Obama’s Mideast ‘free fall’ – Michael Crowley – POLITICO

Barack Obama faces a slew of Middle East crises that some call the worst in a generation, as new chaos from Yemen to Iraq along with deteriorating U.S.-Israeli relations is confounding the president s efforts to stabilize the region and strike a nuclear deal with Iran.

The meltdown has Obama officials defending their management of a region that some call impossible to control, even as critics say U.S. policies there are partly to blame for the spreading anarchy.

via www.politico.com

You could on the other hand say that O’s bungling and neglect, combined with his narcissistic pursuit of the “peace process” is now having its entirely predictable results.