re: Obama's foreign policy the worst of any president ?

GWB starting the Iraq War is by far the worst FP move since the fall of the USSR. The Afghan War and the Iraq War are what allowed Iran to begin to realize its extraterritorial ambitions, as both neighbors were antagonistic to Iran. Without that immediate threat, two long-term, extremely difficult objectives of the Iranians were satisfied with the Iranians doing very little work. That set the groundwork for Iranian special operations for the past 15 years. The Iraq War also provided a theater in which Iranian military doctrine was sharpened. It was so great a disaster that you cannot include anything that happened after it without acknowledging the role the Iraq War played.

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-Failure to curb spread of radical Islam into Northern Africa

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This was almost assured of happening since the 80's. Again, the Bush-Saudi axis ensured this. What else can anyone expect when you work with Wahhabis?