A Power Vacuum

The New York Times' Roger Cohen writes of the shortcomings of the Obama foreign policy. He concludes:

Pax Americana is in decline. America’s readiness to use its power to stabilize the world — the current bombing of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria notwithstanding — is fading. For that reason, the world is more dangerous than it has been in a long time. The waning under Obama of the credibility of American power has created a vacuum no magnetic soft power fills.

The president has gone too far; and in so doing has undersold the nation, encouraged foes, disappointed allies, and created doubts over American power that have proved easy to exploit.

The Times has been Obama's biggest backer, his amen corner. This has got to hurt.