From Spengler, a trenchant assessment of a President who, in the space of just 18 months, bids fair to marginalize America’s influence in the geopolitical world. The essay is written from Israel’s point of view, but its scope encompasses the menacing implications of an alignment between Turkey, Iran, Syria and Russia, with Turkey’s Erdogan the catalyst.
“Whatever the failings of the Bush Administration—and there were many—the world accorded U.S. priorities a grudging respect born of fear. In just two years Obama has become a figure of astonishment and contempt. In every field of foreign policy—Middle East peace, nuclear proliferation, dealings with the Russians, the Korean peninsula, relations with Japan, management of Latin America— the once-stable pillars of U.S. foreign policy are melting down.”
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