George W. Bush, for one, was handed a bipartisan consensus on foreign policy after 9/11, which he proceeded to squander during the invasion and occupation of Iraq. Or, in the more concise foreign policy mantra of the age of Obama: “Don’t do stupid s–t.”The logical conclusion of this outlook was utter inaction. Due to the turmoil that followed Donald Trump’s election to the presidency, not much attention has been paid to the consequences of the Obama foreign policy. President Obama eventually did best himself to warn of “enormous consequences” if the Assad regime crossed his “red lines” on the use of chemical weapons. “I think he has been wrong on nearly every foreign policy and national security issue over the past four decades,” judged former defense secretary and CIA chief Robert Gates.

Source: Libya Today December 13, 2023 00:04 UTC