If such a blatant retreat and such a perverted signal of weakness had not been presented to the world (by ditching the tech advantage and missile shield) then perhaps Russia would not have thrown its weight around biting off pieces of Ukraine. Many lives may have been saved.
But the Peace Prize recipient had to help cause war and strife by empowering would-be thugs.
“If such a blatant retreat and such a perverted signal of weakness had not been presented to the world (by ditching the tech advantage and missile shield) then perhaps Russia would not have thrown its weight around biting off pieces of Ukraine. Many lives may have been saved.”
Someone gets it here. It’s called a POWER VACUUM and it was not just Obama, but many people on this side that DEMANDED we disengage from Europe. Well, we pretty much did, and given the Europeans are TOTALLY UNABLE to look out for themselves, the Russians marched right in - or at least in their direction, maybe, eventually, right in.