The truth is that the Obama administration, and others among the Washington foreign policy community, do not want to recognize the serious threats which are upon us.
Libya, Syria, Russia—American Blind Eyes Look Fast
A new threat is arising in the Near East, one that cooperates with Islamic fundamentalist terror, but goes far beyond it. The regime of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad is deemed a "reform" government by elements of the Obama administration and others among the Washington foreign policy elite. They see this region as they do the rest of the world -- through blind eyes.
Assad's Syria not only aids terrorist groups, but also is on the verge of providing the expanding Russian military a needed port in the Eastern Mediterranean.