Will Obama's shrewdness be put to work on behalf of the best interests of our country?

In 1983 the atmosphere in Lebanon, which had been friendly to journalists, was changing. Ayatollah Khomeini came to power in Iran, and poured money to Shiites in Lebanon. Marines had been walking patrols through the Shia-inhabited area daily, with unloaded weapons! Then, in April, 1983 63 people were killed after a man in a black pickup truck drove through a light wooden gate at the U.S. Embassy, and detonated his cargo of explosives as he slammed into the building. Included among those murdered were six CIA officials who comprised "virtually the entire Middle East section of the CIA, wiping out our intelligence-gathering capabilities," writes Terry Anderson in Den of Lions.

Then, on October 23, 1983 another suicidal truck bomber "smiled as he drove his truck right into the entrance of the main barracks" for the 1200-man Marine and Navy unit. Anderson, who had served six years in the Marines, became overcome with horror as he rushed to the scene. The attacker was a member of the new coalition of mullahs funded by Iran - Hezbollah - the party of God. Many of its operatives were trained by Yasser Arafat's Palestine Liberation Organization. You remember Yasser Arafat, the man who guested at the Clinton White House more than any other person? Anderson writes, "Time and again the Palestinians worst enemy was not Israel, but themselves, and their fellow Arabs."

Anderson and Fisk took off for the ancient city of Baalbek, where Hezbollah's leader was headquartered. They interviewed the leader, Mussawi. Anderson realized Mussawi "was evil incarnate, with an almost palpable force of intolerance and fanatacism." Anderson's name and address, from his passport, were entered into the database Iran was funding on all westerners in Lebanon.

The Reagan government in Washington capitulated to the Shia and Druse militiamen who had driven the Lebanese Army out of West Beirut. The remaining Marines were pulled out immediately. "The green flag of Islam was hoisted on the same pole that had, minutes before, carried The Stars and Stripes."

We conservatives venerate Ronald Reagan, but this was anything but his finest moment. We love to criticize Barack Obama, but we should never doubt Obama's shrewdness. I saw how he toppled Queen Hillary. Let's pray that God will grant Obama the wisdom to know how to act in our country's best interests when dealing with the leaders of Iran and North Korea.