Ann Coulter "Everyone says President Obama is a feckless commander, weak in statecraft, especially compared to the great leaders of the Western world, such as Reagan and Churchill.
"I believe this does Obama a great injustice. It's so easy to react the way a great leader would. Sure, Obama could have left a small contingent of American troops in Iraq, preserved America's victory, and prevented the entire region from collapsing into chaos and terror. He could have refrained from issuing empty "red line" threats to Syria. He could call ISIS "Islamic." But anybody could do that -- even ISIS calls itself "Islamic." (Note for scholars: That's what the first "I" stands for.)
"These are the obvious answers. Obama could do it, too. But let me hasten to add: Those guys -- unlike Obama -- never won a Nobel Peace Prize. The genius of Obama is that he takes a much more nuanced view of the world.
"Rather than lament that Reagan, Churchill and other great men aren't our leaders in this increasingly dangerous world, we should really be lamenting that Obama wasn't in charge in their day. " . . .Read the full article
Let us not sell Chamberlain too short. In the end, and too late for millions, he saw the true nature of his enemy and it was he who declared war on Germany after Hitler ignored the red line set by the British. However the judgement passed on him by Winston Churchill was biting and immortal:
“You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war.”"Churchill’s remark after Chamberlain returned from signing the Munich pact with Hitler"