The Russians are sticking it to Obama, and he’s too f-in stupid to even realize it.
He cannot hope to even begin to pacify Afghanistan without this base, ESPECIALLY with the Taliban now attacking convoys in Pakistan.
Which opens the door for RUSSIAN INFLUENCE in this region.
He’s been out-chessed...
He couldn’t win at pinochle.
Or out-checkered, out-tiddley-winked, out-marbled, or even out-hopscotched.
No clue whatsoever.
I'd say he was never in the game.