Is Obama good for the West?

The jury is out but the opening statements are not encouraging.

His first interview was to the Qatar press where is highlighted his Muslim relatives.
His administration is drafting a conciliatory latter to Iran, the same Iran who said they would not talk to the US unless it withdrew all troops from all locations around the world.
He is talking about reigniting the same "respectful partnership" that the US had with the Muslim World 20-30 years ago.

During that period, the Ayatollah Khomeini came to power after the Shah was disposed and started his war against the West igniting the current Jihad period of Islamic history. For those who have forgotten that was when the US Embassy at Tehran was seized. It was also about that time when Soviet invasion of Afghanistan occurred. This triggered the rise of the Mujahideen who gave us Osama, Al Qaeda and the Taliban. It was also about the time that Islamic militants took control of the Grand Mosque in Mecca. This triggered greater fundamentalism in Saudi royal family.

Twenty years ago the US shot down a couple of Libyan jets, Khomeini issued he fatwa against Rushdie and Hezbollah was torturing to death U.S. Marine Colonel William “Rich” Higgins, who had been kidnapped the previous year while serving as a UN peacekeeper in Lebanon.

So yes. let's go back to those heady historical times with a nice new peace treaty with Iran and see how much damage can be dome to us and the US by Islam in the next ten years.