...”Either way the US just lost the Great Game”...
Yep...Obama as usual hands it over without blinking an eye!
Honestly, I don’t think he realizes what happened. Neither does anyone at the State Department.
Remember the loons we have had there for over 20 years. No Russia desk, no real understanding of ME culture (the Arab Spring was our fault), no real grand strategy. Russia and China have over a thousand years of unbroken cultural ties for their foreign policy. Even during the purges, the new guys seemed to just pick up where the old ones left off.
Obama has two grand goals. Massive decrease in “greenhouse gases” and spreading pedophilia. Both will result in the collapse of not just the US, but of Western civilization. Both are the only things he seems to take action on, with a focus on punishing the army for not allowing our allies to bugger.
Meanwhile, Russia is taking the Middle East and China is grabbing Africa and making in roads to South America. We will not even be a regional power in 20 years if this keeps up. We may loose part of North America for that matter.