Obama has not accomplished a key mission: sell his own successes and keep his own (political) troops fired up and ready to go.
David CornThis is the problem with foreign policy - talking about foreign policy in a political context. Politics is binary. People win and lose elections. Legislation passes or doesn't pass. And in foreign policy often what you're doing is nuance and you're trying to prevent something worse from happening. It doesn't translate well into a political environment.
David CornI do think John Kerry has tried awfully hard to work with Russia and others to have a lasting, significant cease-fire.
David Corn