Challenges elect

Under the heading of Now You Tell Us, Patterico writes:

The L.A. Times reveals a truth many of us already knew, but that the electorate at large evidently did not — namely, that Obama oversimplified the foreign policy challenges he faced:

The other truth is that, even with wider international support, it may be impossible for Obama to win the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, prevent Iran from building a nuclear weapon, broker peace between Arabs and Israelis or stabilize African countries beset by civil strife. As Times correspondents explain on this page, the realities on the ground are more complex than presented by Obama the candidate.

and:

The L.A. Times reveals a truth many of us already knew, but that the electorate at large evidently did not — namely, that Obama's economic policies are terribly worrying to many knowledgeable investors:

[P]lenty of people believe Obama's ideas will be somewhere between hurtful and ruinous for investors over time.

And as he notes,

It's OK to say . . . now that he's safely elected.