Let’s first get through the list of problems with the “Obama Doctrine” laid out in Jeffrey Goldberg’s interview, where I would echo many of the criticisms being made of him by others in the foreign policy establishment.First, while it’s true that there is a “cult of credibility” in Washington which is often overemphasized, credibility nonetheless remains a valuable commodity which President Obama squandered in his red-line drawing in Syria. It was foolish for him to announce that “Assad must go” and not do anything to make this happen in the early days, and to stick to that as a condition …read more
Source: The American Interest
