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To: Cautious_Optimist who wrote (541)	2/28/2017 1:21:59 PM
From: Rarebird	1 Recommendation Recommended By Sawdusty Respond to of 2202

Obama was a super Hawk. He escalated the war in Afghanistan, adding tens of thousands of troops. Secondly, he committed troops to a war in Libya. Did he have approval from Congress? Was there any reason to think events in Libya threaded National security? Thirdly, he ordered a couple of hundred drone strikes, which killed many innocent people and children in Pakistan. Fourthly, he expanded the drone war in Yemen, killing many innocent people and children there. Is the way you justify Obama's atrocities is to compare him to Bush II?

To: Cautious_Optimist who wrote (541)	2/28/2017 1:27:00 PM
From: Rarebird	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2202

Even the New York Times called Obama out as a Hawk and suggested he was a farce of a President: "For Obama, an Unexpected Legacy of Two Full Terms at War" " President Obama came into office seven years ago pledging to end the wars of his predecessor, George W. Bush. On May 6, with eight months left before he vacates the White House, Mr. Obama passed a somber, little-noticed milestone: He has now been at war longer than Mr. Bush, or any other American president. If the United States remains in combat in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria until the end of Mr. Obama’s term — a near-certainty given the president’s recent announcement that he will send 250 additional Special Operations forces to Syria — he will leave behind an improbable legacy as the only president in American history to serve two complete terms with the nation at war. Mr. Obama, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009 and spent his years in the White House trying to fulfill the promises he made as an antiwar candidate, would have a longer tour of duty as a wartime president than Franklin D. Roosevelt, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard M. Nixon or his hero Abraham Lincoln." https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/15/us/politics/obama-as-wartime-president-has-wrestled-with-protecting-nation-and-troops.html?_r=0 You want to continue to play the Obama Apologist?

To: Cautious_Optimist who wrote (541)	2/28/2017 1:44:44 PM
From: Rarebird	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 2202

And you still haven't told me what Obama has accomplished as President outside of supporting gay marriage and public restrooms for transgenders? I think his legacy goes down as a Super Hawk, who lied to the American people that he would look for dovish or more diplomatic solutions with the world at large. His Obamacare is going to be ripped apart and ultimately destroyed. Obamacare was not middle class friendly. His Presidency was almost a complete waste. He bonded with the elite, the banksters, rather than with the American People. He campaigned as a liberal, but the reality is he did not live up to any of his promises. He was a farce. He did nothing and accomplished nothing. That's how Trump won the election. He went up against Hillary who likewise had no platform or agenda. That's why she lost. I think you are so wrapped up in the holier than thou cheap, mainstream Democratic threads On SI, you can't see straight or evaluate Obama properly.