What exactly did he whiff on? The odds of success from the situation he inherited were minimal. And I'm sure if you have a better suggestion on what should be done write him a fucking letter.
Seriously dude? The heavy work was already done. All he had to do was manage it and not neglect it.
You don't like baseball analogies... let's try this.
You (your country) decides to plant a garden....You plow it, plant your seeds (of democracy), and clear out all the weeds.
Now once that is done, it's easy to keep the weeds down with minimal work so your plants can grow and take root. But if you neglect it, the weeds come back, and when they come back they take over fast and now you have a mess and your plants are stifled or dead.
That's what happened here.
Now I'm not talking or debating whether or not the 'garden' should have been put in in the first place. That decision is a decade plus old and GWB is 6 years in the rear view mirror. I'm talking about how it has been handled since....and the results have not been pretty. How could it have been handled differently? That is what the president's job is, that is what his State Departments job is....and backed if necessary, by the credible threat of application of force,
to apply leverage to a situation such that the outcome is in our national interest. To that, this administration has been woefully inadequate and inept.
Power vacuum? Of course there is a power vacuum.....you have the major world power in full retreat. Others (especially those that are unfriendly to us) are going to move in and flourish. That's the way the world operates. LOL if you think differently.
there are 200 "battles" the US could choose to intervene in RIGHT NOW. We don't. With your logic we should intervene in everyone because "what would happen if we hadn't gone?" logic.
That's the job of our leaders to make those decisions based upon the national interest and backed up (hopefully) by good information...when to intervene, when to get involved. It does take leadership skills.
...and please..stop it with the "logic" stuff. I've seen that thrown around much too much on this site by people who don't really know what it is. Moreover, if you think that "logic" is going to solve the world's political problems....LOL. In this area you deal more with emotions....."Logic" only comes into play when you are staring at an armed force that's bigger than yours.
