and the Saudis' how to deal with America.

You are single handedly resurrecting the Cold War and spheres of influence, by your shortsighted, and moralistic policies. At the same time, you are weakening the US's status in the world and inviting countries who in the past would never dare say anything against you to openly show disdain. You take your friends and allies for granted and court your enemies with insouciance and ass-licking, all the while betraying your allies and trading on their goodwill. I suppose this can be put down to another Obama "achievement".

Russia, back into the region Clearly, the man has developed a special expertise: to repel US allies and to replace them US enemies, e.g. Iran, Russia.

Israel and Egypt pawns in a chess game where the two powers are world class players. The world is sick.

handed Egypt over to the Russians on a plate. Brilliant!! Doesn't the American voter see or care? Apparently not - they voted him in twice.

But "tragedy" is correct if Iran get its nuclear bomb. With sotero/obama at the wheel, USA is loosing every friend in northern Africa and ME. Believing Syria will be friendly towards USA, no-matter who wins, is a cruel mistake of sotero. Not even Iran will re-appear as a new friend!! And mr sotero, as a single Islamic-cult-follower, has turned the stable world into turmoil.

The fools at the US State Department continue their decades-long habit of missing what's in front of their faces. Add a President to whom image is everything and substance is nothing; mix in Vladimir Putin who never believed the Cold War was over; throw in a pinch of powerful Lavrov and the droningly weak Kerry and you've got Russian weapons back in Egypt; Russian "counselors" writing Egyptian propaganda; Russians and Iranians in the Mediterranean and Israel trying to figure out what's an "ally".who's "got your back".

well they are old buddies , and Russia is empire building again

maybe the kid ben rhodes can find a solution for this catastrophe which has befallen the us and the rest of the west.

please take YOUR Freudian insecurities somewhere else

A blind horse would do a better job!

Your foreign policy is almost as flawed as your domestic policy. You managed to alienate Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Egypt, and Israel; what else can you do for us? Your administration will make Russia a World Power again.... How stupid can you get?