Even in his administration, there is talk of how weak and ineffective Obama has become on Russia

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/10/syria-obama-putin-russia-discord-214677

Vladimir Putin’s intervention in Syria is creating new rifts inside an exhausted and in some cases demoralized Obama national security team, where officials pushing for bolder action see the president as stubbornly unwilling to assume new risk as he nears his final year in office.

Current and former Obama officials say the president’s reluctance to respond more assertively against Putin is signaling U.S. weakness and indecision. “We’re just so reactive,” said one senior administration official. “There’s just this tendency to wait” and see what steps other actors take.


Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/10/syria-obama-putin-russia-discord-214677#ixzz3oS5BOCi7
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Reality- he is leading from behind as he has since Jan 2009.

Salinsky wrote:

Obamasucks wrote:the president’s reluctance

Thank you, President Obama!

yes reluctance to lead when elected to do so...I think we ought to sue him for backpay

We all got an inside look at obama's true thinking and policy when he was caught on that open mic.

He has no idea what's going on or what to do. That is obvious to all objective people in the world today.

He's the barney of american presidents.