One of my biggest criticisms of US foreign policy has been it’s Bi-Partisan obsession with the Middle East. This is largely due to Saudi/Gulf States Oil interests that have infiltrated Washington and their poisonous effect. Another aspect is the Progressive anti-Semitic obsession against Israel. In their warped mind, Israel is the center of all the world’s ill. A small nation with a population of 7 Million is somehow responsible for AIDS, world hunger, cancer and global warming. Their solution is the dismemberment of Israel and giving it to the Dar AL Islam. The Saudis paws are all over this as they hate Israel and are funding many of these so called peace groups.

The result of this obsession with that far away part of the world, has been America neglecting it’s back yard. Latin America and the Caribbean are much closer to home and have more effect on our security. Hugo Chavez and his Bolivarian Progressive movement is floundering, Mexico is in near anarchy and Brazil is now an economic power. All this is happening, yet you hear nothing about it.

While pundits called President Obama on his failure to mention Israel and the Palestinian problem in last week’s State of the Union Address, a far greater omission went ignored: Latin America.

Aside from one fleeting reference (to Colombia and free trade), the closest Obama came geographically was a rhetorical jaunt to the Caribbean to note the disaster in Haiti.

Mexico is battling a full-blown narco-insurgency right on our border. In Venezuela, President Hugo Chavez is constructing a vicious dictatorship. Argentina’s stumbling toward a government crisis. While we were napping, Brazil became a great power.

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Col. Ralph Peters’ analysis is spot on. He is a Military thinker and looks at geography. The fact is Latin America and the Caribbean are the two most vital areas to America’s security. It is close to home and is our southern flank. We have been neglecting it at our own peril. But as is mentioned in the article, China is moving in. They are signing trade agreements and giving out loans to various countries. This is buying them friends in these nations, which is our sphere of influence. Why are we neglecting our own continent?

America needs to wake up out of it’s Bi-Partisan Middle East delusion and realize that Saudis are not our friends and Israel is not the center of the world’s problems. This delusion is draining our attention from our own backyard. Mexico is in anarchy, yet very little of it is discussed. We know more about Afghan villages filled with pedophiles than Mexican border towns controlled by ruthless drug cartels. Phoenix is now the top kidnapping city in the nation. This a result of our inattention to what is important: our own neighborhood. This is dangerous and could come back to haunt us.

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