A Highly Calculated Disaster - By Matt Ward -http://raptureready.com/soap2/ward66.html
As President Barack Hussein Obama's final term draws to a close, it is now time to take stock and reflect upon the impact of his presidency, specifically as it relates to foreign policy.
It will be the tangible results of Obama's foreign policy, after all, that will dictate the immediate agenda for the next President of the United States of America.
Obama started well. In fact, it's hard I imagine how it could have been any better. After mere months as president of the United States of America, Barack Hussein Obama was awarded the prestigious, and highly coveted Nobel Peace Prize.
This Peace Prize was given primarily for Obama's attempts at "resetting" American international relations in the wake of Iraq and Afghanistan. To this end, Obama had toured the world giving a number of benchmark speeches that he hoped would set a new tone in American international relations. For better or worse it seemed that change certainly had come to America.
He was lauded for these speeches and the "transformational" attitude they heralded, especially in the Islamic world. Little did those present realise quite how transformational Obama's foreign policy would actually prove to be.
An illustrious beginning. But hindsight is an unhelpful friend for people looking to establish any kind of meaningful and lasting legacy. Aspirations mean nothing, neither do good intentions, results are what counts in the cold hard world of international relations.
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