re: Iran's new ambassador to the U.N. involved in 1979 embassy takeover

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The Stephens article gives no proof about specific Obama actions that have lead to any of this.

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Foreign politicians, diplomats and leaders openly decrying and mocking the POTUS is a pretty rare occurrence. Guess it's just a coincidence that it's happening more and more on Obama's watch, eh? If you can't see how big of a failure his foreign policy is and how weak he's making the U.S. appear on the world stage you need to take the blinders off.

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Plus, he seems irked about how the USA has essentially given up Crimea.

First off, read the opinion polls, almost all Americans dont want us doing more.

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I don't form my thoughts based off of majority opinion. I'm sure many Americans would also say they favor a government mandated 4-day work week. Doesn't mean it's a good idea.

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And Pray tell, how is that different from the Bush administrations essential acceptance of the invasion of Georgia in 1988 and the annexetion of part of its territory?

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Bush2 ? If so, you're 2 decades off. And in that case Putin saw what he sees in Obama .. an embattled president with no public or political support to back up his will.