President Obama portrayed his foreign policy as a level-headed, visionary success on Tuesday night. But that’s an argument he’s made before — and so far, Americans aren’t buying it.
Recent polls show that about half of Americans disapprove of Obama’s handling of world affairs, largely thanks to fear over worldwide terrorist attacks by the Islamic State and al Qaeda. But although Obama spoke at length about the terrorist threat to the U.S., he mostly downplayed it, warning against “over-the-top claims that this is World War III.” In private, Obama has complained that the news media exaggerates the threat of terrorism, stoking …read more
Source: European Voice
