What good things has Obama had since he is elected ?

[Wilikon]

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/09/world/middleeast/iraq.html

[Wilikon]

http://thehill.com/policy/defense/214752-left-frets-over-mission-creep-in-iraq

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So many lives could have been saved as the WH knew what was going on the ground for months while watching BUT decided to do NOTHING just to make the democrats and obama not look bad in November. They let ISIS inflate to 40 000 animals. Oh but Libya was such a big deal obama went there without the congress' blessing... Now it's chaos.

Pure. Political. Heartless. Calculation. Yet very amateurish.

[Wilikon]

Jake Tapper hammers Tony Blinken for ISIS B.S

http://youtu.be/d4yscR5E7f0


Tapper: Tony, a lot of people have been warning about ISIS for months and months with no action — no serious action — by the White House. Was the intelligence not there? Why is it only now that you’re acting?

Blinken: Actually, we’ve been warning about this for a long time, ourselves, well beyond that. When, initially, in 2012, we said to the Iraqis, AQI — which is ISIS’ predecessor — may be on its heels, but the only way to keep them there is to go after them constantly, and we propose to engage with them to help them do that. The politics in Iraq wouldn’t allow that. But it took a while, and finally in 2013 — a year ago — we began to increase the capacity of the Iraqis to deal with AQI and then what became ISIS. And of course, the Syrian conflict added fuel to the fire. So we’ve been focused on this for well over a year, and unfortunately, the ISIS threat overtook the efforts that the Iraqis were making to deal with it. Now, unfortunately, everyone is seized with this, but what we’re seeing increasingly is coordination among the Iraqis and the Kurds, which is unique. We haven’t seen that in a long time. And countries in the region who’ve responded to this threat, which, it’s a threat to them as well, all getting together and looking to take action.

Tapper: Tony, you say you’ve been warning about it, but in January, President Obama told The New Yorker magazine’s David Remnick that ISIS — which was then still considered a part of al-Qaeda fighting in Syria — was like a JV basketball team. He said, quote, “The analogy we use around here sometimes, and I think is accurate, is if a JV team puts on Lakers uniforms, that doesn’t make them Kobe Bryant.” Just how badly did President Obama underestimate the threat of ISIS?

Blinken: No, there are two different things going on here, Jake. One is the question of the threat that ISIS poses to us here in the homeland, and unlike core al-Qaeda, right now, their focus is not on attacking the U.S. homeland or attacking our interests here in the United States or abroad. It’s focused intently on trying to create a Caliphate in Iraq and a base from which, over time, to operate. And that’s what we’re focused on. We’re focused on making sure that we can help empower the Iraqis and others to prevent them from doing just that. The president was exactly right: They did not pose a threat like al-Qaeda central to us in the homeland. We want to make sure that they don’t get to the point where they can pose that threat.

[FishcakeBuffet]

Well he has done alot to fix the economy every since the U.S Housing bubble burst and entered a recession. The Iraq war.....

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DONT TELL THE NSA I WAS HERE!

[Wilikon]

The truth of the matter is that for all the challenges we face, all the problems that we have, if you had to be — if you had to choose any moment to be born in human history, not knowing what your position was going to be, who you were going to be, you’d choose this time. The world is less violent than it has ever been. It is healthier than it has ever been. It is more tolerant than it has ever been. It is better fed then it’s ever been. It is more educated than it’s ever been.

obama.  ON JUNE 11, 2014

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2014/06/11/obama_the_world_is_less_violent_than_it_has_ever_been.html#.U5mnMw6aEkI.twitter

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And he told us many times he gets his news from the newspapers. I guess not anymore since 2014?

[Bitsaurus]

I will send 1000BTC to anybody that can convince Obama to go to Chicago and stand in front of the families of those 20 dead from the July 4rth weekend and say "The world is less violent than it has ever been."

Obama is so into basketball....who does he think he is... King James?

I don't think even the SS could handle that threat.

[wasserman99]

Well he has done alot to fix the economy every since the U.S Housing bubble burst and entered a recession. The Iraq war.....

I think he has very much hurt the economy more then he helped it after the housing bubble burst. His "stimulus" did nothing more then put taxpayers further into debt. His social programs gave people more incentives to not work, slowing down economic growth.

Withdrawing from Iraq allowed the ISIS to take over much of Iraq and will end up costing us a lot more then if we had stayed there.

[Wilikon]

[Mobius]

I will send 1000BTC to anybody that can convince Obama to go to Chicago and stand in front of the families of those 20 dead from the July 4rth weekend and say "The world is less violent than it has ever been."

Obama is so into basketball....who does he think he is... King James?

I don't think even the SS could handle that threat.

He would be lying if he were to say that. His anti-gun policies actually make the country a more violent place. Criminals do not follow the law (obviously) so when it is illegal to carry a gun they will not follow this, but they know that law-abiding citizens are not carrying a gun so they will be less hesitant to use their gun to commit a crime. 

[Bitsaurus]

I will send 1000BTC to anybody that can convince Obama to go to Chicago and stand in front of the families of those 20 dead from the July 4rth weekend and say "The world is less violent than it has ever been."

Obama is so into basketball....who does he think he is... King James?

I don't think even the SS could handle that threat.

He would be lying if he were to say that. His anti-gun policies actually make the country a more violent place. Criminals do not follow the law (obviously) so when it is illegal to carry a gun they will not follow this, but they know that law-abiding citizens are not carrying a gun so they will be less hesitant to use their gun to commit a crime. 

Very true.  Not one of those 20 homicides in Chicago that fourth of July was a legally armed civilian defending his/her house.  Not all the suspects have been identified, but of those who have all are known gang members and some have multiple felonies thereby making gun ownership illegal but somehow they still have them. Watch the New Orleans to see those thugs talk about how easy it is to get a gun.

[freedomno1]

I will send 1000BTC to anybody that can convince Obama to go to Chicago and stand in front of the families of those 20 dead from the July 4rth weekend and say "The world is less violent than it has ever been."

Obama is so into basketball....who does he think he is... King James?

I don't think even the SS could handle that threat.

He would be lying if he were to say that. His anti-gun policies actually make the country a more violent place. Criminals do not follow the law (obviously) so when it is illegal to carry a gun they will not follow this, but they know that law-abiding citizens are not carrying a gun so they will be less hesitant to use their gun to commit a crime.  

Very true.  Not one of those 20 homicides in Chicago that fourth of July was a legally armed civilian defending his/her house.  Not all the suspects have been identified, but of those who have all are known gang members and some have multiple felonies thereby making gun ownership illegal but somehow they still have them. Watch the New Orleans to see those thugs talk about how easy it is to get a gun.

Well there is anti-gun and then there is no one is allowed to have guns at all
Regardless of status unless that somehow happens there is a reason the USA has a right to bear arms lol.

Only works in Japan ^_^
Get some pretty hardcore knifing instead.
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/07/a-land-without-guns-how-japan-has-virtually-eliminated-shooting-deaths/
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In part by forbidding almost all forms of firearm ownership, Japan has as few as two gun-related homicides a year.
http://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/compare/Japan/United-States/Crime

Lol the foreigners mess with the averages

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Prisoners > Foreign prisoners   6.5%
Ranked 42nd. 13 times more than United States   0.5%

[Wilikon]

ABC: Obama “Entirely Unconcerned” By Optics Of Golfing During Crises…

http://youtu.be/7-SrO-mrEUo

[Wilikon]

Video: 0bama then Repeatedly Takes Credit For Pulling All Troops Out Of Iraq…
0bama now:"Hey, it wasn’t my idea to leave Iraq"

http://youtu.be/VX1gdpEFAzg


In a post over the weekend, Joel Gehrke covered President Obama’s astonishing claim that it was not his decision to pull American troops out of Iraq, notwithstanding that he was commander-in-chief when they were withdrawn. John McCormack (with an assist from Max Boot) had an excellent post rehearsing the relevant history, which boils down to a familiar pattern: President Bush’s fingerprints are on the decision, and on any matter in which there is some contributory Bush role, Obama blames Bush, no matter how minimal Bush’s contribution was, as if Obama were a mere spectator incapable of anything other than self-absorbed indignation…

But on the matter of Obama disclaiming responsibility for his own pull-out of American forces, it is worth recalling some more history. As a candidate in mid-2008, Obama pushed aggressively for a swift U.S. pullout and publicly undermined Bush – who was trying to keep troops there with no strict timetable for withdrawal – by colluding with the loathsome Maliki toward that end. With candidate Obama about to visit Iraq and already heavily favored to win the presidency, Maliki openly endorsed Obama’s call for a complete American pullout within 16 months of Obama’s taking office.

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/385134/obamas-shameful-not-my-decision-pull-troops-out-iraq-claim-andrew-c-mccarthy

[Wilikon]

Biden In 2010: Iraq Will Be “One Of The Greatest Achievements” Of This Administration…


http://youtu.be/HOcPCrGRs6k

[strongkoffein]

actually nothing

[Balthazar]

[Daniel91]

OK President Obama is probably not the best US president in history but at least he is better than Pres. Bush.
He didn't rush in the new wars, tried to start peace talk in Israel and Palestine. tried to make friends with partners in Europe...
He didn't make some big success until now but still at least he tried to make some positive changes and this, in my opinion, makes him better than some other president in the near future.

[Bitsaurus]

OK President Obama is probably not the best US president in history but at least he is better than Pres. Bush.
He didn't rush in the new wars, tried to start peace talk in Israel and Palestine. tried to make friends with partners in Europe...
He didn't make some big success until now but still at least he tried to make some positive changes and this, in my opinion, makes him better than some other president in the near future.

Bush never openly declared war on his own citizens.  Obama/Holder syndicate has effectively done this with their control of government agencies that they now use to target groups.  First they did it to the media and got away with it in his first term.  Since that got a pass from some of the media they went straight to gov agencies and now emails are disappearing with regularity.

It's like Enron shredders but with a national budget.

[u9y42]

OK President Obama is probably not the best US president in history but at least he is better than Pres. Bush.
He didn't rush in the new wars, tried to start peace talk in Israel and Palestine. tried to make friends with partners in Europe...
He didn't make some big success until now but still at least he tried to make some positive changes and this, in my opinion, makes him better than some other president in the near future.

Bush never openly declared war on his own citizens.  Obama/Holder syndicate has effectively done this with their control of government agencies that they now use to target groups.  First they did it to the media and got away with it in his first term.  Since that got a pass from some of the media they went straight to gov agencies and now emails are disappearing with regularity.

It's like Enron shredders but with a national budget.

I'm under the impression all that was already set in motion long before Obama came around, though he certainly did nothing but help it out, after getting into office. Still, what do you mean by "emails are disappearing with regularity"? Did I miss an episode?

[Bitsaurus]

OK President Obama is probably not the best US president in history but at least he is better than Pres. Bush.
He didn't rush in the new wars, tried to start peace talk in Israel and Palestine. tried to make friends with partners in Europe...
He didn't make some big success until now but still at least he tried to make some positive changes and this, in my opinion, makes him better than some other president in the near future.

Bush never openly declared war on his own citizens.  Obama/Holder syndicate has effectively done this with their control of government agencies that they now use to target groups.  First they did it to the media and got away with it in his first term.  Since that got a pass from some of the media they went straight to gov agencies and now emails are disappearing with regularity.

It's like Enron shredders but with a national budget.

I'm under the impression all that was already set in motion long before Obama came around, though he certainly did nothing but help it out, after getting into office. Still, what do you mean by "emails are disappearing with regularity"? Did I miss an episode?

IRS scandal emails most likely were destroyed on purpose since most IT managers agree that those emails would have been retained somewhere in the system due to redundancy.  It's statistically impossible for intents and purposes - yet Holder refuses to assign forensics to see what is occuring.

Now HHS says email regarding the botched ACA website have gone missing.

Basically you can't punish people if you destroy evidence.  If you throw away the guns, kill all witnesses & destroy any video recording... what bank robbery