Obama's Ignorance Of Basic History

To historians of western civilization, it's readily apparent that Barack Obama either doesn't know much modern history or has a profoundly distorted view of historical facts. How anyone could receive an international relations degree from Columbia University and a law degree from Harvard and be so clueless in history is a testament to the poor state of liberal education in the United States. Power Line's Scott Johnson has two posts, here and here, addressing the latest examples of this scary situation, including some reliable evidence that the White House is reading Andrew Sullivan for some of the "facts." Sullivan is an interesting writer, a pioneer political blogger, a controversial, notably inconsistent free thinker. I'd say he's a philosopher, but a rather "edgy" choice as a beacon for objective history.