I always figured Obama being a Mulsum was a factor, but both administrations seem to kiss up to Iran. Jeff, do you have any insight on this?
We're witnessing the cost of that failed approach with the emergence of an axis of authoritarians that do not fear the potential for a strong US military response to actions taken by these nations. There reasoning is that the benefits of a particular undertaking outweighed the risk of American intervention. When Obama drew a red line in the sand telling Assad that if he used chemicals weapons in his pursuit of wiping out opposition to his regime and when he did just that, Obama did not order a military response. That created a staggering loss in global perceptions of US willingness to intervene anywhere. It continues today and likely had an impact on the Hamas and Iranian leadership in their risk/benefit calculations for launching the terror attack in Israel from Gaza.
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