Nicholas Burns trots out the very tired “credibility” argument in a recent op-ed:
However much Mr Obama may believe the old rules do not apply, it is an ancient truth that a great power has to back up its threats if it wishes to be respected by its friends and feared by its adversaries.
If Mr Obama did not intend to honour his red-line threat, he should never have made it. The result was inevitable — American credibility is undeniably diminished in the Middle East while that of Vladimir Putin’s Russia has been enhanced.
The remarkable thing about the “credibility” argument is …read more
Source: The American Conservative
