Panama , would invade North Korea , would invade Vietnam , that would give China superpower status because America would weaken itself , ” Shen predicted , adding : “ So [ we would be ] happy to see it . ” Obama ’s work in building bridges in Latin America , symbolised by his recent visit to Cuba , would also be jeopardised . The former president of Brazil , Fernando Henrique Cardoso , told the Guardian a Trump presidency would be bad for Brazil and would push Latin America closer to China .
A person who can not admit a mistake can not learn from his mistakes . Such a person would make a very dangerous president , indeed . The most infamous example is Trump 's continued claim – repeated in the recent debate – that he opposed President George W. Bush 's 2003 decision to invadeconflict.attack.invadeIraq . On this issue and others , Trump either is knowingly lying or is delusional . Against that backdrop , Trump 's refusal to release his tax returns raises bright red flags .
! » turns out to have been more the start of a US defeat in an unprovoked invasion , than the start of a US victory against any authentic provocation by ‘ the enemy’ . Obama ’s current plan to turn his defeat into victory there has no more reason to succeed than his predecessor , George W Bush ’s plan to do likewise in Iraq did after he had , on 1 May 2003 , declared victory there , aboard the warship USS Abraham Lincoln . Then , his famous 2007 « troop surge in Iraq » utterly failed to produce peace and to end the sectarian war the US and its allies had generated by their thoroughly counter - productive and shameful invasion against a nation that ( like Libya ) had n’t invaded nor threatened to invadeconflict.attack.invadethe United States – nor its allies . There , as in Syria , too , America ’s aggression produced only mass death and misery – and trillions of dollars in US federal debt , which has n’t yet resulted from America ’s invasions of Libya and Syria , but might . And , of course , millions of refugees .
Despite that , it ’s not clear that these missteps render Johnson “ unfit ” to run for president , as many have suggested . It ’s easy to forget that former presidents and candidates alike have made similar mistakes . President Gerald Ford ’s insistence that there was “ no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe ” ranks high among the most memorable blunders of past presidential debates , while Sarah Palin ’s short - lived stint as John McCain ’s running mate saw a plethora of errors , including the improbable assertion that Vladimir Putin might want to singlehandedly invadeconflict.attack.invadeAlaska . This year ’s election has seen foreign policy gaffes from both Republican and Democratic candidates , most notably Donald Trump ’s highly questionable statement that there are no Russian troops in Ukraine . His campaign has been riddled with implausible plans and inaccurate assertions , from his belief that the United States should simply “ take all the oil ” in Iraq and Syria , to his contention that Hillary Clinton has spent her entire adult life fighting the Islamic State .
Former Minnesota Republican congresswoman Michele Bachmann said on Saturday that the Syrian Civil War is paving the way for an apocalyptic war between Israel and foreign powers . Bachmann , who has previously claimed that President Obama and the gay rights movement are ushering in the Last Days , told radio hosts Jan Markell and Eric Barger that “ the world is about to give legitimacy to the Islamic State ” while , at the same time , Russian and Iranian military intervention in Syria on behalf of its dictator Bashar Assad has paved the way for a future invasion of Israel by the two countries in order to seize its energy resources , just as laid out in the Bible . “ I believe that they are positioning themselves so that someday they could invadeconflict.attack.invadeIsrael to be able to take over the vast stores of oil and natural gas that Israel is controlling , ” she said , adding that “ this very unique new partnership between Iran and Russia in Syria ” with the support of China “ lines up with scripture . ” All of these powers , she said , are seeking “ a global world order to keep their game going into the future and to support them if they would invade against Israel . ” And who will lead this global world order ? Why , none other than Obama .
Former Minnesota Republican congresswoman Michele Bachmann said on Saturday that the Syrian Civil War is paving the way for an apocalyptic war between Israel and foreign powers . Bachmann , who has previously claimed that President Obama and the gay rights movement are ushering in the Last Days , told radio hosts Jan Markell and Eric Barger that “ the world is about to give legitimacy to the Islamic State ” while , at the same time , Russian and Iranian military intervention in Syria on behalf of its dictator Bashar Assad has paved the way for a future invasion of Israel by the two countries in order to seize its energy resources , just as laid out in the Bible . “ I believe that they are positioning themselves so that someday they could invade Israel to be able to take over the vast stores of oil and natural gas that Israel is controlling , ” she said , adding that “ this very unique new partnership between Iran and Russia in Syria ” with the support of China “ lines up with scripture . ” All of these powers , she said , are seeking “ a global world order to keep their game going into the future and to support them if they would invadeconflict.attack.invadeagainst Israel . ” And who will lead this global world order ? Why , none other than Obama .