Superlative post.
Obama is being misread. Zero had zero executive experience upon ascending the throne. He is a pedestrian mind, not a quick study and immune to change. Thus, he is dogged in pursuit of his Maoist doctrines.
The problem with decent Americans/conservatives is projection. They map their basic decency and values into this entity. They cannot really imagine the malignant narcissism, Nietschean will to power and Marxist black liberation ideology at the heart of this man.
Same for liberals who live in denial. They will giddily, mindlessly help him exploit some Reichstag Fire and bring the entire edifice of our liberal (in a good sense) democratic republic crashing down in a Balkan tragedy.
I suspect the “Fire” to be economic. Reinhart & Rogoff, Princeton University Press, “This Time is Different”
No it ain’t.
Shalom