The ongoing trainwreck

[unixronin]

Former US Ambassador to the UN John Bolton, writing in the LA Times, compares Obama's foreign-policy blundering and dithering to Ethelred the Unready.

Comments

[unixronin]

While I see your point, I think it may also turn out to be very bad. While the cat's away, the mice will play, and when America very publicly not only blinks but flinches, I think there are elements in the world that are going to have a field day.

[hugh_mannity]

True. Though I suspect they'll mostly be acting against local supporters of the American Empire than against the US itself. If I was either a local bully leader backed by the US or a local branch manager of KBR or Halliburton, I'd be worried as hell (and wearing a bulletproof vest!)

[alaric]

I hear you, and I don't think that's entirely a bad thing. The US has an unpleasant record of propping up nasty local thugs for the sake of political/financial expediency to the benefit of some wealthy corporate interest.