Thursday, February 2, 2012

Leadership From Behind

Belmont Club » A Reversal of Fortune: "But quite the contrary, Egypt’s plight ties the administration’s hands. For the mismanagement can only mean — in the language of diplomacy and ‘engagement’ — that it is even more important than ever to support Egypt: to flood it with money, fill it with hope, to take the moral high ground so that the Muslim Brotherhood won’t extend its influence. If America uses food as a weapon it would marginalize the moderates and ruin the President’s leadership from behind in the Middle East.

Anyone who disbelieves this has only to look at North Korea. Guess who Pyongyang’s biggest food aid donor is?"