The Untold Truth Of Richard Engel

Richard Engel has never been shy about sharing his well-honed opinions about the US policy in the Middle East, and he openly criticized President Barack Obama's strategies and approach. FollowingObama's January 2015 State of the Union that addressed terrorism and foreign policy, Engel pulled no punches,telling Brian Williams, "It sounded like the president was outlining

Richard Engel has never been shy about sharing his well-honed opinions about the US policy in the Middle East, and he openly criticized President Barack Obama's strategies and approach. Following Obama's January 2015 State of the Union that addressed terrorism and foreign policy, Engel pulled no punches, telling Brian Williams, "It sounded like the president was outlining a world that he wishes we were all living in, which is very different from the world you just described." 

And when Engel appeared on MSNBC later that same year to discuss Obama's plan for the United States and Iran (via The Wrap), he stated, "We're fighting both with and against Iran in Syria, and fighting with Iran in Iraq." He went on to call it "an incredibly convoluted dynamic," noting that "the US is negotiating on one hand to come up with some sort of comprehensive deal with Iran, which would see Iran put some breaks on its nuclear program in exchange for lifting the sanctions." As for who was at fault, Engel wasn't shy at pointing the finger of blame directly at Obama, calling the strategy "incoherent."

After Obama's second term, Engel tweeted that while he had "high approval" at the time, "#syria war, which raged most of his presidency with inconsistent US policy, will haunt legacy overseas."

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