ANNIVERSARY – 11 MONTHS TO GO – AT 10:58 A.M. ET:  The good news is that President Obama leaves office 11 months from today.  The bad news is that we still have 11 months left of this make-believe presidency.

We look forward to the countdown on the 20th of each month.  But let's not be too starry-eyed.  Obama is not a lame duck.  He continues to do enormous damage with executive actions and, in particular, with his adolescent foreign policy.  Now we will see him visiting Cuba, paying homage to the Castro boys.  I'm sure he was raised and nurtured with the idea that they are great agrarian reformers, targeted by right-wing America.  Then he will visit Vietnam.  I'm certain he was raised and nurtured with the idea that Vietnam was a victim of American imperialism and the industrial-military complex. 

Cuba and Vietnam are both dictatorships.  Obama will say a few words about human rights in each country, but he doesn't seem to care.  Human rights are not much of a deal on the left, where Obama resides. 

Iran is now rising rapidly, and buying modern weapons from nations more than eager for the business.   The Iranians now have the cash, thanks to the nuclear deal they made with the West, which included releasing tens of billions of dollars for the use of the Iranian mullahs.   Iran is already violating international agreements with its missile programs, but Obama barely notices.  He undoubtedly believes that Iran is an innocent victim of American intrigue.

So let us count down, but let us also realize that Obama, as someone once said of a British politician, is a bull who brings his own China shop with him.  The most dangerous period will come after our election in November, when Obama no longer has to worry about the effect his actions have on the Democratic Party.  He can literally go crazy, and there'll be nothing to stop him until inauguration day next January.

February 20,  2016