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Bush swung the pendulum too far to the right and too aggressively. He's partly responsible for creating the environment where the current shitshow is thriving. Now the pendulum has swung too far to the left. When we're at the point that the people who are pretending to be and failing to be the leaders of this country are betraying our allies and equating them with terrorists, something is very wrong. Even Arab countries like Jordan and Saudi Arabia are lined up against Hamas and want Israel to take them out. And we are demanding cease fires to help Hamas survive? The world thinks we're a joke. And we are under the current leadership. Hamas needs to be sent to the grave and their philosophy eradicated with them. There can never be peace with them. Squeeze them in a vise like the allies did to the Nazis and allow them no avenue of escape.
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Your problem might be that you think a picture of two men represents the entire world.
If we investigate the actions and dialogue of world actors, I think we'll find this picture sums up the current world opinion of America well. Putin matters, and he obviously thinks we're a joke. His actions on the ground, and his demeanor toward Obama show it. Netanyahu is scornful toward Obama, and for good reason. Obama has constantly snubbed him and treated him with disdain. Doubtless Netanyahu regards him as a weak, waffling joker that doesn't have the backbone to stand against errant world opinion and support a key ally in their fight against radical Islamists. Israel does what it does and doesn't heed Obama's "concern." ISIS is not afraid of America. They know we are all talk and no action. Bashar Assad steps over Obama's red lines without so much as a slap on the wrist. Japan is talking about re-arming. Do you think China will be dissuaded from annexing islands in the Pacific that don't belong to them by the threat of American power? Obama is a braying ass and he really should do the right thing and resign immediately. He should also return his Nobel Peace Prize.