Thanks for your comments. They are reasoned.
In the Middle-East, the only thing worse than sordid working relationships is sordid non-working relationships.
We’ve had situations where Russia was very close to a nation. Syria was in the Russian circle of influence back in the 60s and 70s. Was that any better? No. And I think this is what we need to remember.
Things may be bad now, but they could be a lot worse.
Look at what we’re dealing with in Iran right now, due to Carter’s brilliant moves in the late 1970s. Four decades later, and Iran is still a thorn in our side.
The Shah’s family would never have sought nuclear weapons. And yet Carter still thinks he’s an international sage to this day. Now Obama is another sage along the same lines, only this idiot is screwing with tens of nations, not just one.
I agree with your analysis that Obama is worse than Carter, because he is effecting (destroying) so many countries.
One warning that we can take from Carter’s time, is that the last year will tempt aggressors to try their luck, before a stronger President might come to power. In Carter’s last year Ayatollah Khomeni conducted mass executions of his opposition, and the Soviets invaded Afghanistan. China attacked Vietnam, and communists began a civil war against the Government of El Salvador.
A lot of bad actors will calculate that a lame duck Obama will be their best chance for a while - and he will probably try to make a final push to flip as many countries as he can.
The world will suffer the effects of Obama’s Presidency for a long time to come.