Global Missionary: John Kerry’s Faltering Effort to Redefine US Foreign Policy

Der Spiegel ^ | August 05, 2014 – 11:56 AM | Holger Stark

[Olog-hai]

John Kerry has spent months rushing from one conflict to the next, but has little show for it. His failures are symptomatic of an America that lacks a foreign policy identity—and of a country that seems uncomfortable with its role as a superpower. […]

The helplessness of the world’s most important foreign minister shows just how little influence the US still has in the Middle East. And with each failure, Washington’s influence in the rest of the world erodes as well. A civil war is raging in eastern Ukraine, an agreement with Iran over its nuclear program is still a long way off, Islamist terrorists now control large swaths of Iraq—and the US doesn’t appear to be in a position to do anything about it. […]

… Conservatives, such as the political scientist Robert Kagan, have been the most vocal. Kagan recently warned of a “collapse of global order” in an essay in the New Republic. It was titled “Superpowers Don’t Get to Retire” and argued that only American power can “keep the lid closed on … Pandora's box.” …

[Don Corleone]

“What difference does it make?”

[boycott]

Kerry really is a complete failure. He really doesn’t have a clue as to how the real world works.

[VerySadAmerican]

Way back in the Clinton days his SOS, Ms. Not so Bright, said it was not good for America to be the only superpower.

[dforest]

Poor Jon Cary. That is what I got from this article.

[Paladin2]

We need winner take all windsurfing diplomacy.

[BenLurkin]

Traitor in the 70s

Traitor in the 80s

Traitor today.

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

I would change the title to something like “John Kerry’s Faltering Effort to Convince the World that he Isn’t a Horsefaced Idiot”.

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[rktman]

But, on the + side, he can kite surf, snowboard and is daredevil enough to ride a pink girly bike without a helmet. No that’s class. Or is it ass. “Why yes Lovey. I would like another glass of chardonay.” See, I can’t even spell it. :>}

[sasquatch]

Err,
John Who?

[MasterGunner01]

Both allies, neutrals, and enemies realize that John “Lurch” Kerry is a clueless, narcissistic, putz. Incompetence doesn't begin to describe him.

[BatGuano]

What could we have expected from John E’ffen Kerry?
The faggot warrior (he served in Vietnam) has screwed up well. Just as the A$$hole in the White Hut planned. We are and were totally screwed in November of 2008 and again in 2012.

[Larry381]

It would appear that even Germany, the unofficial leader of the pussies of the European Union, has discerned that Vietnam John has been found wanting.
Granted Frenchie is no Joachim von Ribbentrop, but remember, old Joachim never had the guts to ride in a pink MK-3
Notice that the Oh, so PC Krauts don't dare mention the name of the big POS who is really responsible for imbeciles like Clinton and Kerry, even though it was not too long ago that Germany was swooning over the brown prince and advising us stoopid Americans that:
Obama, Obama, über alles,
Über alles in der Welt!

[henkster]

And he wasn’t that far from having the media drag his worthless carcass into the white house.

[TBP]

You know we can trust John Kerry — after all, look who he picked for a running mate.

[dead]

Kerry was an idiot when he was alive.

He's no brighter as the undead Zombitary of State.

[doug from upland]

Mocking him on YouTube in limerick form

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uygq5dkMMM0&feature=youtu.be

[octex]

Kerry is just following in the footsteps of Hillary; another major failure as SoS. She had zero accomplishments (other than flying a million miles) and Kerry is unable to beat that.

The SoS is doomed to fail when the country they represent has lost the respect of other countries because of the weakness and failures of the President and his administration.

[Seattle Conservative]

I agree. He keeps flitting from one country to the next - he may surpass Hillary! in the # of miles traveled by a SoS.

I heard someone say on FNC yesterday that an agreement had been reached by Hamas and Israel when he was in Israel not too long ago. But then the idiot flew to Paris and was doing a separate deal with others there that was in essence detrimental to Israel(I don’t recall who all was involved, but IIRC Qatar may have been involved). Because of that, Bibi refused to let Obama or Kerry know about or be involved in these current discussions - instead, they’re working with Egypt and a couple of other ME countries.