The DiploMad 2.0: Climbing out of the Obama Foreign Policy Hole.
So what should we do? As noted, it’s the wrong question if focussed solely on Ukraine. It is almost too late to do much about Ukraine per se. This misadministration is all about reacting to crises that arise because of things done by the misadministration. Show weakness, over and over, and you find that your opponents do not take you seriously; they, instead, take advantage of you. You will find yourself two, three, many steps behind your opponent. We set the stage for this disaster with our policies in Egypt, Libya, Syria, Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan; with our disregard for the nation’s military strength; our abuse of its enormous intelligence capabilities; our electing to power people of low quality.
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