Drunk with Power?

How can a leader be a dictator at home but an absolute pushover abroad? Have you ever seen such a botched foreign policy? Not since Jimmy Carter has America been less respected and less feared by foreign governments (with the exception of Israel, as Obama has unfairly kept the Jewish State backed into a corner). The deepest blow to credibility was when Obama laid down the "red line" about the use of chemical weapons in Syria, and then did nothing when those weapons were used, killing hundreds (if not thousands), including women and children. If Assad, with his little army in his tiny nation, does not need to take America seriously, why should mighty Russia or Red China with the world's largest military heed Obama's words? Empty threats and broken promises are no way to run a foreign policy. Putin must have a good laugh at Obama's expense as Obama makes his demands over the Ukraine.