Thursday, July 11, 2013

OBAMA FOREIGN POLICY IN TROUBLE

David Francis, Fiscal Times.  Obama's problems:  Poor crisis management, lack of preparedness, reactive and not-proactive and the list could go on.

  • Russian President Vladimir Putin continues to needle Washington over Snowden
  • European allies have taken the lead in Syria and Libya 
  • Afghan President Hamid Karzai humiliated the White House by pulling out of peace talks unexpectedly
  • Even Obama’s Africa trip was eclipsed by the health of Nelson Mandela and the return of George W. Bush to the public eye

  • Quinnipiac Poll:  People think Obama is trustworthy, honest, etc., but on foreign policy his numbers drop.

    American voters give President Barack Obama a negative 40 - 52 percent approval for the way he is handling foreign policy, his worst grade ever on that score. The president's overall job approval is a negative 44 - 48 percent, little changed from a 45 - 49 percent rating May 30.

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