Obama certainly encouraged too many of the too wrong guys in the ME too much, and mistook adapting a weak own stand for encouring the opponent to communicate, and pissed quite some of his former allies: real one and pretended ones as well. Israel on my mind, Saudi Arabia as well. But he has made the Persians strong.
Putin is Sovjet style, old school. Sowjets understand only one language, and the whole Eastern sphere ticks like that: power. Ellaborated intellectualism is not what scores you points here, but showing what a big thing you have.
No, Obama has not understood this at all. Not one bit. The importance of reason as a factor forming history, often gets dramatically overestimated. So did Obama. And not just in overseas affairs, but at home as well.
I thought it could not become more stupid in foreign politics than with George W. Bush. 8 years of Obama have proven me wrong - it seems its always possible to get even worse. And now comes eiether Clinton or Trump. Fan. Tas. Tic.
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