Commentary

Barack Obama’s Foreign Policy Failings: A World Tour

By Troy Senik
Thursday, June 26 2014

It’s not unusual for American presidents to spend their second terms — a time when they’ve usually exhausted public good will and seen the ranks of the opposition party swell in Congress — pursuing a legacy in foreign policy. God help us if Barack Obama decides to go down that road. With more than half of his second stint in office still remaining, this president has already inflicted a career’s worth of damage abroad. If there’s anything more terrifying than his sweeping ambitions at home, it may be his fecklessness overseas. Consider the evidence, region by…

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