- He’s made the Middle East worse: Let’s be honest, Obama bears as much responsibility for this mess as predecessors who shaped them: Decades of poorly concocted policies with Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and others haunt us -- and worsen every day https://www.salon.com/2016/01/06/hes_made_the_middle_east_worse_lets_be_honest_obama_bears_as_much_responsibility_for_this_mess_as_predecessors_who_shaped_them/ 29 comments politics