The eruption of violence is the biggest challenge to Obama's efforts to prevent the transformation of the Arab Spring into a new wave of anti-Americanism
The turmoil across the Middle East, Barack Obama offers a chance - albeit risky - to prove himself in the midst of the presidential campaign against rivals less experienced in foreign policy, and that proves to be the president not only to lead the economy.
However, the eruption of violence is the biggest challenge for the efforts of the President of the United States to prevent the transformation of the Arab Spring into a new wave of anti-Americanism - and he has very few options for this.
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Less than two months before the election, a wave of attacks on embassies is a major dilemma for the leaders who came to the function of pledging a "new beginning" with the Muslim world, but he struggled to cope with the transformation that brought many dictators who have long dominated in this region.
Moreover, while trying to reject foreign policy criticized by Republican rivals Mita Romnija, Obama is faced with eksalacijom crisis in US-Israeli relations, the nuclear programs of Iran and increase the bloodshed in Syria, where President Bashar al Asad resisted international calls to resign .
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Obama and his aides are trying to find a new approach to violence in the Middle East. Warnings were sent to Muslim governments around the world that are expected to assist in the protection of American interests.
All this simply points to a larger challenge that will exist after the November elections in the U.S. - obviously increase in the gap between the U.S. and all the aggressive Islamist forces in the Middle East, states an analysis by Reuters.
His boastful speech in Cairo in 2009, Obama was hoping to "reset" relations with this region and alleviate the anger that sparked the invasion of Iran 2003rd and rhetoric of the "war on terror", Obama's Republican predecessor George W. Bush.
Drop impact on allies
The Obama administration was caught off guard by the wave of pro-democracy uprising last year that toppled autocratic leaders, some of whom, such as Egypt's Hosni Mubarak, has long been American allies. However, Washington has gradually gave cautious support to the objectives of the Arab Spring movement.
As it appears that a large part of American optimism that accompanied the uprising in the Arab world apparently disappeared forever, Washington is faced with the apparent rise of Islamic activism and influence on the decline of the state that was once considered its allies.
"The game has a lot of elements and it is important that things do not generalize too much," said Hayat Alvi, a lecturer in the Department of Middle East at the College of the American Navy. However, it seems that politics is getting more complicated as we go forward, not only in this region, but here in the U.S.. "
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Rioting, burning flags and vulnerable civilians, reminded of 1979, when Iranian revolutionaries broke into the U.S. embassy in Tehran and took 60 hostages, held by 444 days, which undermined public support for President Jimmy Carter, recalled Asošiejtid pres.
For Obama, the timing of violent demonstrations creates additional complications.
Within the region, Obama is still more popular than many of his predecessors. However, the sight of the destruction of property first American embassy in Cairo and then to Yemen, because of the movie in which insults the prophet Muhammad, has served as a powerful reminder of the potentially violent anti-Americanism, and even how to live.
In the most serious attack killed a U.S. ambassador Christopher Stevens and three of his colleagues in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi - which was rescued just last year from the forces of late dictator Muammar Gaddafi, intervention by the West during the air Libyan civil war.
Egypt should play a double game
While the Libyan government immediately condemned the attack in Benghazi and pledged to cooperate with the U.S. in the investigation, the initial reaction to the new Egyptian President Mohammed Mursia was inaccurate - has condemned the movie but not the Egyptian violence - which has angered Washington.
Obama's TV network Telemundo announced that the government of Egypt led by Islamists should not be considered a U.S. ally, "but not as the enemy," he added. Obama later spoke with Mursia and sent a clear message that Egypt must cooperate to protect American diplomatic missions.
The White House will closely monitor Mursia action. It could be called into question the fate of foreign aid than two billion dollars a year, mostly military, that the U.S. sent to Egypt, said a source close to the U.S. administration.
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"The Egyptian authorities here can not play any double game," said Ari Ratner, a former member of the Obama administration, an expert on the Middle East and a Fellow of the Truman National Security Project.
"If the government of Egypt, and continues to expect a significant U.S. aid and investment, it must be very clear on acceptance on these events and active work to calm the situation."
Mursi, however, may feel that there is not much choice, and like the government of Pakistan, which is often the target of accusations "for a double play," he has to balance between the superpowers whose support he needs, and extremists - or even ordinary voters - in a country with strong religious or nationalistic attitudes.
Being cautious with the rebels in Syria
Obama has condemned the demonstrators and provocative, though amateur footage that is the protection of the American right to free speech.
The speed at which the attacks on diplomatic missions politicized highlights danger at home for whatever Obama does, especially since ga Romney accuses "apologized on behalf of America." Romney, on the other hand, accused of opportunism in the midst of a national tragedy.
However, feeling the pressure, Obama defended his Middle East policy, and tried to prevent the public opinion turned against him on the matter. "Now I know that it is sometimes hard to watch disturbing images on television because our world is full of challenges," he told a rally in Colorado.
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"This is a tumultuous time in which we live, but we can and will respond to these challenges if we remain what we are and if we remind ourselves that we are different from other nations."
Analysts estimate that ovonedjeljni events at least deepen already great caution regarding further involvement in Syria and to emphasize the reluctance to allow the rebels to reach the more sophisticated weapons.
Author: Angelina Šofranac
Posted: 16/9/2012 1:00
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