That may be, but that isn't what Obama did or even could do.

What he did was undo an arrangement Bush had already made. In doing so, he made those countries less safe because Bush got them to speak up against Russia and openly ally with the US while Obama then abandoned them and leaves them alone with their commitment which is now worth nothing except as a tool to make Russia hate them.

You can say that Bush's plan with the missiles was a mistake and would ultimately make those countries less safe. But that has nothing to do with the severity of Obama abandoning those plans and leaving countries that wanted to help the US stand alone in the rain.

If I gave you a torch and sent you on a trip through the sewers you can say that not being sent there would have been better for you. But taking the torch away makes the experience worse, not better. Nobody could repair the possible mistake of sending you into the sewers by changing the terms of the agreement after you have already dived.

Clearly all those countries were willing to do whatever the US wanted under Bush. And it was not those countries who changed that system. Obama did, unilaterally.

They do like to forget that much of the intelligence used was supplied by the British.  But that is their problem.  Hatred clouds both reason and reality.

Which is the exact slam used against Bush during his tenure.  So once again we are treated to the classic liberal garbage of "Do as I say, not as I do".

The difference is that Bush did what he thought best for the countries not our key allies.  Obama is doing it for our key allies.  In other words, Obama forgot how to win friends and influence people, instead going with the easy way out - how to bully friends and appease bullies.

Liberals kept telling us how stupid George W. Bush was and, in 1998, how clever Tony Blair was.

But when the two made a decision together, it was obviously Bush who was in charge and Blair was the pudle.

Isn't it possible (even if takes a liberal leap of faith) that Blair made Bush do things? Couldn't the European socialist have been smarter than the American conservative? Isn't that what liberals usually tell us?

I still remember the press conferences George Bush had with the UK and Spain. I never before saw a US president being so engaged with his allies. Will Obama ever appear standing next to a European leader with the flags of both countries behind them talking about how they both wish to do the same thing?