Obama the Incompetent!

https://now.mmedia.me/lb/en/commentaryanalysis/washington-the-incompetent

So says this Arab editorial, and it's of a kind that I'm seeing more often as the days pass and the Syrian crisis drags on. There have always been, and always will be, hostile voices in the Arab world when it comes to US policy in the region. We back the wrong people; we are tools of the Jews. If you study the region, you grow to expect that.

But this is new. Increasingly, the editorialists aren't angry about the positions Obama is taking; they are frustrated because they can't figure out WHAT Obama is doing. They generally end up concluding that he doesn't know what in the hell he is doing. Hence this editorial that simply labels his administration "Incompetent."

People will respect a policy they understand and agree with. People may respect a policy they understand but disagree with, given the power of the United States. But people--in the Arab world, in Tehran, in Moscow, and in Ankara--will not respect incompetence.