Losing influence in a region where we can hardly afford to do so

The Most Equal Comrade's moves in the middle east over the last couple of years have cost us much respect and trust:

What should worry the Obama administration is that Saudi concern about U.S. policy in the Middle East is shared by the four other traditional U.S. allies in the region: Egypt, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates and Israel. They argue (mostly privately) that Obama has shredded U.S. influence by dumping President Hosni Mubarak in Egypt, backing the Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohamed Morsi, opposing the coup that toppled Morsi, vacillating in its Syria policy, and now embarking on negotiations with Iran — all without consulting close Arab allies.

Once again, I say, the one thing you can't fault the MEC for is hiding his aims.  He's let it be known from the outset of his career as a socialist that he desired to the America taken down a peg.  So it's inaccurate to call him a failure.  Unfortunately, on hos own terms, he's quite a success.