The past few days have seen President Obama frittering away American credibility and strength in the Mideast, putting American fighting men at risk and pretending to fight ISIS while really only marking time until he can hand off his foreign policy disasters to a new president.  To make matters worse, our secretary of state is engaged in another risible conference to “resolve” the Syrian crisis by yukking it up with Russians and Iranians who are well-practiced at bamboozling the luxury-loving Kerry, who seems to like posh European hotels as much as his wife’s many grand estates.  But while Obama and Kerry dither, the serious actors in the area are playing a much more meaningful and dangerous game – in particular, ISIS, Russia, and Israel.  Contradicting many doubters, Russia has demonstrated a serious capacity to generate and sustain air strikes in Syria, and supplemented that a few weeks ago with an impressive if gratuitous cruise missile...(Read Full Post)