I think we’re just seeing liberalism on display. Kerry is of the ponderous “I’m so brilliant (not)” variety. Obama and Biden are the buffoonish “I’m so cool” stripe.
Liberals royally screw up all the time, millions can get killed, they think gee that’s a shame too bad somebody else isn’t as smart as me, they laugh it off and they sleep just fine. Examples would be Indochina, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Egypt, etc. They just don’t care.
And don’t forget, “Dude, that was, like, two years ago.”