For all its failures and ineptitudes, there is one thing eerily consistent with the Obama administration…
…it’s incessant ability to be caught off guard.
- June, 2009: Obama Caught by Surprise on Iran
- August, 2009: “President Obama, at a press conference with British Prime Minister David Cameron, said “all of us … were surprised, disappointed and angry” by the Scottish government’s decision to free Abdel Baset al-Megrahi last year
- October, 2009: Washington caught off guard by Netanyahu visit
- June, 2010: The White House was caught by surprise by a magazine piece that led to the exit of U.S. Gen. Stanley McChrystal as commander in Afghanistan, an official said.
- February, 2011: [The Obama Administration] never once considered a scenario in which Mubarak faced a popular revolt.
- March, 2011: Washington seemed taken by surprise as long-time ally Saudi Arabia sent 2,000 troops and the United Arab Emirates some 500 police into neighboring Bahrain Monday.
I guess Joe Biden was right when he said the Presidency is no place for on-the-job training.
