Obama: Putin's not challenging my leadership in Syria, and besides, I'm 'leading on climate change'

If you were worried that your President was a feckless foreign policy failure who was being outplayed by an old Soviet hardliner, think again. Obama's international "leadership" remains unchallenged - at least in Obama's own mind - and he's actually at the vanguard of the only foreign policy issue that really matters. It's not ISIS, it's not trade, and it's not the Iran nuke deal. If Obama is to be believed, Putin is acting out of weakness, and his "definition of leadership" rests on his holy crusade against unspecified varieties of "climate change."

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The President made his remarks after he was pressed by 60 Minutes interviewer Steve Kroft, who dared to suggest that maybe Putin was somehow attempting to take the upper hand in the Syrian situation. Perish the thought! Putin's intentions in Syria are all borne out of his failures, you see. He's a weakling whose every plan has been a mess and he's destroying his nation's economy. He's nothing like Barack Obama. Yes, your President is a real leader - a man who holds his chin high and maintains a steely gaze upon the real enemy. That means global warmin, cooling, flooding, drought, snow, rain, wind, or whatever the climate boogeyman is this week. Thank God we have Barack Obama watching over us. Remember: War is peace, Ignorance is strength, Freedom is slavery, and Putin isn't "challenging" anything.

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