Bungling is an inherent feature of American
foreign policy. Even with the best of intentions, our presidents
miss warning signs, overreact to minor threats, fail to dissuade
other governments from doing things we oppose and wade into
situations that blow up in our faces. When our presidents take
action, we are fully aware they may not know what they’re doing. By
contrast, when foreign leaders take action, we assume they are
brilliant strategists who never set a foot wrong. But, writes Steve
Chapman, if Russia’s President Vladimir Putin were a foreign policy
grandmaster, he wouldn’t have pushed Ukrainians so far that they
toppled the government he was propping up.
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