Winning From Behind

A random sampling of recent headlines concerning the Obama administration and the Middle East:

• ABC’s Jake Tapper, today: “President Obama Praises Self for Ending War in Iraq on Bloodiest Day of the Year in That Country.”

• Big Peace, July 14th: “Where Did Syria’s Chemical Weapons Come From?”

• Legal Insurrection, today: “Syria threatens to use WMD which are figment of neocons’ imagination.”

• The Hill: “President Obama will visit Israel in second term, says campaign aide.”

As Steve Green writes, “You Can’t Make This Stuff Up.” Much more from Richard Fernandez at the Belmont Club on how The New Middle East is shaping up. (Short answer: Even worse than the old one.)

Related: “Bush Ended the War in Iraq; What Obama Ended Was Our Influence There.”