Three years ago when the President pulled the entirety of US forces out of Iraq, Vice President Biden declared this a great accomplishment of the administration. We skedaddled and left the Iraqis to fend for themselves; mission accomplished. Well, as Reverend Wright might say, those chickens have come home to roost. Mosul has fallen to a branch of Al Qaeda.
Whether one agreed with the mission or not, thousands of Americans died to secure a democracy in the heart of the Muslim world. I myself did not like the plan. Short of a McArthueresque dictatorship, I view nation building as a doomed project. Nonetheless, we spent years doing it and had more success than I expected. Then we left. By leaving, we abandoned whatever 'investments' were made and we see the result. After WWII, we stayed in Germany. 70 years later, we are still in Germany and it is a functioning Western democracy. After Korea, we stayed in South Korea. We are still there. It is a hugely successful country compared to its neighbor, North Korea. Look at the difference between the part of Korea where the US stayed and the part that we lost. After Vietnam, we left South Vietnam. Catastrophe followed. The record is pretty clear.
The US has lost prestige under Obama and no one can trust us. Obama has betrayed allies and appeased enemies. He has abandoned the idea of US leadership in the world. Putin has made a fool of Obama and Obama appears not to mind. Here is a president who was dealt a Straight Flush, discarded it, and asked for 5 new cards. It is hard to credit this as mere incompetence. Is the destruction of US foreign policy intentional, thus crippling future efforts? Who can trust the US now? We might just elect another Obama and abandon whoever counts on us.
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