The Current FReepathon Pays For The Current Quarter's Expenses?
Posted on 08/11/2014 6:08:06 AM PDT by Hojczyk
The Wall Street Journal observed on Sunday that President Barack Obama’s approach to foreign policy is drawing awful reviews from the critics. What critics? “James Steinberg, formerly the President’s Deputy Secretary of State, and Robert Ford, formerly his Ambassador to Syria,” and, delivering the unkindest cut of all, “Hillary Rodham Clinton, formerly his loyal Secretary of State.”
Steinberg said Obama’s decision to provide just limited support to the Kurds, and to direct all other aid through the Iraqi government which has intentionally dragged its feet, “just leaves you scratching your head.”
“Nothing we can point to that’s been very successful,” Ford said of Obama’s approach to the Syrian civil war.
President Barack Obama continues to lack a foreign policy doctrine which guides his approach to crises as they arise. With the best of intentions, the president’s admirers routinely try to rectify this oversight by crafting a doctrine for the president, leading to a variety of aborted experiments and unintentionally humorous episodes. One such attempt to define the Obama doctrine recently resulted in this gem: “Don’t do stupid s**t.”
JFK had “support any friend, oppose any foe,” Reagan had “peace through strength,” Obama has “don’t do stupid s**t.”
It’s not just former administration officials who are dumping all over their old boss. Even The New York Times, which devoted its page one today to an exhaustive look into the crisis in Iraq, cannot but muster a perfunctory implied nod to the “Blame Bush” crowd. The Times’ sources would not play along.
There will be no parachute out of this crisis for Obama, and his Democratic allies know it. As the ship sinks, Obama’s erstwhile allies are saving themselves. It’s an ugly sight, but also a predictable one.
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Still, the race for control of the Senate seems to be tight.
Bwahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.
Does he have any plans to implement that philosophy? It's been on train wreck after another since his original campaign. If not for journalistic malpractice and complicity, this clown wouldn't be able to show his face in public without receiving massive ridicule.
What's funny is I can't think of one instance where 0bama has successfully applied his "doctrine."
‘Rats being...well...rats.
The Current FReepathon Pays For The Current Quarter's Expenses?
They always seem to be a day late and a dollar short. Where were they when this LIAR IN CHIEF was destroying the country?
A Herculean Obama Administration foreign policy goal never quite realized
Operation “Distance Hillary” is in full swing.
No , it’s I’ll support Muslim terrorists anyway possible.
Seriously, it would be lots easier for the dem0s to dump all over 0bama and his FUBAR-ed [foreign] policies if the 'Pubs had bit the impeachment bait. For once the inertia of the right actually was a GOOD thing. Snark!
Gosh, if Hillary! was still SOS this wouldn’t be happening. /MSM spin
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