[TigerLikesRooster]

Or State Dept. thought that they can handle it better by leaving Obama out of the loop. Past track record shows that he has not been really helpful in stabilizing the situation. Although State Dept. is not the shining example of competence, they thought that Obama makes thing worse for them if he meddles in.

[Trumpinator]

Or State Dept. thought that they can handle it better by leaving Obama out of the loop. Past track record shows that he has not been really helpful in stabilizing the situation. Although State Dept. is not the shining example of competence, they thought that Obama makes thing worse for them if he meddles in.

I did not think of it that way - that is very plausible. It does seem on foreign policy Obama's State has been a mess since Hillary.

[lodi90]

Or State Dept. thought that they can handle it better by leaving Obama out of the loop. Past track record shows that he has not been really helpful in stabilizing the situation. Although State Dept. is not the shining example of competence, they thought that Obama makes thing worse for them if he meddles in.

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I read an article on this a few weks back. Seems that El Presidente Obongo is managing everything through a massively enlarged NSC at the WH. And State hates him for that.

[lodi90]

Here’s the article with the dirt on the NSC/State battle:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/how-the-obama-white-house-runs-foreign-policy/2015/08/04/2befb960-2fd7-11e5-8353-1215475949f4_story.html