Obama Derangement Syndrome Goes Offshore

Here's Josh Marshall on the GOPers like Senator Lindsay Graham:

"Do you remember when President Bush's political adversaries starting ragging on him during the first days after 9/11? Or during the first days of the invasion of Iraq? Me neither. Whatever you think of the holder of the presidential office, if you are actually concerned about the nation's welfare you don't go on TV mocking him and saying he's weak."

This is something I understood even as I criticized those Bush policies before the Iraq invasion, for example.  It's one thing for independent voices, citizens, to dissent.  It's another for high federal officeholders to mock the President, especially when they know that by mocking him for being weak, they are weakening him in this crisis.

The President is not just their political opponent, he is the head of state, particularly in international situations.  Some in Congress argued passionately against Bush policies--against the Patriot Act in 2001, and against the Iraq war before it began, and later.  But not in these crucial moments or situations.

That's not even considering that their charges are outlandish, and their opposition to what President Obama is actually doing and saying without substance.

Michael Cohen goes into this further.

Update: Josh Marshall, trained as a research historian, had this more comprehensive post on Wednesday, with links to other analyses of the Ukraine situation.