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Tweeting Our Irrelevance to the World
Last Friday, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power compressed seven-plus years of the Obama administration's staggering stupidity, clueless arrogance and frightening adolescence into a single tweet. "We call on #Russia to immediately cease attacks on Syrian oppo & civilians & to focus on ISIL," it stated. Does anything epitomize this administration better than a clueless tweet from a clueless twit? Most of the reaction to it is best described as astonished bemusement.
Thanks to Obama's Poor Choices, ISIS Has Sophisticated Arms, Weapons
The Islamic State continues to wreak havoc in Iraq and Syria. The extremist Islamic group, unmatched in its atrocities, has slaughtered hundreds of innocent Christians, Yazidis, Alawites, Shiites, and their more moderate coreligionists. Now, hundreds of thousands of desperate Middle Easterners are fleeing the region, creating a worldwide refugee crisis and possibly spreading terrorists throughout Europe and beyond.
South Sudan: Obama's Foreign Policy Consistently Finds the Wrong Balance
A good football coach knows that on third down and inches, a quarterback sneak might be the best play. Conversely, on third down and 25, his team will likely throw a long pass. The right play for one situation isn't necessarily right in every situation. Likewise, an effective U.S. president knows when to intervene and project strength and when to keep a low profile. Obama's problem is that when he should show strength and resolve, he is passive and weak. And when he should show restraint and patience, he needlessly inserts himself and seeks to impose his will. Simply stated, given the circumstances, he calls the wrong play. Obama's miscues are endangering the future of South Sudan.
Obama's Syria Debacle
If it had the wit, the Obama administration would be not angered, but appropriately humiliated. President Obama has, once again, been totally outmaneuvered by Vladimir Putin. Two days earlier at the United Nations, Obama had welcomed the return, in force, of the Russian military to the Middle East — for the first time in decades — in order to help fight the Islamic State. The ruse was transparent from the beginning. Russia is not in Syria to fight the Islamic State. The Kremlin was sending fighter planes, air-to-air missiles and SA-22 anti-aircraft batteries. Against an Islamic State that has no air force, no planes, no helicopters?
Putin Cutting Obama Down to Size
If the humiliation of the Obama administration continues at this rate, by this time next week you should expect to see Secretary of State John Kerry on all fours at the United Nations, getting paddled by the Russian foreign minister and shouting, "Thank you, comrade! May I have another?" On Monday, President Obama and Vladimir Putin had a meeting at the United Nations. All Putin wanted from it was a photo of the two men huddling together. The Russian president needed to show his people that he's still a major player on the world stage, a big man driving events. Obama, who spent much of the last year trying to isolate the butcher of Ukraine, gave Putin exactly what he wanted. In wall-to-wall coverage, Russian media celebrated the big man's diplomatic triumph and his geo-strategic genius.
Our Shameful Foreign Policy
Barack Obama has made the American political left comfortable with human rights abuses. See a despot engaged in genocide in Obama's America, blame George W. Bush and move on. In Afghanistan, American soldiers are being driven out of the military for taking action to stop Afghan soldiers from raping boys. Rape is a war crime. It is a war crime to turn a blind eye to soldiers, including allies, engaging in war crimes. Just over two weeks ago, The New York Times reported that American soldiers are being told to ignore sexual abuse of boys in Afghanistan.
Obama, the JV Commander in Chief
After Obama's meeting with Putin, Russia bombs U.S.-backed forces in Syria.
The Coming Putin-Obama Powwow
The Russian strongman is feeling pretty confident these days.
China Flexes Muscle With State Visit
What Xi Jinping's first visit to Washington means.
Syria Just One of Obama's Foreign-Policy Failures
The news that the Obama administration has spent $500 million to put "four or five" fighters on the ground in Syria adds an almost comic irony to what is ultimately a tragic farce. In the 1980s, the symbol of Republican incompetence and mismanagement was the $600 toilet seat. Left out of the media coverage was the fact that the toilet seat was for a special kind of anti-submarine aircraft that had been out of production and needed special retrofitting. But forget all that. How does that compare to spending $100 million per non-bionic human soldier?
Putin's Gambit, Obama's Puzzlement
Once again, President Obama and his foreign policy team are stumped. Why is Vladimir Putin pouring troops and weaponry into Syria? After all, as Secretary of State John Kerry has thrice told his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, it is only making things worse. But worse for whom? For the additional thousands of civilians who will die or flee as a result of the inevitably intensified fighting. True, and I'm sure Lavrov is as moved by their plight as by the 8,000 killed in Russia's splendid little Ukrainian adventure.
North Korea Puts Nuclear Reactor Back Online
Iran isn't the only player actively working to attain nuclear weapons.
Obama Opens Jihadi Pipeline Into U.S.
He announced our nation would take in an additional 10,000 Syrian refugees.
The Obama/Clinton Middle East Legacy: An Epic Humanitarian Crisis
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