Don't do stupid shit

WSJ reports:

Iranian forces joined Iraq's battle against insurgents taking over a growing swath of the country as the Baghdad government girded to protect the capital and the U.S. weighed direct military assistance, including possible airstrikes. "What we have seen over the last couple of days indicates the degree to which Iraq is going to need more help—more help from us and more help from the international community," President Barack Obama said from the Oval Office. "My team is working around the clock to identify how we can provide the most effective assistance to them," he added. "I don't rule out anything."

Way to go, Bam, you moron. You have now ceded one part of Iraq to Iran and the other part to Sunni extremists. You assure us in grave tones that the best and brightest in your administration are working around the clock to identify how to provide assistance. But the simple fact is that it would be so much easier to influence the situation if you hadn't withdrawn all the dang American troops from the country.

It has been reported lately that the motto of your foreign policy is "Don't do stupid shit." Well, if there's anything that qualifies as genuinely "stupid shit," it looks like it's your policy of withdrawing all US troops from Iraq and Afghanistan.