Like no other president had to deal with foreign policy issues made by others.
Reagan had really “bad luck”, promised his policies would change it, and 3 years later, done. The plan worked like a charm. Obama, six years in... recovery....recovery....recovery....waiting...waiting...
I'll bet you dollars to donuts that this guy didn't give Ronald Reagan any credit at all for the demise of the Soviet Union and the relative easy time that Clinton had in office, as a result.
Edward Hamley speaking of Marshal Bezaine during the
Franco-Prussian war...
“The anxiety of the temporizing mind which prefers
postponement of a crisis to vigorous action.”
Sure sounds like Obama to me.