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The Flaws of Obama's 'Strategic Patience'
National Interest ^ | 21 Jan, 2016 | Nikolas K. Gvosdev

Posted on 01/21/2016 5:45:22 PM PST by MtnClimber

A common refrain among foreign policy pundits is to declare that the Obama administration has no strategy, that the president and his team are focused only on short-term, tactical approaches and that, as a result, the United States is strategically adrift in the world. This response has become more pronounced in recent months with the apparent willingness of the president to offer concessions to putative adversaries and to proffer generally symbolic responses to the efforts of revisionist powers to probe the depth of American commitment and resolve. Many Congress members (both Republicans and Democrats) are perplexed by an administration that eschews sending weaponry to Ukraine, does not respond more forcefully to Russian and Chinese moves in the Middle and Far East, normalizes relations with an unreconstructed Castro regime in Cuba and seems outmaneuvered by the Islamic Republic of Iran at the negotiating table.

Of course, it helps to re-read the second iteration of its National Security Strategy issued by the Obama administration last year.

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TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: obama

1 posted on 01/21/2016 5:45:23 PM PST by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

Leading from behind.


2 posted on 01/21/2016 5:45:50 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

It’s cute they think its actually strategic patience.

Its al taqqiya.


3 posted on 01/21/2016 7:16:11 PM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: MtnClimber

The other countries are stomping all over Obummer and he’s too stupid to know it.

We ought to send him a Gadsden Flag.

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4 posted on 01/21/2016 7:18:57 PM PST by Mears
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To: MtnClimber

Mookabooker isn’t yellow,
But his backbone ain’t like John Waynes either.
More like Barney Fife, just never a clue.


5 posted on 01/21/2016 7:54:22 PM PST by Joe Boucher (Rubio is a liar, Jeb is worthless, Go Cruz ,Keep stirring the pot Donald.)
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