05-09-2016, 07:51 PM
(05-09-2016, 07:22 PM)Benton Wrote: I get you're a fan of Communist countries, so I can see why #2 bothers you. I still think it's funny that anyone wanting to come off as pro American considers a country rebelling against a dictator as a bad thing.
#6 is grossly incorrect. They started with (mostly and allegedly) Saudi weapons. We've bankrolled the Saudis long before Obama. And their more recent arms come fromRussiaSyria.
#7 Not really. We're just continually at war with the same vague terror elements we've been at war with.
The rest is great. Seriously. Not because Iran was "on the path to nuclear weapons" or because Egypt fell into the hands of the Muslim brotherhood. No, it was great because for the first time since Nixon took office, we largely took a step back and said "hey world, it's your problems, fix it." We talked to coalitions, we offered intel and indirect support, but we didn't just barge in and start tossing around embargoes and empty threats of war.
We need to stop playing world police. The majority of your list was a step in that direction. So while I fault him on a lot of things, nothing you've mentioned.
The economy for one, international relations for another. And while I'm not a fan of what came out of healthcare reform, prices are leveling off for the first time in half a century. But, really, just make it about his race and ignore all that other stuff.
Obama has done everything possible to destroy Sykes-Picot.... Something that kept the region fighting themselves. I am pro dictators in the Middle East. These people need someone with a boot on their necks. It's all they understand.... The French and Brits knew this and that's why they kept them at each other. Maybe someday they will evolve.
We were running guns through Libya. To al Qaeda who ended up becoming isis. Same in Syria. This is not just Obama.... But he was at the wheel.
Not once has he tried to renew the declaration of war. Now Kerry is talking about borderless wars..... He maybe allowed under some bs procedure. But he needs to renew this war. This isn't 2001.
I agree with you on world police. I would withdraw and let them kill each other. All they want to do is act like animals in that region anyway.
Domestically healthcare is a failure. If he wanted to go single payer then he should have.... The proble was he couldn't even get his own party to go along..... I don't want single payer but would have actually respected him for pushing to get it done. Problem was he was too busy telling GOP and moderate democrats that elections have consequences. He has been so divisive.
