Giving up power

In November, John Kerry told a gathering of at the Organization of American States that, " the era or the Monroe Doctrine" is over.  Why say it.  That fact is well known and capitulating in public is not necessary.  Obama's abysmal foreign policy goes on around the world.  He must feel completely clean, but he is creating a dirty mess. His ambivalence and disengagement is on full display.  What choices does he have?  None it seems, the way he plays it as a game.  He has destroyed his reputation as a global leader for five years, and there may be no coming back.