How has the administration made the world a better place? Let us count the ways. White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest fielded questions regarding the increasing instability around the world – Iraq, Syria, Ukraine and Israel to name a few – and gave not just a glass-half-full answer but a cup overfloweth response. “I think that there have been a number of situations in which you’ve seen this administration intervene in a meaningful way,” Earnest insisted, “that has, uh, substantially furthered American interests and substantially improved uh, the, uh, the you know, uh, the tranquility of the global community.” We can think of “a number” of such situations if that number is zero.