article_snippet.sent: Of course, it's hardly a surprise President Barack Obama refuses to acknowledge all this in plain terms -- the president and President Barack Obama national security advisers have too often proven naïve, with a dangerous habit of viewing the world not as it is, but as the president and his national security advisers hope it could be.
article_snippet.sent: There is no shortage of examples that highlight the absence of sound foresight on the parts of the world's most powerful politician and his national security team.
article_snippet.sent: Once again, the president and Obama advisers appear to have either ignored or failed to recognize the trajectory of events in the Middle East.
article_snippet.sent: What were the president and his advisers thinking?
article_snippet.sent: President Obama has the resources at President Obama disposal to do just that.
article_snippet.sent: But if President Obama wants to help define a future for the Middle East and North Africa in which fewer threats emanate from those regions, President Obama must spend more time listening to talented professionals in our military and intelligence community versus the idealists and yes-men surrounding President Obama at the White House.
article_snippet.sent: Indeed, President Obama should also pay closer attention to what representatives from Arab states are saying behind closed doors.
article_snippet.sent: But if Obama thinks it prudent to wait on us Arab partners to do most of the heavy lifting, Obama could be guaranteeing this will be the case in the not-too-distant future.