The Obama Doctrine presented and discussed

We have seen for eight years that this man is a pompous blame-shifter, but still the choice of an electorate that seems ignorant of America's role as the necessary protector of free nations against tyranny for over sixty years. They say we shouldn't be the world's policeman, but what if there are world criminals? TD   Illustrations added by TD

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The Atlantic  "FRIDAY, AUGUST 30, 2013, the day the feckless Barack Obama brought to a premature end America’s reign as the world’s sole indispensable superpower. . . " 
. . . "At a joint press conference . . . Cameron’s statement, one of his advisers told me, was meant to encourage Obama toward more-decisive action. “The prime minister was certainly under the impression that the president would enforce the red line,”. . . 

. . . "The king of Jordan, Abdullah II—already dismayed by what he saw as Obama’s illogical desire to distance the U.S. from its traditional Sunni Arab allies and create a new alliance with Iran, Assad’s Shia sponsor—complained privately, “I think I believe in American power more than Obama does.” The Saudis, too, were infuriated. They had never trusted Obama—he had, long before he became president, referred to them as a “so-called ally” of the U.S. “Iran is the new great power of the Middle East, and the U.S. is the old,” Jubeir, the Saudi ambassador in Washington, told his superiors in Riyadh." . . .

. . . "For some foreign-policy experts, even within his own administration, Obama’s about-face on enforcing the red line was a dispiriting moment in which he displayed irresolution and naïveté, and did lasting damage to America’s standing in the world. "   Read the full article here

So now here comes the reaction but not to worry; Obama voters will not be concerned in any way. The man may be a foreign policy nincompoop, but he is their foreign policy nincompoop. TD

UK Daily Mail: US bid to heal rift with Prime Minister over Barack Obama's extraordinary Libya blast   "The White House scrambled to repair relations with Britain yesterday after Barack Obama blasted David Cameron over his failures in Libya.

. . . "A diplomatic dispute flared when the US President launched an extraordinary attack on the Prime Minister for helping to turn the country into a 's*** show'." . . .

From The National Interest: Recovering from the Obama Doctrine
“ 'The failure of [the administration’s] foreign policy is now clear to everyone except its architects, and even they must entertain private doubts. . .” So began Jeane Kirkpatrick’s seminal piece excoriating President Carter’s flawed foreign policy and laying the groundwork for a major strategic realignment under President Reagan; but she just as well might have been talking about President Obama as he approaches his final year in office. Rarely has a U.S. president caused so much damage in so many spheres due to such a fundamental failure in foreign policy philosophy." . . .

Iran’s Ayatollah Says, ‘Under Obama, the U.S. Lacks the Might it Once Had’ — Do You AGREE?   . . . "The Ayatollah, who is considered the real power in Iran, noted that “Iran’s cultural heritage and its great civilization along with its independence seeking discourse rooted in the Islamic Revolution culture has increased the Iranian potentials to play a key role in the creation of the new world order.' ”

President Obama says he is more worried about climate change than the terrorist group ISIS