Over at the American Conservative, Daniel Larison complains that Obama's foes — Ted Cruz, in particular — persist in taking quotes out of context and misrepresenting the president's positions so they can attack him for things he never said or did. Larison, who is not particularly a fan of Obama on foreign policy, closes with this interesting point…
While they could attack Obama for his real policy errors, hawks have always opted to criticize a fantasy record full of "apology tours" and "appeasement" that never happened because they can't admit that Obama's failures overseas have typically come from pursuing some version of the policies that they support.
I'm not sure how I feel about Obama's handling of international affairs but I think Larison is probably right on this count.