The U.S. and Global Security Review - Blog by Michael Novakhov

M.N.: Acute Exacerbation of Obama's Schizophrenia:  If the NYTimes, the citadel of American liberalism, published this (not so) veiled criticism of Obama's incomprehensible, quasi-psychotic "policies", then the things are really bad. If the FBI chief, who is one of the hearts and centers of this issue, was not invited to this meeting (while his Russian counterpart and others were there) then it is another part and example of this schizophrenia. "The three-day White House conference on violent extremism that Mr. Obama wrapped up on Thursday provided a case study in the fundamental tension that has bedeviled the American struggle with terrorism since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. While Mr. Obama has concluded that radicalism is fueled by political and economic grievance, he has found himself tethered to some of the very international actors most responsible for such grievances, dependent on them for intelligence and cooperation to prevent future attacks. ...

The state of disarray and disunion ; the hypocritical, duplicitous , impotent  ( including his inaction on Ukraine ), self-serving legacy of deceit, defeat and disaster under the guise of exercise of "soft power" . Mr. Obama is more concerned about his "peacenik" credentials than about the true peace , security and greatness of the country . The divisions and controversies are so intense that it is difficult to avoid the impression that the country is moving to the some type of the civil war , and I would not rule out the deliberate actions of some hostile foreign "invisible hands" behind all this.  He replays  and  recreates  his own personal psychological issues , traumas and dramas and searches for resolution of these issues in his life and activities as a politician. In this somewhat unhealthy (but maybe not uncommon for the politicians) process he turns America into his image : as a biracial polity , society and culture the way he und