No one around the world fears the US anymore. We can be sure Putin will continue to move west claiming more former Soviet Empire territories. WashPo is correct, for once, that obama is living in a fantasy with his insanely weak foreign policy. It will lead to more aggression from other enemies of the US too. Do not be surprised if China starts up trouble with Japan and Iran gets more aggressive with its nuclear weapons program. The boy king has proved time and again he is all talk no action, he actually believes the “skills” he has from community organizing as a slick talker will be enough to deter aggressors around the world. Couple his lack of experience from ever having a real job or a clue on foreign policy with his plans to dismantle the US military to World War II levels and you have the recipe for true chaos globally.
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President Obama’s foreign policy is based on fantasy
by Editorial Board|WaPo
FOR FIVE YEARS, President Obama has led a foreign policy based more on how he thinks the world should operate than on reality. It was a world in which “the tide of war is receding†and the United States could, without much risk, radically reduce the size of its armed forces. Other leaders, in this vision, would behave rationally and in the interest of their people and the world. Invasions, brute force, great-power games and shifting alliances — these were things of the past. Secretary of State John F. Kerry displayed this mindset on ABC’s “This Week†Sunday when he said, of Russia’s invasion of neighboring Ukraine, “It’s a 19th century act in the 21st century.â€
That’s a nice thought, and we all know what he means. A country’s standing is no longer measured in throw-weight or battalions. The world is too interconnected to break into blocs. A small country that plugs into cyberspace can deliver more prosperity to its people (think Singapore or Estonia) than a giant with natural resources and standing armies.
Unfortunately, Russian President Vladimir Putin has not received the memo on 21st-century behavior. Neither has China’s president, Xi Jinping, who is engaging in gunboat diplomacy against Japan and the weaker nations of Southeast Asia. Syrian president Bashar al-Assad is waging a very 20th-century war against his own people, sending helicopters to drop exploding barrels full of screws, nails and other shrapnel onto apartment buildings where families cower in basements. These men will not be deterred by the disapproval of their peers, the weight of world opinion or even disinvestment by Silicon Valley companies. They are concerned primarily with maintaining their holds on power..more