Obama foreign policy—fail

SYRIA

Leader of said country now knows the limits as set by “O”: the death toll from the civil war he has waged has a number that has 6 digits, and this perfectly OK as long as he does not use NBC weapons.

EGYPT

The Egyptian military has always been the enforcers of peace tranquility when the “civilan” government has gone rogue, just as it has now. “O” has decided to cut off same because it has usurped power. “O” has decided to side with the Shiites.

IRAN

Everyone is shouting: don't ease up on sanctions or believe that liar Rohani, they are only bidding for time to finish their U235 enrichment project. They now have 1,000 of the good P2 centrifuges that can take 3.5% uranium, which is civilian grade reactor fuel, directly to 90% given enough time. They also have a new enrichment facility at Shiraz, which can enrich plutonium.

“O” is fully cognizant of these facts. He has decided that it OK for Iran to have nuclear weapons, because he is confident that he can “contain” the effects (the so-called “containment” policy). Notate bene: his goal is not the prevention of Iran getting the “bomb”.

IRAQ

“O” has skedaddled every last American soldier. Some are cheering, but this has created a power vacuum, and Al-Qaeda has happily filled the void. They are now serving as the willing conduit for supplies from Iran to the Shiites (Assad) in Syria.

SAUDI ARABIA

She is backing the Sunni rebel factions in the Syrian civil war, and counting on a US strike on the Assad forces. In the end, “O” chickened out, and she was left twisting in the wind. This country has been a key strategic ally in the Middle East, but the monarchy is Hashemite, a minority member in Saudi society. She is not happy with the actions of “O”.

TURKEY

Same comment as Saudi Arabia. Turkey is a member of NATO. Erdogan is converting this country from a secular one to a Muslim one, and “O” is perfectly OK with this.

CHINA

South-East Asia is a complicated place: many countries scrunched up together. She has elbowed her way into the cocktail party by claiming naval and ADIZ that clearly violated the sovereignty of her neighbors: Japan, Philippines, Vietnam, and South Korea. She has also been quite aggressive in various territorial claims with her land neighbors. “O” has supposedly “pivoted” away from the Middle East and towards China. To date, however. “O” has done little to push back on Red China.

RUSSIA

She has had zero influence in the Middle East since the her participation in the disastrous 1973 Arab-Israeli war. Thanks to the reticence of the “O” administration, she is now a major player in the Middle East as guarantors of peace, despite the fact that she supports Iran and Assad.