Obama administration has, and will have, no credibility with an anti-American extremist and anti-Semitic Egyptian government. What he did: celebrated the Turkish regime as a great example of democracy and moderate Islam. He also did nothing as that regime went into a non-shooting war with Israel, backing Hamas, Hizballah, and Iran; and he rewarded Ankara with special treatment, including letting it organize the Syrian opposition. What he should have done: without provoking a conflict, used U.S. leverage to press Turkey's rulers to change their policies. He should have offered no rewards without their help in promoting U.S. goals. He should have been suspicious of the regime's intentions and noted its suppression of democracy within Turkey. What he did: accepted the Lebanese government dominated by Hizballah and backed by Iran and Syria. What he should have done: backed the moderate Lebanese opposition that opposed the regime in order to combat the Iran-Syria bloc. What he did: backed the Muslim Brotherhood in Syria's civil war and did not interfere with weapons going to Salafist groups as long as they were not al-Qaeda affiliates. What he should have done: supported moderates and anti-Islamists in Syria against both the Islamists and the regime. What he did: acted as if all of Libya's problems had been solved; tried to please the regime and show his niceness by not intervening to save Americans in the September 11 Benghazi attacks. What he should have done: known that the U.S. is involved in an ongoing conflict in Libya