BRILLIANT – AT 10:45 A.M. ET:   Fred Hiatt, editorial page editor of the Washington Post, has written a superb piece on President Obama's lack of credibility in international affairs.  This is a must-read.  From WaPo:

Can President Obama sell an Iran deal at home?

If his negotiators strike an agreement next month, we already know that it will be far from ideal: Rather than eradicating Iran’s nuclear-weapons potential, as once was hoped, a pact would seek to control Iran’s activities for some limited number of years.

Such a deal might be defensible on the grounds that it is better than any alternative, given that most experts believe a military “solution” would be at best temporary and possibly counterproductive.

But making that kind of lesser-evil defense would be challenging in any circumstances. Three conditions will make it particularly hard for Obama to persuade Congress and the nation to accept his assurances in this case: the suspicious, poisonous partisanship of the moment here, with Israeli politics mixed in; worries that he wants a deal too much; and the record of his past assurances.

Hiatt then goes into a devastating report on Obama's actual record, a record filled with false assurances and failure.  One phony assurance after another.  He concludes: 

That record includes successes, such as the killing of Osama bin Laden, warming ties with India and a potentially groundbreaking agreement with China on climate change. By most measures, though, the world has not become safer during Obama’s tenure. Islamist extremists are stronger than ever; democracy is in retreat around the globe; relations with Russia and North Korea have worsened; allies are questioning U.S. steadfastness.

COMMENT:  Wonderfully stated.  Please read the whole thing and send to friends.  This is the best summary of Obama's abysmal record that I've seen published.

February 23, 2015