President Obama's foreign policy pronouncements all over the world either aren't holding up or just don't reflect reality, a new essay by Commentary's Peter Wehner points out.
At his State of the Union, Obama bragged about his leadership against Russia and his support for Ukraine's democracy just as more horrific violence occurred there this week, courtesy of Putin-aided rebels. He also spoke of his support for moderate Syrian rebels in the same address after telling the New York Times in August that the idea that arming them would make any difference in the region had "always been a fantasy."
He called on Congress to pass a resolution to use military force against the Islamic State terrorist group, the same organization he dismissed a year ago as a mere "jayvee team" trying to be the Los Angeles Lakers.
Libya, a country Obama proclaimed to be "free" in 2011, is again ravaged by bloodshed. The Benghazi terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate in 2012 killed four Americans, and the U.S. was forced to evacuate its embassy in Tripoli in July due to the intense militant fighting there. Yemen, a country Obama pointed to as a success story in his policy for fighting and killing terrorists, is another place where the U.S. had to close its embassy as the government there collapsed under pressure from Houthi rebels.
Funny, coming from a man who said Aug. 20, 2012, less than three months before being re-elected, that "you can't just make stuff up" as President of the United States.
[H/T Commentary]