history show must tolerate nuclear weapons north korea word write former national security adviser susan rice thursday new york time argue appeasement towards kim jong-un.it also perfect symbol everything wrong barack obama feckless foreign policy explain world president donald trump inherit dangerous unstable.the obama administration believe worth live shadow terror nuclear aggression long u.s. could maintain dignify posture could provoke anyone breitbartnoah rothman commentary magazine write brilliant article death rattle obama reputation article rothman remind us ineffective dangerous path former president barack obama take nation successes president trump force corrupt inner circle speak trump defense obama fail legacy.the members barack obama administration exile become conspicuously noisy late even usual former cia director john brennan accuse donald trump administration engage outrageous narcissistic behavior typical vengeful autocrats threaten proportionate retaliation countries vote condemn unite state unite nations though unprecedented jam clapper obama director national intelligence allege president russian asset perhaps acerbic incendiary series accusations former democratic president foreign-policy professionals place new york time obama national security advisor susan rice estimation america abdicate role force good rice attack republican administration deserve attention apoplectic donald trump recently release national-security review paint dark almost dystopian vision world rice contend world full hostile state lurk threats rice claim common good trump worldview international community universal value american value rice acknowledge moscow threat regional stability peace western value u.s. sovereignty imply trump menace decline recognize fact obama much trump fail see obvious.barack obama inarguably least atlanticist president since end world war ii within year russia brazen invasion dismemberment former soviet republic georgia obama scrap george w. bush-era agreements move radar missile interceptor installations central europe 2013 last america armor combat units leave europe end 69-year footprint continent 2014 two u.s. army brigade station europe folly demobilization become abundantly clear vladimir putin become first russian leader since stalin invade annex territory neighbor ukraine.a year late putin intervene militarily syria u.s. force already operate result dangerous escalation tensions two nuclear power since end cold war putin move syria come surprise barack obama outsource resolution syrian conflict moscow 2013 avoid make good self-set red line intervention conflict despite norm-shattering use wmds civilians even rice chief complaint trump failure condemn putin brazen intervention 2016 election elicit reaction barack obama final month presidency.by contrast surprise everyone trump administration tough russia trump order harsh sanction moscow iranian ally violate unite nations resolutions course obama administration decline take even allow hezbollah terrorists direct link putin operate impunity order long overdue airstrikes putin vassal regime syria halt use chemical weapons process trump decline lift obama-era sanction moscow many fear would expand administration close russian consulates annex unite state target putin ally like chechen strongman ramzan kadyrov magnitsky act act kremlin cutout natalia veselnitskaya lobby trump campaign scuttle trump even go far open u.s. arm sales ukraine represent significant blow putin ambition europe without doubt trump strong record russia barack obama ever wonder susan rice angry.rice allege trump recklessly accuse china avow opponent u.s. rather competitor insist china illegally occupy neighbor tell brunei malaysia philippines vietnam taiwan lay claim strategic territory south china sea people republic seize turn forward air naval base rice suggest trump realists decide lump beijing moscow rise military economic power want placate american nationalists though white house decline defibrillate trans-pacific partnership free trade agreement back life inherit corpse do far comprehensive job work beijing isolate pyongyang obama north korean nuclear crisis intensify china back fresh sanction north korean financial institutions cut access chinese iron lead coal may even scale back petroleum deliveries stalinist state much 90 percent space one year.rice contend document fail itemize discrete identities whose behalf u.s. labor lgbt people people poverty people aid people 30 et cetera rather document insist mankind regardless condition accidents birth object u.s. interest rice complain climate change long view threat national security good climate change threat american national security threat multiplier weather always save valid concern prospect overly restrictive immigration policy precariousness u.s. free-trade obligations rice paint picture radical administration one return familiar status quo ante nearly respect obama white house trump adopt ideological foreign policy render u.s. world less safe result.even early march 2017 clear obama administration foreign-policy professionals quite insecure posterity would remember stewardship american interest abroad every reason least trump administration decline govern trump campaign populist firebrand conventional republican susan rice former white house colleagues every reason worry unite state reputations however another matter entirely.to read entire article click obama corrupt inner circle desperately fight protect fail reputation