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Did US policy of appeasement create Mideast power vacuum?

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    Reaction from Fox News Middle East expert Walid Phares

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Since then senator Barack Obama claimed that if elected the Muslim world would like us because he was one of them take a listen.

I truly believe that the day I'm inaugurated.

That not always as a country look at itself differently but the world looks at America differently.

If I'm reaching out to the Muslim world.

They understand that I've lived in a Muslim country and I may be a Christian but I also can understand their point of view I think that the.

Well we now have four Americans murdered in what Libya says was a planned terror attack in growing protests around the Muslim world if Obama had taken a tougher stance.

Would things be different.

Jane you sound Middle East expert advisor to Mitt Romney Wally -- could see -- Thank you for having me first of all wasn't a terrorist attack.

It was a terrorist attack for sure the Libyan president said so.

Qaeda said so.

And observers and in the east are saying so this does not mean that those who did the demonstration are the same those who attacked the embassy this was an operation terrorist operation.

And these are militants attacking our embers to different things we heard for the longest time that George Bush was the problem it was his policies -- weary years that.

Got everybody angry at us in the war in Iraq so the president that Cairo speech things are supposed to be better.

By the twenty attacks in twenty different nations have anything to do with the president's policy.

On the Middle East in his speech in Cairo.

What of course it all began in speech in Cairo which by the way it was not reflecting an American consensus there has not been debate was not debated in congress -- was not debated here.

This is a major change in foreign policy the president when there.

And guess what.

He met actually the Muslim Brotherhood his demo what with a Muslim Brotherhood wouldn't see liberals wouldn't see costs will see women organization in that auditorium so he police out of told the Muslim Brotherhood -- changing policy were withdrawn from Iraq were withdrawn from Afghanistan.

So what kind of message that is going to be heard by the Muslim Brotherhood that we we don't.

Being on a defeats role and that's why today this office and the jihadist in the region.

Our our main position that they now that guy -- much better than they were before 56 years ago.

So you believe that actually.

Things will potentially get worse the more that you reach out to be friendly.

It's about their perception of our policy is -- now.

That we I was -- if they know that we don't receive weather threat is what do you think if if we withdraw there and move forward they're not gonna withdraw as well.

I'm talking about the jihadist and the -- and so yes.

It's not gonna stop -- was -- we could do to help curtail it.

Well first before we need to well protect our embassies are you know institutions are citizens think the administration needs to be very clear with the American public there is -- -- the war against -- this is not.

About the video this is about the confrontation with an enemy that is very determined number one and number -- we -- basically to tell our leaders and -- that is adjacent stop -- -- Wally -- thank you.

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