The Arabs simply fell into the long-term trap that American-led Western institutions of power laid for them; nations that, if united, could stand up to the West or at least to Israel are now nearly fallen.
Supposing that Obama wants to emulate Nordic social democracies, one has to admit that his foreign policy has been dazzlingly successful, although it promoted a decline in U.S. leadership.
With his focus on the 2016 presidential election, Barack Obama is making waves by sorting out the situation of 4 to 5 million undocumented immigrants, a calculated political risk for Democrats. Republicans only have themselves to blame.