President Barack Obama talks with Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., left, and Rep. C.A. "Dutch" Ruppersberger, D-Md., in the Situation Room of the White House, March 25, 2011. The President briefed a bipartisan, bicameral group of Members of Congress, many of whom joined via conference call, on the situation in Libya. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) Obama Failing As Commander In Chief -- Robert D. Blackwill, Politico
The Obama administration deserves credit for its foreign policy achievements.
There has been no successful terrorist attack on U.S. soil. President Barack Obama and his colleagues have, thus far, skillfully handled the popular eruptions in Tunisia and Egypt — though those crises are far from over. They strengthened sanctions against Iran regarding its nuclear weapons program; reset U.S.-Russia relations and completed the New START Treaty. They have begun to deal effectively with the rise of Chinese power; continued, after a slow start, the transformation of U.S.-India relations, and signed a bilateral trade accord with South Korea. They also modernized the North Atlantic Treaty Organization with summit agreements on a new strategic concept and ballistic missile defense.
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My Comment: I read commentaries critical of President Obama all the time .... I also read commentaries that support the President. But what is surprising about this post is that it is coming from the Politico .... a news organization site that has always been very supportive of the President.
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We need to keep more troops in Iraq (where conflict is pretty much over) but draw down in Afghanistan (where it still rages). Huh? And more importantly, Blackwill ignores the whole issue of where the Iraq and Afghanistan governments stand in regards to our presence. As Abu Muqawama has repeated out until he is probably hoarse, at the end of the day these are not our fights to win or lose.
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