I have to give the guy a little credit; I would say that it is very unusual for a person with his background to have any knowledge of history. I’d guess that his self-destruction was worth about 1/4 a point on election day. That may not sound like much; it’s a long way to November, and it’s going to be fairly close; but these things do add up.
Obama’s team is getting smarter, in that the is getting better at reacting quickly and throwing people under the bus faster. Too bad!
He doesn't know much, since he identified the Turks as the "beneficiaries" of these Roman attentions. Guess he could have been thinking of the Byzantines (who called themselves "Romans"), but I doubt that, the more so because the Turks eventually overwhelmed the Eastern Empire.
Wonder if he's worried at all that we "Turks" might overwhelm HIS empire?