We are paying a price for Obama's weakness and retreat

IBD:
President Bush's 2007 surge-based turnaround was one of the greatest military feats in history. President Obama's reversal of it was one of the greatest defeats, and it is emboldening the world's aggressors.

Why is Kim Jung-un, the crazed young dictator of North Korea whose best friend seems to be a freaky former NBA star, so over-the-top in threatening America with nuclear attack?

The answer can't be simple, considering the odd cult of the personality-based Pyongyang regime. But one sizeable factor undoubtedly is an attempt to diminish America's credibility in waging war.

Would we be willing to dig in for the long haul if Kim invaded free South Korea?

Does Vladimir Putin believe we would repel a Russian invasion of a strategically important neighbor?

Does China believe we would defend Taiwan?

Whatever perverse pleasure is being taken in it, Obama has seen to it that his predecessor's victory in Iraq — in which Bush extraordinarily resisted the Washington establishment of both parties to authorize the surge — ultimately ends in a U.S. failure.

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The weakness that Obama has shown will make future conflicts more likely and one of those just might be on the Korean peninsula.   Foreign leaders have taken the measure of President Obama and they do not fear him.  He has a reputation for bluffing and backing down.  That is why Iran ignores his rhetoric.

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