So, the latest right-wing gimmick is that Egypt is going to turn into President Obama’s Iran, alluding to the horrendous foreign policy disaster of the Carter Presidency.
Of course, this is just one more “this is Obama’s” in an ever lengthening list of “this is Obama’s” …
We’ve had “Obama’s Vietnam”, meaning of course the fact he had to get the country out of the mess Bush/Cheney got us all into. You remember? We invaded Afghanistan following the attack on 9-11, ostensibly to catch Osama Bin Laden. But the all seeing, all knowing, all wise Bush/Cheney duo decided it was best to sort of just put troops there, and leave them for six years holding the bag while they chased a squirrel into Iraq.
Then there was “Obama’s Waterloo”, multiple times, including Health Care and the BP Oil Spill.
And then we had “Obama’s Watergate”, which was the mythical Sestak scandal. This was the charge, which no doubt the GOP House will investigate, that the White House offered Sestak a job (a bribe according to right-wing talking bovines) not to run against SEN Specter in PA.
So, you’ll please pardon me while I yawn at the latest “this is Obama’s”, as in, Egypt being “Obama’s Iran”.
The Liberty Tree 
Grant
February 1, 2011 at 20:25
What I like is how the conservatives are split in their criticisms of the President. Neo-cons say he should be promoting Democracy (not to mention that W Bush, of all people, inspired the Egyptians because he set Iraq “free”). Then there are others, perhaps more classical conservatives, who say that he is risking the stability of the Middle East by not backing Mubarak. Then there are those like Limbaugh who actually argue it both ways at the same time. See http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2011/02/how-theyre-attacking-obama.html