Obama's failed foreign "policy" is coming home to roost. Here is why:

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<<<<  While Obama is destroying our military preparedness, all in the name of unilateral "peace" (how can there be war if we don't fight?),   China is doubling the size of its army,  across the board;  so too,  Russia.  

Why "now" is critical to our enemies.

J Smithson

Clearly, at least to me,  Russia and Mr. Putin , have decided that now,  with three years remaining in the term of the weakest US president, Putin has personally known,  now is the time to press international changes that challenge both the leadership of the US and its very sovereignty. 

Understand that Crimea did not “just happen,”  as the natural consequence of the passing of time.  Rather,  the recent turn of events,  began in 2006,  when Obama and other “peace at any price” One Worlders,  helped to disarm Unkraine,  with promises to support that country,  militarily,  if that should be necessary in the future.  

Again,  in 2009/2010,  Obama,  as president,  chose to violate treatises with the Czech Republic and Poland,  and invalidate the effort to create a missile defense system in each country.   Those systems were strongly opposed by the Russians,  but initiated by Bush in a display of decided leadership.  These were to be defense systems against projected Russian and Iranian aggression.  Obama vacated those treatises in an arrogant and unilateral display of "I know better than all my generals,  all of world leadership," and did so without consulting the Czech Republic or Poland, or giving heed to their protests. And, so,  the stage was set for Russia's invasion of Crimea and its rebuilding efforts, as it returns to Cold War conduct.  

We can do nothing to stop Russia,  today,  because Obama and his fellow Peacenikes  did nothing,  5 years ago, and before. 

Obama's empty threats against blatant aggression in the European region and the Middle East,  have proven to be laughable acts of verbal cowardice,  and,  as a result of all this, the theme of this post is confirmed, as Russia sees "now" as the perfect time to act. 

Putin is taking a calculated risk now,  believing  the next American President will not be as weak-kneed as Obama;   that Obama will not strike back with a heavy hand,  fearing that he will take on blame for intensifying hostilities if he does act decisively, and, finally,  believing that sanctions will be no more effective against his (Putin) country than they have been against Iran and Syria. 

Because "now" is the time,  we can expect to see continuing acts of aggression, not only from Putin,  but from Syria,  Iran,  the Pakistani Taliban,  N Korea and,  China.  

Which brings us to the following news about a Russian/Chinese partnership, designed to increase their physical presence in Central and South America,  knowing, full well,  that the United States has a coward for a president.  

The following news excerpt adds to the warnings of this post.  The future belongs to us,  but only if we read with understanding AND act on that understanding.  

Write letters,  make phone calls,  email your complaints or views. It works.  I mean,  look what "we" have accomplished in our battle against domestic forces that hate our traditions and founding documents.  We are winning.   

Here is what is continuing and about to happen in our part of the world.  Will Obama surrender our very future as a nation,  or,  present a demonstrative resolve that threatens the security of those who would threaten ours (think "JFK - 1960's - Cuban Missile Crisis") ?  

WASHINGTON – As Russia continues to take strategic initiatives that put the United States on the defensive, Russian President Vladimir Putin is teaming up with China to help construct a trans-oceanic canal in Nicaragua that gives Moscow an even greater foothold in Washington’s area of influence

The prospect comes as Moscow not only intends more massive arms sales in Latin America but, as WND recently reported, moves to establish a base in Nicaragua besides using existing facilities for refueling for aircraft and port calls for Russian warships.

In addition to Nicaragua, Moscow also is looking to establish bases in Cuba and Venezuela.

The establishment of permanent Russian bases and a major Russian presence in the Western Hemisphere will challenge U.S. policies and threaten to diminish Washington’s influence in the region.

And like a repeat of events leading up to the 1962 Cuban missile crisis, it will give Moscow a basis to stage offensive weapons in the Western Hemisphere, placing another formidable challenge to U.S. homeland defenses from potential missile threats.

Read more at http://www.wnd.com/2014/05/russia-joins-china-in-building-nicaragua-canal/#6Hod6AsgBvjzzc4B.99

NY Times gives us the bad news about Obama's foreign policy efforts.

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From the NY Times, here:  TOKYO — President Obama encountered setbacks to two of his most cherished foreign-policy projects on Thursday, as he failed to achieve a trade deal that undergirds his strategic pivot to Asia and the Middle East peace process suffered a potentially irreparable breakdown. . . .   

Editor's note:  the brief article goes on to outline or reference three failures.  One has to do with trade agreements with Japan as Japanese farmers resisted the proposed agreement(s).  Another has to do with the Obama/Kerry failure to bring Israel and the Palestinians together.  And,  a third failed effort,  as noted by the Times,  is the laughable "reset" policy of this Administration and its demonstrable failure as seen in Russia's aggression in Ukraine.  The article did not mention Obama's refusal to stop Iran's progress as a nuclear state;  his failed military policies in Iraq and Afghanistan; his monumental failure in Libya, his betrayals in Poland and the Czech Republic, his refusal to recognize Islam's international campaign against the Christian community,  whether Catholic,  Coptic, or Evangelical;  his failed policy, supporting the Muslim Brotherhood,  his decision to support the Communist takeover in Honduras (August of 2009);  his alliance with Al Jazeera;  his Carter-style "hostage crisis,"  paying five million dollars to Egyptian radicals for the release of 17 Americans in an under-reported story,   and on and on.  

The article ends with this rather surprising summary statement:  

The setbacks, though worlds apart in geography and history, speak to the common challenge Mr. Obama has had in translating his ideas and ambitions into enduring policies. He has watched outside forces unravel his best-laid plans, from resetting relations with Russia to managing the epochal political change in the Arab world. On Thursday, as Russia staged military exercises on the border with Ukraine, Mr. Kerry denounced broken promises from the Kremlin but took no specific action.

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Even his best buds at the WaPost, see Obama as living and working in an alternative universe, one that has little to do with present day, foreign realities. (Here is the part where I get to say, "I told you so.")

 The article speaks for itself.  The commentary,  an official WaPost point of view,  demonstrates just how out of touch Obama and his minions are.  Harry Reid,  Dick Durban,  Charles Schumer,  Nancy Pelosi,  all share in Obama's Utopian Nonsense. But there remains a growing population within the Democrat Party,  that understands just how incompetent this man truly is.  And Hillary is moving further and further away from Der Slickster.  This is not going to last forever.  We can only hope Israel,  Taiwan,  and Free Europe  (especially the border states to Commie Russia) all survive Obama's tyranny  ~blog editor.  

The Post’s View

President Obama’s foreign policy is based on fantasy

By Editorial Board, Published: March 2

FOR FIVE YEARS, President Obama has led a foreign policy based more on how he thinks the world should operate than on reality. It was a world in which “the tide of war is receding” (from an Obama speech in June of 2011 - blog editor) and the United States could, without much risk, radically reduce the size of its armed forces. Other leaders, in this vision, would behave rationally and in the interest of their people and the world. Invasions, brute force, great-power games and shifting alliances — these were things of the past. Secretary of State John F. Kerry displayed this mindset on ABC’s “This Week” Sunday when he said, of Russia’s invasion of neighboring Ukraine, “It’s a 19th century act in the 21st century.”

That’s a nice thought, and we all know what he means. A country’s standing is no longer measured in throw-weight or battalions. The world is too interconnected to break into blocs. A small country that plugs into cyberspace can deliver more prosperity to its people (think Singapore or Estonia) than a giant with natural resources and standing armies.

Unfortunately, Russian President Vladimir Putin has not received the memo on 21st-century behavior. Neither has China’s president, Xi Jinping, who is engaging in gunboat diplomacy against Japan and the weaker nations of Southeast Asia. Syrian president Bashar al-Assad is waging a very 20th-century war against his own people, sending helicopters to drop exploding barrels full of screws, nails and other shrapnel onto apartment buildings where families cower in basements. These men will not be deterred by the disapproval of their peers, the weight of world opinion or even disinvestment by Silicon Valley companies. They are concerned primarily with maintaining their holds on power.

Bush won the Iraqi War. Obama has, officially, lost that war. Here is why . . . ;.

Exclusive: Iraq signs deal to buy arms, ammunition from Iran - document

BY AHMED RASHEED

BAGHDAD Mon Feb 24, 2014 9:19am EST

Editor's Notes:  We can now,  officially,  take the Iraqi War out of the win column.  Obama did not pursue the "status of forces"  worked out by Bush.  As a direct result of our retreat from the region,  under and because of Hussein Obama's feckless Middle East policies,  the more than 4,000 lives lost,  in that war,  has gone to waste.  There is simply no other way to frame this headlined event.  And to think,  that a large population of Americans still think Obama's foreign policies are a success.

Hussein Obama's Foreign Policy "Successes"  

As a reminder,  Obama's policy as to Iran has allowed that nation to become a nuclear power,  in the Middle East;  it is has allowed Iraq to partner with its one time mortal enemy,  Iran;  it (Obama's policies) has provided a staging region for al Qaeda, to train international terrorists and invade Syria;  it has been primary in the fall of the pro-West Egyptian government;  it supports the Muslim Brotherhood - an organization dedicated to the overthrow of Israel and the U.S, ;  it has destroyed the Libyan government and is directly responsible for the deaths of our ambassadors in Benghazi;  it has ended hopes for a missile defense system in both Georgia and Poland,  and continues to ignore the Chinese military build up as well as the moronic despotism of North Korea.