US President Barack Obama addresses the UN General Assembly. (Reuters)
Top 10 U.S. Foreign Policy Blunders Of 2013 -- David Francis, The Fiscal Times
This past year was a tough one for President Obama on a number of fronts. But it was particularly difficult internationally, as the president seemed to lurch from one crisis to the next without an apparent cohesive strategy, hurting America’s reputation and interests.
There were some highlights in international affairs – Secretary of State John Kerry restarting the Israel-Palestine peace process being the brightest. But 2013 is likely to be remembered more for mistakes than victories.
And boy, there a lot of mistakes. It seemed President Obama was scrambling from one crisis to the next. Some of them were outside of Obama’s control. But the president often was at the wrong end of international incidents because of his own doing.
Here are 10 examples of the biggest foreign policy blunders of the last year.
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My Comment: I have a few more to add .... the Middle East Process (Israel and the Palestinians), the push on territorial claims by China on America's allies in Asia, etc..
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