Absolute nonsense.
My criticisms of Obama's foreign policy is primarily that it doesn't exist. It's been a disaster and it's not just this simple Canadian who's been pointing it out - the vast majority of your country's citizens believe he's doing a lousy job dealing with world issues. It's plain to anyone with half a brain that Obama's disengagement from world affairs has led to a number of hot spots developing. Maybe you don't like it, but you are and have been a superpower and for the past 3 decades the world's only superpower. If Obama didn't want that responsibility he never should have run for the office of President. But he did, he got elected, and he should do the job.
Secondly, point out any post on this site where I've called for American boots on the ground in Iraq - you can't because I haven't. I have criticized Obama for not being able to maintain forces in Iraq in 2010/2011 and I blame it on wrong-headed policy and more concern with keeping an ill advised campaign promise than doing what was right for America and the situation created in Iraq. Neither this Canadian nor my government pushed for the invasion of Iraq - that was your government, if not you personally - as such, your country has a large responsibility in helping them get recovery right.
You have every right to belittle Canada's contributions to waging war - that's not what we've traditionally been about. I wish, personally, that my government did more and spent more, but the majority of Canadians don't agree. But there isn't an American government that doesn't contact Canada whenever they want assistance and cooperation in some world issue and there isn't a Canadian government that doesn't reach out to America to offer what resources and personnel we can.
As for not having a dog in the fight so I don't get to comment - blow it out your ass.
I didn't say you don't get to comment. I said, "you really don't get to talk smack about how the fighting is done". BIG difference. So, to that you can :kissass.
As to the rest, I think those who criticize Pres. Obama's foreign policy by claiming he "negotiates with global instigators" on the one hand and isn't forceful enough in the use of U.S. power projection on the other are hypocrites. Such people are quick to claim that relenting to a nation's sovereignty and upholding the right of said nation to instill a representative government through a democratic elections is just, but are just as quick to insist that the U.S. should intervene and project its military muscle whenever the :hitsfan: hits the fan.
You've essentially said repeatedly throughout this thread that "America tends to stick its nose where it doesn't belong" yet in the very next breath condemn him in siding with Rand Paul's take on "destroying ISIS" and claiming he hasn't been forceful enough in using said power. You've said that Pres. Obama needs to "re-engage America" in foreign policy issues, yet your own country tends to take a back seat to forward power projection. You can't have it both ways, CJ.
Clearly, your idea of foreign policy is a show of military strength. Anything less doesn't seem to fit the equation. Still, you completely ignore how the Middle-East began to unravel long before Pres. Obama was first elected President. What yourself and others seem to be pissed at him about concerning foreign policy is he has respected the sovereignty of nations, thus, staying true to American values all the while using military might sparingly and, if possible, as a last resort. Granted, the only country that has dared to test America's resolve has been Russia, and yet not even they have crossed that line of demarcation that would call for NATO involvement in Ukraine. Why not? Because of U.S. influence as lead by the very Pres. you condemn.
ISIS...a flea on the back of a dirty dog...but a pest nonetheless that needs to be dealt with. But just as you view America as an "instigator" at times, I, too, think we should mind our own business in some instances and let these other countries deal with their own problems until they show they can't handle it. Such was the case in Iraq post-U.S. troop withdrawal. IMHO, it was the right thing to do just as it is the right thing for America to get involved with defeating ISIS only after the sovereign, newly elected government of Iraq asked for your assistance.
So, it's like I said, "if you don't have a dog in this fight, you don't get to complain when, where, how or if the fighting is done."