A summary of Obama's reign by VDH

Victor Davis Hanson brings a Greek historian's perspective to his columns which makes them uniquely knowledgeable reading. In this column he summarizes Obama's reign and suggests what might be in store should he win the November election.  It's hard to argue with Hanson's conclusions since it's hard to argue against the facts.  The most pressing question, or maybe even the last question to be answered regarding the various actions of the Obama administration is have these actions been driven by its far left ideology or simply incompetence? The easy answer is both.  There  is yet another scenario. It's simply impossible to ignore the conspiracists in this mix, those who allege Obama is a front for the Soros led, one world, socialists who want to eliminate the sovereignty of individual nations. Think one grand world government headquartered in Brussels, of course, where transnational bureaucrats harmonize laws and regulations creating a tension free international economy and system of justice. (Yeah, the European experiment has worked out great to say nothing about the United Nations and its collection of dozens of rogue dictatorships like Cuba, North Korea, and Venezuela.) Conspiracists believe all the destructive policies we've seen over the past three and one-half years have been designed and planned in order to bring down the economy of the US, debilitate our military, and condition us to a grand scheme that will make the world whole and save everyone from pain and anguish.  Obama's weird personal background, obvious dislike for America's history as we now know it, his currying favor with our rivals and enemies lends at least some credence to this extreme view of his motivation.  It is hard to understand why a rational being would legislatively cram down an unpopular 100% partisan healthcare law, ignore obvious jobs creation by not approving the Keystone pipeline, stock his administration with a gaggle of lefty 'czars' who specialize in job-killing regulations through fiat governing, confide in a autocratic head of state about 'flexibility', etc, unless he has a hidden agenda.